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Vincennes Police report that counterfeit $100 bills have been discovered in the area. Two bogus bills were found Thursday at local businesses and have been seized. Police remind business owners and

Lawrenceville Police are looking into a recent case of residential vandalism. Jack Hamilton of Lawrenceville reported to authorities Thursday that sometime overnight Wednesday into early Thursday

The Illinois State Board of Education has cancelled it’s scheduled ZOOM meeting with Red Hill Unit #10 Thursday morning. A new date has not been set.

Controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is scheduled to be in southeastern Illinois Thursday evening. Greene was elected to Congress in 2020 and has been a strong supporter of

Officials with Red Hill Unit #10 were scheduled to meet via ZOOM with the Illinois State Board of Education Thursday regarding it’s probationary status. In late May, the Unit #10 Board of

The Wabash County Sheriffs Department has arrested a wanted male suspect in the town of Allendale. 26 year old Randy Jacob Cruz of Fairfield was the subject of a Wabash County warrant for

A  southeastern Illinois man wanted for murder is now in custody. Reports indicate that 29 year old Jaquez Gardner of Woodlawn was arrested this week while leaving a hotel in O’Fallon in

The 200th anniversary celebration of Lawrence County concluded Tuesday afternoon as a new time capsule was buried on the courthouse grounds in Lawrenceville. The burial follows the unearthing and

A Crawford County man was killed in a Tuesday afternoon accident in southwestern Indiana. The Indiana State Police report that the fatal mishap occurred Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. EDT at a county

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department early Wednesday arrested 40 year old Joshua Wilson of Sumner on a charge of Domestic Battery. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and was being held