WAKO News

  A call reporting a belligerent guest in a room at a Jasper hotel resulted in a Petersburg man’s arrest this week.The Jasper Police Department was called to the Days Inn at 272

Funeral services have been scheduled for a two year-old Sumner boy who fell into a flooded culvert earlier this month. Thomas Willoughby fell into the culvert and was swept away by rapid flood

   A two-vehicle accident occurred in Lawrence County Thursday morning. Vehicles driven by Richard Thacker of Robinson and Betty Gowen collided on US 50 at the Illinois Route 1 Interchange when

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   Lawrence County State’s Attorney Michael Strange announced that a Vincennes man was sentenced in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week.  50 year-old Renold Elp was re-sentenced to

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   City officials in Bicknell have declared an emergency on a partially-toppled two-story brick apartment. The building is located on Washington Street where it splits off into Wheatland Avenue

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   The Lawrence County Board met in regular session Wednesday afternoon. The County Board heard from State’s Attorney Michael Strange and then voted 4-3 to approve a resolution by the

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   The Lawrenceville Unit 20 School Board met in regular session Wednesday. The School Board approved fees for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. Those fees will include increases in breakfast

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   Two Robinson men were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Lawrence County Tuesday morning. Xavier Baca was driving north on the Chauncey Blacktop when he failed to negotiate a curve.

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Lawrenceville man for drug possession Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies charged 54 year-old William Carrell with unlawful possession of cannabis.

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White County authorities say two missing inmates who escaped from the White County Jail Saturday have reportedly been spotted. Several motorists have reported to authorities that they saw two men