WAKO News

   The Lawrence County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors met in regular session Tuesday evening. Upon the recommendation of the hospital’s finance committee, the board of directors

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 A Flat Rock man was sentenced to nine years in prison in Lawrence County Circuit Court Monday afternoon. 67 year-old Uriah Robinson was found guilty of aggravated battery during a jury trial

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   Lawrence County authorities cited a Bridgeport man following a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning. Eric Harris of Bridgeport was driving on Illinois Route 33 south of the US 50 overpass

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   The Sumner City Council is scheduled to meet in special session Wednesday night. The meeting will begin at 7 pm central. The City Council will discuss a budget for the fiscal year which

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   Lawrence County authorities arrested a Lawrenceville man Sunday for violating an order of protection. Sheriff’s deputies took 39 year-old Jack Farrar into custody. Farrar was taken to

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   Vincennes Police are investigating the theft of a license plate from a truck parked in the 400-block of Main Street  over the weekend. Larry Donovan told police someone stole the license

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   Washington Police arrested three people just after midnight Saturday on drug possession charges. 30 year old Zachary S. Gerber and 29-year-old Mary E. Davis both along with,