WAKO News

The Sumner Fall Festival got underway last night with the Royal Family coronation. Andrew Maxfield was crowned Fall Festival King, while Laine Moore and Allissa Stewart were both crowned Fall

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– Lawrenceville Police arrested a Newton man yesterday on drug possession charges. 37 year-old Justin Reynolds was arrested at 11th & Jefferson Streets on a charge of possession of a

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Lawrence County State’s Attorney Michael Strange announced that five people were sentenced in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week.  30 year-old Michael Dunfee of Sumner was sentenced to

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   Illinois State Senator Dale Righter will be part of a team of lawmakers, state agencies that oversee healthcare services, and organizations that advocate for senior citizens, among others,

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 A Louisiana man is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Marion County, Illinois yesterday morning. 80 year-old Albert Rhodes of Arcadia, Louisiana was driving south on I-57 when his vehicle

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  -Lawrence County authorities arrested a wanted Indiana man yesterday. Sheriff’s deputies took 43 year-old Kevin Noble into custody. Noble was wanted in both Lawrence and Wabash counties

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From Tuesday…

The Lawrenceville High School volleyball team lost to Hutsonville 25-18, 25-20.

The Red Hill High School volleyball team lost to Clay City 25-11,

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 -A Sumner man was arrested on drug possession charges yesterday. Sumner Police charged 55 year-old John York with unlawful possession of a controlled substance. York was also wanted on a Jasper

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Environmental groups are gearing up for a battle over fracking. Late last week, the state Department of Natural Resources granted Kansas-based Woolsey Companies a permit to begin fracking