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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,187 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 8 confirmed deaths. That now brings the overall total of cases to 153,693

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department arrested 29 year old Teaa Brocker of Billett Illinois for Failure to Appear (TASC). She was being held on $10,000 bond in the Lawrence County Jail.

The Petrolia Water District has informed WAKO News that the boil order issued Tuesday for the Cunningham Sub-division west of Lawrenceville has now been lifted. It was lifted Wednesday afternoon

Another popular area event has now been cancelled. Organizers of the annual Vincennes Rendevous announced that they have called off the planned 2020 edition for next month. The Rendevous is

The Bridgeport City Council has instituted a new employee policy concerning potential COVID-19 infections when on city business trips to other areas. The new policy will involving testing upon

The Bi-State Authority met in regular session Tuesday evening at the Mid-American Air Center northeast of Lawrenceville. Airport manager Kurt Schwartz reported that grant funding had been recieved

State health officials say there were 13 more Indiana residents who died Tuesday from COVID-19 and the state had 662 new confirmed cases of the disease. Those totals now bring the Indiana total of

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there were 707 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 25 more confirmed deaths. There have now been 155,506 cases of the

The Lawrence County Sheriffs department Tuesday arrested 46 year old Charity Theriac of Vincennes for Unlawful Display of a Vehicle Registration. She was given a notice to appear in court and

Indiana State Police say a Sullivan County woman is in custody charged with attempted murder this week. Authorities report that a shooting occured Monday evening at a gas station location on U.S.