WAKO News

Eastern Illinois University students will transition to online-only learning after Thanksgiving next week. University officials with the school in Charleston announced that decision this week out

Lawrence Unit #20 Superintendent Doug Daugherty says that the district will remain in all remote learning only through Friday December 18th due to COVID-19 concerns within the school system. That

The Red Hill Unit #10 Board of Education met in regular session Thursday night and were updated by Superintendent Jakie Walker on the district return to remote learning. Walker said that the

109th District Republican State Representative Darren Bailey is asking Governor J.B. Pritzger to call the General Assembly into special session in Springfield to address what he called a growing

The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 14,612 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state with 168 additional deaths. Several of those were in southeastern Illinois-2

The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District #529 met Tuesday night at Lincoln Trail College near Robinson. They approved the annual financial report to be published

The Lawrence Unit #20 Board of Education met in regular monthly session Wednesday night at Lawrenceville High School.  They were updated on the district return to remote learning by Superintendent

The Lawrence County Board met in regular monthly session Wednesday at the courthouse in Lawrenceville and approved a resolution to allow the use of the Illinois Appellate Prosecutors Office by the

The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 8,922 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 140 more deaths. Overall there have been 606,771 cases of the

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for the entire WAKO listening area until 6 p.m. Central Time Thursday. South to southwest winds will be at 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts