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Cheif Justice Thomas Tedeschi has issued an Administrative Order which authorizes the courts in the 2nd Judicial Circuit to resume hearing non-emergency cases effective Monday June 1st. The order

Lawrenceville Police Saturday arrested a local man on multiple charges. Taken into custody was 29 year old Coty Kasinger of Bridgeport. He has been preliminarily charged with Driving While License

Authorities in White County are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting deaths of two people last Friday in the city of Carmi.  Police Chief Jason Carter released a statement saying his

The Good Samaritan Hospital Board Of Governors Thursday approved the plans for beginning construction of the Charles Hedde MD Health Education Center on the hospital campus at 7th and Nicholas

The city of Sumner has announced that Tuesday June 9th is the date for the annual city-wide cleanup. Items that will not be picked up are tires, paint, tree limbs, batteries, yard waste, computers,

It is official. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzger’s “Restore Illinois” reopening plan enters into Phase Three on Friday. Salons, barbershops, gyms, business offices, retail stores

Indiana state health officials say 37 more Hoosiers have died from COVID-19 while another 646 people have become infected with the virus on Thursday. Three of those positive cases are out of Knox

The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced that there were 1,527 new cases of the coronavirus across the state Thursday with 104 more deaths. Those numbers bring the statewide total of

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Thursday arrested 34 year old Steven Kelly of Lawrenceville. He was wanted on a Lawrence County warrant for Probation Violation. Kelly was booked into the

Applications are now available for the Small Business Stabilization Grant Program in partnership with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. In late April, the city of Vincennes was