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The National Weather Service has continued the Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Saturday. The river Friday morning was at 31.34 feet and continuing to fall toward its 30

The Vincennes Parks Board Wednesday night recommended that Rainbow Beach at Gregg Park be closed for the summer season. Parks Director Steve Beamon said it was a tough decision to make, but there

A Red Hill High School student was selected as the winner of 15th District Congressman John Shimkus’s final Art Competition. An oil painting entitled “War Paints” by Lydia Higgins

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday and were given end of the year updates from building principals and Superintendent Doug Daugherty. Daughtery told the board

The Lawrence County Board met Wednesday and recieved an update from Lawrence County Health Department Administrator Amy Marley on the local response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Marley said

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzger announced Wednesday that Phase 3 of his “Restore Illinois” reopening plan has been updated. In Phase 3 which begins June 1st, resteraunts and bars will

The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 2,338 new case of coronavirus in the state Wednesday with 147 additional deaths. With those new totals, there have now been over 100,000 cases

Lawrenceville Police Wednesday arrested 27 year old Sabrina Wilson of Lawrenceville on a charge of Domestic Battery. No other details surrounding the arrest were given in the report. Wilson was

The National Weather Service has extended the Flood Warning for the Embarras River at Lawrenceville until Saturday. The river Thursday morning was at 31.2 feet with minor flooding occuring. The

All four regions of the state are still on track to move into Phase Three of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzger’s “Restore Illinois”plan. The governor made that announcement during