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The Lawrence County Emergency Food and Shelter Board has announced the receipt of federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security. The county was allocated the money to supplement food

Unemployment figures for May have been released for southeastern Illinois by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Lawrence County had a jobless rate in May of 16.1%, down from 23.5% in

More than 500 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Indiana Thursday. The Department of Public Health says the 523 additional cases bring the state total to 43,655 since the pandemic began. 9

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that there were 894 new confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 41 additional confirmed deaths. Those totals now bring to

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department made two arrests Thursday.  28 year old Kurtis Harvey of Peoria was charged with Escape. No other arrest details were given in the report. Harvey was being

The Vincennes Community School Corporation this week released it’s plan for getting K-12 students back in class this fall. Superintendent Greg Parsley discussed the plan with the school

The Lawrence Unit #20 Board of Education met Wednesday evening at Lawrenceville High School and recieved a report on the Illinois State Board of Education Fall Back to School Guidelines which were

The Indiana State Department of Health reports 281 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday. Four of those occurring in Knox County where the case count is now at 50. 16 of those are still active

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 715 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 64 additional deaths from the disease. One of those cases was number 7 here in

An investigation into the death of an infant in southwestern Indiana has resulted in charges being filed against the mother. Reports out of Washington indicate that emergency medical personell were