WAKO News

The newly enacted Illinois gun ban can not be enforced for the individuals whose sued in Effingham County Court this week. This after the presiding judge Joshua Morrison granted a temporary

Lawrence and Crawford County authorities are on the lookout for a wanted local man. Reports say that 48 year old Mark Garner of Lawrenceville is wanted for Escape, a Class 3 Illinois felony. The

Local and area law enforcement authorities are on the lookout for the male suspect in a shooting at a location in the 1000 block of North 14th Street in Vincennes. Initial information indicates

The Red Hill Unit #10 Board of Education met in Bridgeport Thursday night and took action regarding some issues in the district buildings. They approved Tracy Electric out of Lawrenceville to

The Illinois State Police (ISP) have announced that they are currently working on a restructuring of it’s districts. Instead of having 22 separate districts, there will now be 11 Troops

A Crawford County couple have been sentenced to federal prison in U.S. District Court. 31 year old Zachary Patrick of Oblong and 31 year old Brianna Blair of Robinson both pled guilty to one count

Good luck to Miss Lawrence County Fair Queen Lianna Hasewinkle. The Red Hill High School senior is among the 73 county fair queens in Springfield this weekend for the 112th Annual Convention of the

The Illinois Eastern Community College (IECC) Board of Trustees met at Olney Central College Tuesday night and swore in a new member. Susan Batchelor of Clay City will serve the next two years of a

The Lawrence Unit #20 Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday night and did approve the Lawrenceville High School (LHS) Curriculum Guide for next year. More CTE classes will be added

The Lawrence County Board met in regular monthly session at the Lawrence County Courthouse and after some lengthy discussion moved to take a revised ordinance on guidelines on county solid waste