WAKO News

Congratulations to Kyra Griesemer and Silas Parrott. They were crowned as the 2023 Red Hill High School Prom Queen and King during the coronation held Saturday evening during the event held in the

Authorities in southwestern Indiana say that 6 more people were arrested on drug charges earlier this week as part of an ongoing multiple agency investigation. They occurred on Tuesday April 25th

Unemployment figures have dropped from February to March in counties in southeastern Illinois. That is according to individual county jobless figures released by the Illinois Department of

Reports out of Knox County Indiana indicate that a Lawrence County man has changed his plea to murder after three days of trial in Circuit Court this week. C.C. Lee Cochran of Lawrenceville had

Vincennes University will hold it’s 2023 Spring Commencement this weekend. It is scheduled for Saturday April 29th at 2 p.m. EDT at the P.E. Complex. Prior to that, the Honors Convocation for

The Lawrence Unit 20 Board of Education met Wednesday evening at the Lawrenceville High School cafeteria for reorganization. The elected members to the board from the April 4 election were declared

St Francisville Mayor Danny Lynn has informed WAKO News that the St Francisville Toll Bridge will be closed for one day next week for maintenence. The bridge is set to be closed to vehicular

State Representative Adam Niemerg has announced that his satellite office hours will return to Lawrence County early in May. Members of his staff are scheduled to be at the Lawrence County Chamber

The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000 to Lawrence County. The factor often called the multiplier is the method used to achieve

A Lawrence County man charged in connection with a robbery and shooting incident in Robinson last year has been sentenced to prison. The Crawford County States Attorneys Office reports that 21 year