WAKO News

CORN CHECK-OFF REFERENDUM

Illinois corn producers overwhelmingly approved an increase in the corn check-off rate they pay when marketing their grain. By a vote of 1078 to 141, they passed a referendum in late March to raise

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LOCAL ARRESTS

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department (LCSD) Saturday arrested both 29 year old Rachel Alvord and 35 year old Christopher May of rural Lawrenceville for Domestic Battery. Both were being held

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TATE SENTENCING

40 year old Ray Tate of Hopkinsville Kentucky formerly a resident of Lawrence County was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court. He had entered a guilty

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