WAKO News

Unemployment rates were down and jobs were up in most Illinois counties including Lawrence in the month of March. That according to figures recently released by the Illinois Department of

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

One person was hurt in a collision with a garbage truck late last week in Lawrenceville. City police report that around 11 a.m. Friday, a 2013 Chevrolet being driven by Aubrey Jones of rural

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

Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum has announced that beginning Monday April 25th, crews with Wabash Utilities will close Main Street between Kimmell Road and Ramsey Road. The closure will allow for the

Young ladies and girls looking to compete for Miss, Junior Miss and Little Miss Lawrence County in 2022 at the upcoming county fair are invited to attend an informational open house Sunday April

An interim agreement for ambulance service in Knox County Indiana has been approved. The Knox County Commissioners meeting in special session Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes

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

The Illinois Department of Transportation this week announced that $12.3 million in grants for local projects that will boost the health and safety of children via safer walking and biking routes

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has issued new updated public recommendations this week regarding wild birds and the strain of Avian Influenza currently impacting some wild and