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The Embarras River Basin Agency in conjunction with Wells Fargo has announced it will host workshops entitled “Saving Money on Utilities and Repairs” They will be held in the nine

109th District Republican State Represenative Darren Bailey will have “Traveling Office Hours” in Lawrence and Jasper Counties Tuesday. Office hours in Jasper County will be from 9 a.m.

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 26 year old Taylor Spitz of Bridgeport for Driving Under the Influence. She was released from the Lawrence County Jail on $3000 bond.

Friday night and early Saturday morning the Indiana State Police conducted a saturation patrol targeting dangerous and impaired drivers in Knox County. During the patrol, troopers issued 18 traffic

Sabrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, will be keynote speaker at the Black History Month Kickoff celebration hosted by Vincennes University next week. It will be Tuesday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time

Continued population loss means that the state of Illinois will lose at least one of it’s 18 Congressional seats in Washington D.C. and perhaps even two. Election Data Services recently

Law enforcement across the area will be on the lookout for drunk and drug impaired drivers this weekend. This is Super Bowl weekend and many people will be heading to partys celebrating the game

Law enforcement authorities across Lawrence County made arrests Friday. The Sheriffs Department made two-48 year old Valerie Blagrave of Lawrenceville was charged with violation of an order of

Published reports indicate that a local Lawrence County attorney was  co-legal counsel for a Wabash County Illinois woman in a recent Illinois Supreme Court case. Rebecca Blakeslee of

The Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted its 75th annual meeting Thursday evening at the Central Christian Church Activity Center in Lawrenceville. Among the highlights were