There will be a community blood drive held at Crossroads Community Hospital in partnership with the American Red Cross Dec 2. All blood types, especially O-, A- and B-, are needed to help supply local hospitals.
A group of employees from Continental Tire wanted to make sure all children have a nice Christmas. They have used this goal for 15 years to host the Continental Toy Ride for Kids.
The Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield announced Monday that Grover Thompson, who was wrongfully convicted in 1981 of stabbing a Mount Vernon woman, and died in prison in 1996, has received executive clemency based on actual innocence by outgoing Gov. Bruce …
A Mount Vernon man is seriously injured after a single vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 57.
MOUNT VERNON — A Woodlawn woman is a few hundred thousand dollars richer after scratching off her weekly instant lottery ticket.
The aging residential facilities at the United Methodist Children’s Home in Mount Vernon are about to receive a much-needed overhaul.
MOUNT VERNON — An NAACP group is seeking more investment in an area of Mount Vernon some residents believe has been neglected, a local organizer said.
The aging residential facilities at the United Methodist Children’s Home in Mount Vernon are about to receive a much-needed overhaul.
The Jefferson County Historical Society will host an Antique Tractor Show and Depression Era Quilt Display and Program from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 16.
A free, four-week workshop will be in Mount Vernon for those who are in, or who would like to be in, customer service-related positions.
A Benton suffered minor injuries and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after the vehicle he was in hit the back of another vehicle on Interstate 57 and ran into a ditch, according to Illinois State Police.
MOUNT VERNON — An NAACP group is seeking more investment in an area of Mount Vernon some residents believe has been neglected, a local organizer said.
Because of the increased criminal incidents in Carbondale in the past couple weeks, there have been several social media comments saying Carbondale is turning into Chicago.
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MOUNT VERNON — State police report that an improper lane change led to the driver of a tractor trailer running into a guardrail on I-57 in Mount Vernon.
With nearly a 70-year partnership, SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon and the NAACP of Jefferson County will continue efforts to promote equality for African American individuals in the community with a $2,500 scholarship.
A St. Charles teen has been sentenced for his connection to a July shooting in Mount Vernon, according a news release from the Mount Vernon Police Department.
A Chicago man faces additional charges stemming from a June 28 house fire that claimed the life of Tamara Malin, 47, in Mount Vernon.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center at Rend Lake College is again partnering with the University of Illinois Extension and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce to host the upcoming workshop, Consumer Age Matters – Messaging to the Generations.
I’m gonna get right to the point: The Bears are going to stink this year.
A group in Mount Vernon is trying to get roller hockey in Southern Illinois.
MOUNT VERNON – Two juveniles and an 18-year-old man are in custody Saturday after a Friday shooting in Mount Vernon that left one man hospitalized.
MOUNT VERNON — Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting motorists traveling Illinois 142 one mile southeast of Mount Vernon of an upcoming lane reduction to start Monday.
SCHELLER — Randy Robinson, an avid fisherman and longtime resident of this southwest Jefferson County community, died Thursday morning after receiving dozens of bee stings.