The Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield announced Monday that Grover Thompson, who was wrongfully convicted i…
MOUNT VERNON — The Southern Illinois National Guard is usually called out to help with a natural disaster, and have been deployed to assist th…
A Mount Vernon man is seriously injured after a single vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 57.
A Mount Vernon man was charged with first degree murder Tuesday, according to documents provided by the Jefferson County State's Attorney's Office.
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.
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. …
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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 v…
MOUNT VERNON — An NAACP group is seeking more investment in an area of Mount Vernon some residents believe has been neglected, a local organiz…
Because of the increased criminal incidents in Carbondale in the past couple weeks, there have been several social media comments saying Carbo…
CARBONDALE — Video gaming in Illinois has become a nearly half-billion-dollar industry, according to the latest reports from the Illinois Gami…
The case has haunted former defense attorney Stephen Swofford for 35 years.
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 Mou…
With nearly a 70-year partnership, SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon and the NAACP of Jefferson County will continue efforts to …
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 Po…
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 Jeff…
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 upc…
SCHELLER — Randy Robinson, an avid fisherman and longtime resident of this southwest Jefferson County community, died Thursday morning after r…
SPRINGFIELD — A St. Louis company is laying off 182 workers after losing its contract to clean a Mount Vernon tire plant.
A Mount Vernon man was killed during Sunday night’s storm.
MOUNT VERNON – Councilman Dennis McEnaney apologized to well more than 100 people at the city council’s Monday meeting after he and other coun…
MOUNT VERNON — Customers of the city’s water and sewer system will have more opportunity to intercede on possible rate hikes in the future und…
