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Lawsuits against Illinois’ gun ban stack up as Pritzker expects months of wran...

January 25, 2023 @ 10:23 am

SPRINGFIELD, IL — The latest legal challenge to Illinois’ gun ban has been filed and more are on the way. When passing the ban...

ISP to investigate Marion County inmate's death

January 23, 2023 @ 1:20 pm

MARION COUNTY — The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over an investigation into a January 15 incident at the Marion...

Mark Allen Gutzler

January 5, 2023 @ 7:58 am

CENTRALIA — Mark Allen Gutzler, 70, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away at 9 a.m. Monday, January 2, 2023, at his home in Centralia, Illinois....

Nancy Lee Speidel

January 4, 2023 @ 11:17 am

Nancy Lee Speidel, 86, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away on January 2, 2023. Nancy was born May 28, 1936, in Flora, Illinois, the daughter of...

Mt. Vernon man gets 10 years in latest drug-related conviction

January 3, 2023 @ 12:45 pm

JEFFERSON COUNTY — A 39-year-old Mt. Vernon man was sentenced Tuesday in Jefferson County Court to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty...

Katherine M. Toney

January 3, 2023 @ 12:44 pm

Katherine M. Toney, 95, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 3:56 pm January 2, 2023 at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon, Illinois....

Wayne County deputy remembered on anniversary of murder

December 29, 2022 @ 12:49 pm

WAYNE COUNTY — The community is remembering Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Riley as Thursday marks one year since he was murdered in the...

I-57 southbound exit at Dix reopened, northbound work up next

December 28, 2022 @ 2:17 pm

JEFFERSON COUNTY — Drivers have been detouring around the southbound Interstate 57 exit at Dix for months as the Illinois Department of Transportation replaced...

Terry S. Kash

December 12, 2022 @ 5:54 am

Terry S. Kash, 60, of Opdyke, Illinois, passed away at 8:40 am December 9, 2022 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon,...

Roy Lee Payne

December 6, 2022 @ 6:24 am

Roy Lee Payne, 75, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 2:00 am December 5, 2022 at Nature Trail Health Care Center. He was...