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Arson suspected in fire at Mt. Vernon Walmart

March 23, 2023 @ 11:48 am

MOUNT VERNON — Mt. Vernon authorities are investigating a fire inside the South Davidson Drive Walmart Wednesday night. Mt. Vernon firefighters and police officers...

LaVerne Daum

March 10, 2023 @ 11:44 am

CENTRALIA — LaVerne Daum, 87, of Centralia, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Centralia. She was born November 27, 1935, in Hoyleton, the...

Patricia M. (Owen) Evans

February 27, 2023 @ 7:04 am

CENTRALIA — Patricia M. (Owen) Evans, 83, passed away Thursday, February 23rd at the Centralia Manor. She was born on August 2, 1939, in...

Dorothy Lynn Bostick

February 14, 2023 @ 8:10 am

BREESE — Dorothy Lynn Bostick passed away on February 9, 2023, surrounded by her family at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese, Illinois. Dorothy was...

Nancy Kay Grimes

February 10, 2023 @ 10:12 am

CENTRALIA — Nancy Kay Grimes, 67 of Centralia, Illinois passed away at Doctors Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salem, her daughter Stacie and companion...

Shirley L. Phelps

January 30, 2023 @ 6:11 am

Shirley L. Phelps, 90, of rural Centralia, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. She was...

MVPD arrests 4 juveniles on drug and weapons charges

January 24, 2023 @ 8:54 am

MOUNT VERNON — Mt. Vernon Police arrested multiple juveniles Monday in connection with an increase in weapons violations in the last month. According to...