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DCFS director gets 12th contempt charge for child placement

July 11, 2022 @ 12:37 pm

The director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is under fire again. Marc Smith has been held in contempt of court...

Irmadell Eunice Loyd

July 7, 2022 @ 10:37 am

Irmadell Eunice Loyd, 88, of Woodlawn, passed away at 5:17 a.m., on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor in Mt. Vernon. ...

Covington Precinct poll location changed

June 23, 2022 @ 10:50 am

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Ex-Illinois state senator gets prison in embezzlement case

June 22, 2022 @ 7:17 am

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois state senator has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for taking hundreds of thousands...

JEFFERSON COUNTY ARREST REPORTS – JUNE 10TH, 2022

June 10, 2022 @ 11:31 am

MT. VERNON, IL — On Friday, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office along with the Mt. Vernon Police Department reported the following arrests to this...

Gloria June Wininger

June 3, 2022 @ 2:12 pm

Gloria June Wininger, 80, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away peacefully at home 12:00 am June 3, 2022 with her family by her side. She...

Judge tosses statements defendant made in 1972 murder case

May 27, 2022 @ 9:52 am

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban...

Chicago man charged in Marion County Court with weapons crimes

May 25, 2022 @ 10:55 am

MARION COUNTY — A 28-year-old Chicago man was charged Tuesday in Marion County Court with weapons charges. According to court documents, Armani Moore was...

Woman whose son was killed in tornado criticizes Amazon

May 4, 2022 @ 7:15 am

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a man killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is...

James A. Winkler

May 2, 2022 @ 12:06 pm

James A. Winkler, 90, of Bluford, Illinois, passed away at 1:37 am May 1, 2022. James was born March 8, 1932 in Peoria, Illinois...