Aviston News

Girl, to Suzanne and Benjamin Patterson of Kell on Oct. 5; Boy, to Dora and Larry Mann of Carlyle on Oct.

A Madison County jury on Wednesday convicted a man of sexually abusing two female relatives when they were children.

Two sisters gave testimony Tuesday that was sometimes highly detailed and sometimes contradictory in the trial of a relative accused of sexually assaulting them.

Mourners lined the streets en route from MidAmerica Airport to Germantown to honor their fallen soldier, Illinois National Guard Staff Sgt.

Two Illinois soldiers were killed Friday in a bomb blast in Kandahar, Afganistan, the Illinois Army National Guard said.

One person suffered minor injuries when an antique tractor went off the trailer it was being loaded onto Sunday afternoon in Aviston.

A group of Cinton County young people are mourning the passing of three young men who were part of a close knit group; an outgoing football hero with a promising future, a shy carpenter and a hard-working, community college student.

After one crash, families mourned the loss of four young lives and rallied around two just clinging to life.

Four people died in a two-car wreck early Sunday morning near Keyesport in Clinton County.