Ina News

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com BONNIE - The state fire marshall is investigating a fire which broke out early Friday morning at the Bonnie Community Building.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Andrew L. Mazar, 33, of the 800 block of South 22nd Street, was arrested at 3 p.m. Monday on charges of contempt of court and obstruction of justice by destroying evidence.

By VANESSA WELCH vanessa.welch@register-news.com INA - As red, white and blue waved this weekend in honor of Flag Day and the U.S. Army celebrated 234 years of service, veterans reached out to help fellow veterans during the fifth annual Veterans Informational Conference at Rend Lake College.

May 29, 2009 1:16 pm US/Central GLENWOOD, Ill. A gunman hijacked a school bus in South Holland and led police on a chase that ended in Glenwood after shots were fired and cars were rammed.

BY VANESSA WELCH vanessa.welch@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Staff and administrators who are retiring from Jefferson County schools this year have provided knowledge and encouragement that has positively influenced children, both in and outside of schools.

As unemployment numbers continue to creep up, hopeful job seekers are packing local job fairs in our area.

Schrader Real Estate & Auction Co. Inc. Assessment Finds Farmland Prices Mostly Stable With Some Variation Due to Location and Land Quaity Date Posted: March 23, 2009 Columbia City, INa 'Farmland prices in the Midwest are continuing to hold up remarkably well, though the market appears to be growing more selective in terms of location and quality, ...

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com INA - Approximately 400 Jefferson County eighth-graders attended a day-long educational conference during the 14th Annual Sessions Chosen Only For You Break held Friday at Rend Lake College.

By VANESSA WELCH vanessa.welch@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The county has received federal economic stimulus money to pay 100 percent for a three-inch overlay on asphalt from I-57 to Rend Lake College, with ...

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A fire protection district trustee will soon be the first to have completed a certified program through the Illinois Association of Fire Protection ...

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com SPRINGFIELD - Five Jefferson County Schools have received recognition from the Illinois State Board of Education with Spotlight, Academic Improvement and Academic ...

Staff Report All parents and infants, toddlers and pre-school children ages birth to 5 in Jefferson County are invited to a free Child Find Screening held this spring at various schools throughout the area.

When Joe Wilkerson was creating a label for his line of Uncle Joe's all-purpose sauces, his wife, Brenda, suggested he incorporate the photo she took of him in a floppy hat.

The American Red Cross has scheduled blood drives for the month of February in Jefferson County.

Editor: Last Friday's Mt. Vernon Register-News story about George Gifford's contention that an illegal contract exists between the Rend Lake Conservancy District and the City of Mt.

Her name is the sole reason she even dares go for it. Camelot must be Gaelic for chutzpah .

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com BONNIE - A broken rail has been reported as the cause of a train derailment which occurred Sunday night just north of Bonnie.

A nine-car derailment on Union Pacific tracks shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday shut down Illinois 37 between Bonnie and Ina.

Residents of Jefferson County south of Mt. Vernon received a scare Sunday evening when two cars from a Union Pacific train toppled onto the northbound lane of Illinois 37, part of a train derailment involving ...

Here is the latest... Eleven freight cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Sunday evening between Bonnie, IL and Ina, IL.