Johnston City News Archives

With Labor Day weekend right around the corner, local police are stepping up patrols in an effort to keep area highways a little safer.

The Williamson County Sheriff's department is trying to locate two sex offenders who are not in compliance.

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Johnston City- The West Nile virus has turned up in Williamson County. The Franklin Williamson Bi-County Health Department reports a pool of infected mosquitoes at the southern edge of Johnston City.

David Wilson wasn't interested in making a career out of farming. After spending much of his youth raising cattle, shoveling manure and baling hay, Wilson traded in his cowboy boots, hat and farm-living ways to go to medical school.

A Union Pacific train did significant damage to the railroad track running through downtown in Johnston City Monday morning.

Authorities say fire was set to a downtown apartment building in Johnston City early Friday morning.

A Union Pacific train has ripped up some road crossings in Johnston City. According to Johnston City dispatch, one of the rail cars was damaged and dragging something through town.

Fire destroyed an apartment building that was one of only two structures left standing on a downtown block mostly gutted by a June blaze.

Authorities say fire was set to a downtown apartment building in Johnston City early Friday morning.

The fires ripped through buildings across Johnston City, Illinois, over the last three months.