McLeansboro News

Heid, 58, a widely known Southern Illinois criminal defense attorney, collapsed at his home in Enfield sometime after 4 a.m. on Saturday.

By KANDACE McCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com McLEANSBORO - Construction of the Hamilton Memorial Family Clinic has been completed, and the clinic is expected to open soon.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A bus wreck involving a Hamilton County school bus is still under investigation pending "further development of evidence," the Jefferson County sheriff said.

After a day filled with registration and short courses, Willard W. Harrison kicked off a series of three lectures with his tutorial lecture on Sunday night at the 57th ASMS Conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MCLEANSBORO - Congressman John Shimkus joined local officials Friday in support of the coal mining industry and expressed opposition to proposed cap-and-trade legislation.

"Children first" is the slogan administrators, teachers and pupils live by at Parkside Elementary School.

Mann Jaycee Lee Ann Mann was born at 2:13 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2009, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Cour, Mo.

MORRISON – The City Council has taken two steps toward creating an official historic downtown and transforming the rustic county seat into a tourist destination.

Two area lenders have been disciplined in January by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich took a taxpayer-funded flight to southern Illinois where he attended an unscheduled meeting and raised $42,000 from contributors that included the family of a man he had recently appointed ...

One of southern Illinois' largest contributors to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund denied pay-to-play politics were a factor in his appointment to the state Department of Employment Security.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Board is investigating selling about 7,000 acres of mineral rights held by the county and throwing in with the Dodds Pendleton Coal ...

The Jefferson County Board is investigating selling about 7,000 acres of mineral rights held by the county and throwing in with the Dodds Pendleton Coal Association.

A Hamilton County businessman became the 27th recipient of the Rend Lake College Alumnus of the Year award Thursday.