McLeansboro News

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Real people and animals posed in the chilly air Friday night to tell the Christmas story at the United Methodist Children's Home live nativity.

Children went from business to business trick-or-treating Saturday at Times Square Mall in Mt.

Meghan Crain, 22, of McLeansboro performs Saturday at the Wine and Art Fair at GenKota Winery, which is one of the events making up the Southern Illinois Harvest Festival.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com BELLE RIVE - Now that the growing season is coming to a close, that doesn't mean that Debbra Arndt and her husband have stopped providing food for area seniors and the disabled - but it does mean they have added another mission - to provide them with socks.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Misdemeanor charges against a Hamilton County bus driver involved in an accident while students were onboard have been dropped and felony charges have been filed.

Linda Price, coordinator of the annual Family Health HIV/AIDS and Kidney Expo, is warning the public about a check scam.

I've rented more movies of late, which is a rare treat as we're always so busy and usually do not have the time to watch a lot of television, let alone movies.

As folks walked through the newly renovated Hamilton Memorial Hospital Saturday night, a lot of them were thinking the same thing.

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.