Mount Carmel News

Wabash County State's Attorney Christopher M. Quick read a letter from Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Executive Director Louis Kosiba to the county board during Monday evening's regular meeting.

Next race, coming up! Darrin Gottman, who coordinates the annual Wabash County Retail Merchants Committee Duck Race with Wayne Walden, gathered up some of the ducks after one of Friday evening's races so the ...

A cement mixer poured 500 gallons of water onto a parking lot, and the liquid quickly seeped into the pavement.

West Salem did it. So did Grayville. Princeton's thinking about it. The conversation's even come up in Olney.

Five-year-old McKenna Golden of Mt. Carmel was crowned Little Miss Ag Days 2008 during the annual pageant on the Ag Days stage Wednesday night in uptown Mt.

Discussing improvement of animal shelter The Wabash County Animal Shelter Buddies had a meeting Tuesday evening at Hope Luthern Church in Mt.

I am a first time caller to Sound Off. I disagree with Mrs. Latorre's justification for the 26-mill tax increase.

Students in Wabash Community Unit School District #348 will begin classes on Friday, Aug.

Colton Bosecker, 14, becomes part of the cow trough dunking tradition as he is carried and then tossed into the drink.

Francis Tortorici, center, jokes with fellow alumni of Mount Carmel High School, now Seward Elementary School, during a tour of the school in Auburn Saturday.

WVC student wins $10,000 in Illinois Lottery's 'Go for the Gold' The winning ticket WVC student and Borowiak's IGA employee Franklin Frazier reacts to the $10,000 "find." He bought an Illinois Lottery ...

Mt. Carmel drivers may soon find themselves driving through road construction on North Cherry Street.

Francis Tortorici, center, jokes with fellow alumni of Mount Carmel High School, now Seward Elementary School, during a tour of the school in Auburn Saturday.

Around 9:58 pm Eastern Time a 3.1 magnitude tremor occurred in the Tri-State near Mt.

Hoisted high on the shoulders of the men, the statue of the Virgin Mary carrying the Baby Jesus glided over the thousands of heads in Melrose Park's streets Sunday, the culmination of the four-day Feast of Our ...

The 115-year tradition of the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel started with a wife's prayer to the Virgin Mary to save the life of her sick husband.

With black-framed glasses perched on the tip of her nose and gold-tipped pins pressed between forefinger and thumb, Corinne Principe scrutinizes the embroidered dress adorning the life-sized Our Lady of Mt.

A motorcyclist was killed Thursday when he collided with a truck in Gibson County.

Festivities for the 115th annual Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Melrose Park, held each year in honor of the Virgin Mary, begins Thursday with the street festival outside of the church.

Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL -- School Library Journal, 7/10/2008 Prince Among Slaves .