Mount Vernon News

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Jefferson County will have to wait until April to negotiate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to receive additional detainees.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The wheels of justice may move slowly, but these days the wheels are turning a little faster in Jefferson County.

Staff Report MT. VERNON - The Miller Lake Bridge was closed to traffic for just over an hour Tuesday afternoon, after the body of a fisherman was discovered.

Staff Report MT. VERNON - A Jefferson County man received major injuries Saturday after hitting a deer with his motorcycle.

Wes Plummer's connection with Santa Claus has remained solid over the last year, so much in fact that the Mt.

By JACK CLARK jackclark@mvn.net This past August I had the unique opportunity to interview the members of the band, Eye of the Needle.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on information provided by the new Illinois Department of Public Health Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care recently made available to the public.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The city has finalized an economic incentive agreement with Kohl's Department Store offering incentives for the business to commit to building here.

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Priya Nair, a Mt.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Ortilio J. Morales, 26, of Belle Rive, was arrested Tuesday at 4:05 a.m. on a charge of contempt of court.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Operation Iraqi Freedom Committee has extended the deadline to submit names of warriors who will be serving overseas during the holidays.

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - People on the inaugural Mt.

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Retired art teacher Debbie Wilson helped a handful of community members get into the holiday spirit recently by teaching them a new craft.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - After just over an hour and a half of deliberations, a jury found Tyrone Jackson guilty for his part in the beating of three children in October 2007.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Central Christian Church will continue its tradition of the past dozen years by offering its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov.

Jefferson County Sheriffs Office Incidents Wednesday at 7:31 a.m., police responded to a report of a burglary alarm at Farrington Community Consolidated School in Bluford.

The Mt. Vernon Township High School girls cross country team finished 11th at the Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Cross Country Meet held Saturday at Detweiler Park in Peoria.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. On Sept. 22, I was named President/CEO of United Methodist Children's Home by its Governing Board of Directors.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A local couple is clinging to hope their nephew will be found after he went missing in the Pacific Ocean.

If it seemed like the sun was a bit elusive last month, it is not your imagination.