Scheller News

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Highway Committee made several motions to keep its funds tied into Highway Department projects and fees at Wednesday night's committee meeting.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Richard H. Reynolds 41, of the 800 block of South 19th Street, was arrested Monday at 4:23 p.m. on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and criminal defacement.

A 47-year-old woman from north suburban Round Lake Beach is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Bernard C. Morris, 41, of the 17000 block of East Liberty Road, was arrested Wednesday at 2:04 a.m. on a charge of burglary.

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Highway Committee wants to work with the Jefferson County Fiscal Committee to discuss better ways to gather interest on motor fuel tax funds.

Gene and LaVerne Restoff of Scheller, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jeannie Marie Restoff of St.

The composition of some of our nation's forests may be quite different 200 to 400 years from today according to a recent study at the University of Illinois.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Sheriff is seeking to terminate the employment of a deputy who has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed in Washington County.

An Antioch man police were seeking after he was released from jail this morning has been arrested at a relative's home in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com RADOM - A Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed in Washington County, after being involved in a one-vehicle accident happened early Sunday morning.