Staff Report MT. VERNON - A total of 53 arrest warrants have been issued in conjunction with federal indictments handed down for an alleged heroin/cocaine distribution ring which operated in Jefferson and Marion counties.

Nine Centralia residents have been indicted in federal court for allegedly participating in a cocaine/heroin distribution ring in Centralia and Mt.

One Southern Illinois community is preparing for a sudden population spike of nearly fifty percent.

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on September 1, 2009, Brady McGRUDER, a/k/a "June," a/k/a "James G. Martin," a/k/a "Brady Martin," age 43, of Chicago, Illinois, and April D. SULLENS , age 23, of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, ...

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on August 27, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Residents in Jefferson and Marion counties are being asked if they could be better served by a shuttle service offered by South Central Transit.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A new event which will be held in Salem this fall will mean big tourist dollars for Mt.

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say the incident occurred in the driveway of the home of Joe Lyons in Sandoval.

A man accused of killing a Southern Illinois first-grade teacher after sexually attacking her is mentally fit to stand trial.

A judge has declared a murder suspect mentally fit to be tried on charges that he rammed a southern Illinois teacher with his Jeep as she walked along a rural road, then raped her in the woods before going home and returning to stab her to death.