Southern Illinois Region

CHESTER -- Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 announces the arrest of 33-year-old Brian Fricke of Chester for 12 counts of possession of child pornography involving...

CHESTER -- Chester Memorial Hospital is the recipient of an Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) 2023-2024 EMS Education Mini Awards grant. Through the grant, Memorial is providing bleed control...

CARLYLE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Carlyle Lake is seeking volunteers to assist with the annual spring Christmas tree recycling/fish habitat improvement project being held on Saturday,...

MT. VERNON — A Mt. Vernon restaurant will permanently close its doors at the end of the month after more than a dozen years of serving the community. According to...

MT. VERNON -- A 45-year-old Mt. Vernon man charged with reckless homicide was ordered detained in the Jefferson County Jail after the court found he is likely a threat to...

SPRINGFIELD -- Marion County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization...

WEST FRANKFORT -- After ten years under its current ownership, a historic restaurant in West Frankfort is closing its doors. The owners of the historic Heights Market & Deli broke...

CHESTER -- The Randolph County Sheriff’s Department has released its latest report of arrests: 31-year-old Joshua M. Thomas of Sparta December 26, 2023, by Sparta Police on a St Clair...

WALTONVILLE -- Southern Illinois was struck with an earthquake late Sunday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). USGS reported that a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck around 10 p.m. Sunday...

MASCOUTAH/CENTRALIA -- Better Newspapers, Inc., a Midwest-centric media company and publisher of our newspaper, is set to acquire Centralia Press Ltd. properties, including the Centralia Sentinel, Mount Vernon Sentinel, The...