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May 28, 2009 | Lovely County Citizen
Planning debates treehouses, parking and motorcycles in long meeting
Planning commissioners certainly earned their pay May 14. In a three-hour-plus meeting, the Planning Commission slogged through a handful of issues, including an allegedly recalcitrant property owner, a bed and breakfast with allegedly insufficient parking, an allegedly noisy motorcycle parking garage and a citizen who allegedly dodged jumping ...
Chicago man on the loose after crashing car while fleeing from police
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com DIX - A Chicago man is on the run after crashing a car on Old Centralia Road while attempting to flee from police Friday morning.
Longtime church closing its doors
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com DIX - A Jefferson County church is closing its doors after serving the public for nearly 85 years.
Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Jason L. Keele, 36, of the 14200 block of East Tolle Road, was arrested at 2:14 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Incidents A fight was reported at Southern 30 Adolescent Center at 6:31 p.m. Saturday.
JCCC names students of the year
By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Two area seniors have been named students of the year by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce - Jessa Hawkins and Brock Kabat.
JFPD trustee receives advanced training
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A fire protection district trustee will soon be the first to have completed a certified program through the Illinois Association of Fire Protection ...
Free Child Find Screenings offered
Staff Report All parents and infants, toddlers and pre-school children ages birth to 5 in Jefferson County are invited to a free Child Find Screening held this spring at various schools throughout the area.
New postmasters sworn in at Bonnie, Dix post offices
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com BONNIE - Two new postmasters were officially sworn in Thursday in Jefferson County.
Red Cross announces February blood drives for Jefferson County
The American Red Cross has scheduled blood drives for the month of February in Jefferson County.
Conditions cause rash of weekend fires
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Jefferson Fire Protection District Fire Chief Mike Huntman is once again reminding residents not to burn during dry, windy conditions following the ...
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