Pinckneyville News

Staff Report MT. VERNON - A former member of the Cavaliers Quartet will perform Sunday at Park Avenue Baptist Church.

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

The job market is still tight across our region. Every local county except Jackson had more than 8% unemployment last month.

Nearly a third of the student body at Pinckneyville High School is out with the flu, more than 150 kids.

Two Perry County men are under arrest for damaging facilities at Pyramid State Park.

Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Tracy of 717 Greencroft Road, Princeton, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on Sunday.

Hundreds of job seekers want to sign on with Crownline Boats when it resumes production in West Frankfort.

Wednesday night marked the beginning of this year's annual steam, gas, and threshing show in Pinckneyville.

PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. The word is out: Southern Illinois' Perry County has a new weekly newspaper.

Corey Eversgerd has joined SCI Engineering Inc.'s Environmental Group as a project scientist in the O'Fallon office.

Teachers Marla Martin, left, and Bob Chamberlain discuss their studentsa grades and their possibility of unemployment at the Operation Rebound Center in Carbondale Wednesday.

A Perry County, Illinois family mourns the loss of a loved one. Charles Solt, 20, of Coulterville died Monday afternoon not long after the car he was riding in was hit by a truck.

A 20-year-old man is dead after an accident in Perry County on Monday. Police tell Heartland News it happened around 1:20 p.m. According to police, 17-year-old Brianna Stehl was driving a 1997 Chevrolet car and was struck in the passenger side by a 1992 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Travis Reidelberger of Waltonville.

A local food bank is getting recognition as being among the best in the country.