Scheller News

By VANESSA WELCH vanessa.welch@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Jefferson County is expected to receive $413,197 in federal economic stimulus money to resurface 1.36 miles of North Ken Gray Parkway located between I-57 and Rend Lake College.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com WALTONVILLE - A benefit has been planned this weekend to help a family offset expenses following an accident which occurred in January.

A 22-year-old Carpentersville woman could spend the rest of her life behind bars if convicted of the murder of a toddler at a Lincolnshire day care center.

Police followed footprints in the snow for more than a mile and a half, leading to the arrest of a couple alleged to be responsible for at least 18 store burglaries in northern Illinois.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Board will be discussing a contract proposal from coal broker Energy Plus to market coal rights held by the county during the regular ...

Bond has been set at $5 million for a suburban Chicago daycare worker charged in the homicide of a toddler.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Committees of the Jefferson County Board will be meeting next week to discuss business ranging from repairs to the Justice Center roof, finances, and ...

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - County Board members were given a preview of the condition of county finances Wednesday night by County Board Chairman Ted Buck.