Waltonville News

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Jefferson County Sheriff Roger Mulch honored 53 individuals who aided in the search of flood drowning victims Steven Healy and Shannon Allen on ...

Mary Margaret Harper gets help from some of the children in her day care in displaying a quilt she made and donated to the Jefferson County Operation Iraqi Freedom Committee to be raffled off to raise funds for ...

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Vandals damaged a supporting pole and netting at the Brennan Klein Memorial Field at Lincoln Park last weekend.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com WALTONVILLE - Even though members of the Waltonville Alumni Association are concerned that interest has been dwindling in its organization, the association is ...

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Nearly 70 percent of Illinois school districts showed improved financial health, according to information from the Illinois State Board of ...

By JEREMY HALL jeremy.hall@register-news.com ST. LOUIS - Students from three Jefferson County schools were among those present when the St.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Even though Memorial Day is traditionally held on May 30, its observation is held on the last Monday in May in remembrance of those who died in our ...

“I'm taking 17 students on Monday [today] to lunch.”

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com WALTONVILLE - At the beginning of the school year, Waltonville eighth-grader Shelby Patterson set a goal: to earn 1,000 Accelerated Reader points for the year. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“Her name is synonymous with teaching language arts here. It's amazing the people in the community who have said 'I've had her [as a teacher].' With 30-plus years, she's affected the children and the community in a positive way.”

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com WALTONVILLE - After 36 years of teaching at Waltonville Grade School, eighth-grade teacher Susan Gajewski is saying goodbye. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The monthly committee meetings and the regular meeting of the Jefferson County Board have been moved up a week due to the Memorial Day holiday. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“We'll absorb 100 percent of that”

Listen To The Story Editor's Note: This is the third part of a six-part series focusing on rising gas prices and their effect on Jefferson County residents and officials. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“We can't do anything and they can't do anything until that legislation is passed”

EDITOR'S NOTE: After deadline on Monday morning, the Jefferson County Highway Committee cancelled the joint highway committee meeting with Washington County. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“I'm all for jobs; Southern Illinois needs jobs”

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - A special meeting between the Jefferson County Highway Committee and the Washington County Highway Committee has been set to discuss the Power Holdings ... via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“I think it is something worth pursuing.”

By JEREMY HALL jeremy.hall@register-news.com School superintendents within Jefferson County will soon begin seeking permission from their school boards to participate in discussion among themselves regarding ... via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“This forecast indicates that we will have continued flooding problems in Southern Illinois and soon planting days will become a concern”

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois received major precipitation during the month of March, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reporting. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“At this point we see no path forward. We were trying to raise equity but there aren't any investors.”

The company that planned to build the plant in Jefferson County is now on the verge of bankruptcy. via WSIL

If there is a silver lining to the disappointing news that the planned ethanol plant in Jefferson County has been scrapped, it is that the plant had not already been up and running. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com WALTONVILLE - The company which was to build an ethanol plant in Waltonville has filed reports and paperwork to begin bankruptcy proceedings with the United States ... via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“Everyone in Southern Illinois had floods, and I think we were fortunate in the amount we had. There wasn't any possible way to save those two.”

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Board abated property taxes to make the bond payments for the Justice Center for the next year. via Mt. Vernon Register-News

“It was just a lot of water and it's running off of hills and farmland”

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared 19 southern Illinois counties, including Jefferson County, as state disaster areas on Thursday after rains ... via Mt. Vernon Register-News