CARRIER MILLS – The 2020 Census report was made official by the Illinois Secretary of State. Carrier Mills was one of very few communities to show an increase in population from the 2010 census to the 2020 census. The official population of Carrier Mills following the 2020 Census is 1,672. Carrier Mills had been on
METROPOLIS – 118th District State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) led a zoom video press conference on Thursday morning to announce he has filed legislation that would repeal the so-called ‘Safe-T Act’, legislation passed on a partisan basis by Democrats in 2021 that Windhorst says makes police and the communities they serve less safe. “As a member
HARRISBURG – Regional artists are being showcased at the Ella Elizabeth Hise Museum of Regional Art at Southeastern Illinois College during the Celebrate Regional Artists exhibit being presented through Thursday, March 3. Visitors will enjoy more than 50 works, including those featuring fiber arts, photography, paintings, sculptures and various other mediums brought in by artists
HARRISBURG – Scholarship application time is in full swing at Southeastern Illinois College. The deadline is Feb. 28 for all students — new and current — who plan to attend during the 2022-2023 academic year. One application serves for more than 300 possible scholarships. The application has three main requirements: 1) fill out the application
MT. VERNON – New efforts are underway to identify a 1993 murder victim whose decapitated head was found in Jefferson County. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, on January 27, 1993, the decapitated head of a presumed white woman was discovered on the side of a wooded roadway within Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. The
MCLEANSBORO – The Hamilton Memorial Hospital District (HMHD) Foundation held its second online fundraising campaign to help raise funds towards the installation of a new Pulmonary Function Testing Machine. The HMHD Foundation “We’re All In This Together” campaign was held November 15, 2021 – December 15, 2021 in place of the Foundation’s Annual Dinner and
MT. VERNON – A 59-year-old Belle Rive man was sentenced last week to 13 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty earlier this month in Jefferson County Court to delivery of methamphetamine. Bradley Gammon failed to appear in court last summer in both Jefferson and Wayne county courts. Gammon was ultimately
MT. VERNON – A Sunday morning house fire in Mt. Vernon claimed the lives of a young mother and her 14-month-old baby. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, 18-year-old Ashley Cheatham and her baby son Brendon Pauling were killed in the Sunday morning fire at 1213 South 24th in Mt. Vernon. The baby’s father,
HARRISBURG, Ill. (Jan. 13, 2022) — The Southeastern Illinois College Forensic Falcons earned a silver medal in overall team competition Jan. 7 and 8 at the online Region IV-Affiliated Forensic League (RAFL) Tournament, claiming silver in individual events and silver in debate. Stonefort’s Haley Rice earned a gold medal in individual events sweepstakes at the
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) Thursday voted against House Democrats legislation to federalize elections. In an attempt to circumvent Senate procedural hurdles, Speaker Pelosi replaced a bipartisan NASA bill with this partisan attempt to overhaul elections. “After nearly a year of one-party Democrat control in Washington, President Biden has failed miserably at enacting
