Author Archives: Mark Wells

Don "Red" Kittle, age 88, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Saturday evening, December 21, 2024, at his home. He was born August 29, 1936, in Flora, the son of Lee and Pansy (Cooper) Kittle. He was unit...

Federal authorities have scheduled January 28th as the trial date for former Wayne City Police Chief Anson Fenton. Fenton has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the misapplication of property fr...

This holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), along with the Illinois State Police and over 200 local police and sheriff's departments, is launching the national "Drive Sober ...

Two Houston Texas men, 32-year-old McKindley V. Allen and 28-year-old DaLeon J. Fontennet, were sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for burglarizing pharmacies in Southern Illinois and Missouri ...

Governor JB Pritzker in August released a list of 265 Senate and House bills he signed into law. Pritzker took action on the 265 bills on Friday, August 9th signing all of them into law. Some of the b...

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity announced Thursday that Southwestern Illinois has been chosen for a groundbreaking $820 million sustainable aviation fuel project. This t...

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM SATURDAY: Newton 51, Fairfield 42 (JV: Fairfield 47, Newton 45) Althoff 67, Mt Vernon 49 Benton 67, Carmi 38 Breese Central 63, Auburn 51 Century 73, Joppa 43 Father M...

Billy Dean Atkinson, 78, of McLeansboro, IL passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at Deaconess Henderson Hospital in Henderson, KY. Billy was born on January 7, 1946 to Freddy Dean Atkinson &...

Rose Mary McKnelly, age 87, of Bible Grove, Illinois, passed away December 5, 2024, at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor. She was the only child of Farrel and Ruth (Toliver) Tolliver. After graduating from...

Gilbert William Rapp, age 88, a resident of Belle Rive, Il., passed away Thursday, December 19, 2024 at his residence. Gilbert was born February 6, 1936 in Dahlgren, IL. He was a son of Joe Rapp Sr an...