The author of “Salvage the Bones” and “Sing, Unburied, Sing” discusses the rewards of reading laborious novels.

The driver had active warrants out of Richland and Vernon Counties, and a Department of Corrections hold was placed. The driver was taken into custody and transported to the Sheriff’s Office ...

Jonathan L. Ames-Bourn, of Highland, Ill., was arrested on Tuesday in Mt. Vernon, and charged with Armed Robbery, Aggravated Domestic Battery, Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons, and Resisting ...

William de Vernon, a knight from Vernon, Normandy, on the River Seine, came to England in 1066 with the Norman Conquest. His son Richard de Vernon became Baron of Shipbrook Castle in Cheshire.

The fair will be held at the Vernon County Museum and History Center in Viroqua from 12 to 4 p.m. Anyone who might be interested in becoming a volunteer at the historic Sherry-Butt House ...

BETHALTO — The Mount Vernon girls punched their ticket to the Taylorville Super-Sectional next Monday with a hard-fought 74-59 Class 3A Bethalto Sectional victory Thursday night over the Marion ...

Now armed with the No. 1 overall pick, the Titans could be looking for a new franchise guy. The Titans were able to see Sanders and Ward at some stages during the NFL Scouting Combine, and now the ...

The Concerned Citizens of Vernon County have invited U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden to an organized listening session where they intend to express concerns regarding recent and future federal cuts.

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspects of an alleged armed robbery that ... and 47-year-old Jonathan Ward. Allegedly, the three ...

Gormley and any other eligible candidate will be able to seek the Ward 3 seat during the upcoming council election in November.

A bylaw to officially approve Chatham-Kent’s redrawn ward boundaries was passed by council recently. However, at least one C-K councillor wants to make his opposition to the changes known even ...

Vernon, Illinois on Tuesday ... Ames-Bourn was taken to the Jefferson Co. Jail and charged with armed robbery, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated unlawful use of weapons and resisting ...