Hannah McNeece garnered 45 percent of the 3,265 votes cast at courierpress.com and on the Courier & Press app. Here's what a Mount Vernon High School representative said about McNeece in the ...

Students at Mount Vernon's Lincoln School paid homage to Black scientists as the annual science fair took place during Black History Month.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (KFVS) - A southern Illinois man is facing a charge of child porn possession. Dakota R. Martin, 21, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested at his home on Thursday, February 13 and booked ...

The Hamilton School District is making changes to its school bus routes. The changes come after 5-year-old Finn Katona was struck and killed by a bus in a parking lot in January. The route changes ...

MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon Police Chief Dan Christman announced Friday on Facebook that his department will not assist federal authorities with immigration enforcement. “A new Federal ...

Jenkins will save $8,000 to $9,000 monthly on overhead costs. A Mt. Vernon soul food restaurant will close its brick-and-mortar dining room to focus on delivery orders and other future endeavors.

SUSSEX, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Monday night, the Sussex-Hamilton School Board held a moment of silence in remembrance of Finn Katona. He was killed in a bus accident earlier this month. In response ...

THE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SINCE CHANGED ITS PROTOCOL. BUSSING THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS DIRECTLY TO WILLOW Finn Katona, 5, was in the parking lot of Silver Spring Intermediate School waiting ...

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (KFVS) - A southern Illinois man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for being a habitual offender and a violence charge in connection with an incident in ...

Excitement and new beginnings filled the air recently as Hamilton School welcomed their incoming Grade 8 pupils for Orientation Day. From team-building activities to learning more about their ...

Letters were mailed in early January to 8,750 high school students — about 34 per cent of public and Catholic cohorts — whose families failed to prove they are vaccinated against measles ...

THAT SCHOOL BOARD AT SUSSEX, HAMILTON ALSO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADD FOUR SCHOOL BUSSES SPECIFICALLY FOR WILLOW SPRINGS FOR K STUDENTS, AS PARENTS ARE CALLING FOR CHANGES TO THE BUSSING SYSTEM.