Officials in Mount Vernon, Illinois are giving residents a heads up about a simulated air crash emergency and training exercise happening at the airport tonight.

Two people were killed, and five others were wounded, in a mass shooting this weekend in Southern Illinois. Mt. Vernon police were called to the 600 block of South 15th Street in Mt. Vernon at 12:49 a ...

Mount Vernon ISD mourns loss of student following car accident The Mount Vernon ISD community is mourning the loss of a student who died over the weekend from injuries sustained during a car accident.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (WSIL) -- Authorities conducted search warrants in Mt. Vernon and Wayne City this morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a July 27 shooting in Mt. Vernon, which killed two ...

MT. VERNON, Ill. – The heartbreak is palpable after a mass shooting over the weekend in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, claimed the lives of two young men and injured five others. Mt. Vernon Police say between ...