A Mount Vernon man was found guilty of first-degree murder in a jury trial in Jefferson County, Illinois. According to Mount ...

One person has died and another is hospitalized following a Tuesday fire at 504 Short Street Apartments, Mount Vernon Fire ...

A Mount Vernon activist has sued Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard in state Supreme Court, citing a rarely used law to challenge the mayor's police detail.

MT. VERNON, IL (WSIL) - After years of planning, the Mt. Vernon Police Department has a new police station to call home. "This is by far, mine and the council's greatest accomplishments," said Lewis ...

MT. VERNON, IL (KFVS) - Two men are behind bars after running from police in Mt. Vernon, Illinois during a traffic stop. On December 20, at around 10 p.m., an officer with the Mt. Vernon Police ...

MOUNT VERNON, IL (WSIL) -- Mt. Vernon police responded to two incidents involving juveniles with guns Friday. Information on the two incidents comes from a Mount Vernon Police Department Facebook ...

VERNON, Ill. (WLS) -- One person is dead and a veteran Illinois State Police trooper is seriously injured after a shootout on Interstate 64 near Mount Vernon Tuesday morning, according to police.

The Illinois State Police released dashcam footage of a deadly shooting ... A trooper stopped to assist the suspect around 3 a.m. on May 9 along the right shoulder of Interstate 64 in Mount Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — A man from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was killed and an Illinois state trooper was injured after an exchange of gunfire early Tuesday morning on Interstate 64 in Jefferson County.