Jefferson County

20-year-old Demetrius Walker is accused in the murder of 45-year-old Nathan Dobbs.

An inmate was found dead Sunday

28-year-old Garrett Biggerstaff of McLeansboro was served an arrest warrant on Thursday.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports 26-year-old Jacob Higgins has been arrested for 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

During the early morning hours on Sunday, Ray Tate escaped from his cell, but was taken into custody without incident or injury.

The search was successful in recovering multiple pieces of potential evidence.

Authorities say the remains were found by people looking for deer antlers in an area off the intersection of Veterans Memorial Drive and Davidson Avenue west of the I-57-Veterans Memorial Drive interchange.

A pre-school aged child suffered life-threatening injuries in a head-on crash just before noon Thursday in Jefferson County.Illinois State Police say the…

The Jefferson County Health Department has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in the county.The department says one is a woman in her 70s who is being…

Two people were arrested after Mt Vernon Police severed a narcotics search warrant. Police say it happened in the 1100 Block of South 26th Street in Mt…