http://www.register-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115141.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115141.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comMT. VERNON — The city and members of the Mt. Vernon Professional Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters Local 738 have reached a tentative agreement, less than two weeks after their contract expired. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115025.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115025.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comMT. VERNON — Applications are now available for the 11th Annual Senior Saints Hall of Fame. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115105.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134115105.html Staff ReportCOLLINSVILLE — In news conferences across his district Monday, Congress-man John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) called for long-delayed action to increase our nation's domestic energy supply in order to bring down skyrocketing prices. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:49:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114937.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114937.html Staff ReportINA — Rend Lake College will welcome back the Robert Earl Jones Commemorative Mine Rescue Competition on Thursday at its track complex on campus. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114900.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114900.html Staff ReportMT. VERNON — The Mt. Vernon Jaycees will be holding a Guitar Hero bracketed tournament on May 31 at the Granada Theater in downtown Mt. Vernon. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114313.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_134114313.html Staff ReportSPRINGFIELD — Mt. Vernon Health Care Center has been fined $15,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failure to provide adequate supervision for a resident identified at risk for elopement. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113813.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113813.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comMT. VERNON — The monthly committee meetings and the regular meeting of the Jefferson County Board have been moved up a week due to the Memorial Day holiday. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113740.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113740.html Staff ReportSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Water Survey has recorded the third wettest January through April since 1895, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:34:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113526.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113526.html By KANDACE MCCOYkandace.mccoy@register-news.comINA — When Angie Diener and her best friend Sabrina Hosselton decided to join forces to open a country and primitive decor business, they decided a building in downtown Ina would be perfect for their new business, Open Home Treasures. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113054.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133113054.html Staff ReportThe annual Reading Rainbow award presentation ceremony was held recently at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:32:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133103243.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_133103243.html Staff ReportSt. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital will be offering free pastoral care “Being a Compassionate Visitor’ classes to help local pastors, deacons, elders and laypeople become stronger in their ministry to those in the hospital. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001634.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001634.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comSPRINGFIELD — After 123 Illinois registered sexual offenders from the MySpace Internet site were discovered to be registered on Facebook, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has reached an agreement with Facebook to make key changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate contact. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001708.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001708.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comMT. VERNON — The sentence for Albert Rainey was withheld Friday, and his motion to have his guilty plea for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child withdrawn was denied. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001503.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001503.html By TESA CULLItesa.culli@register-news.comMT. VERNON — The Bethel Grade School City Wide Cleanup team maintained its first-place ranking for the number of volunteers and the number of bags collected during the event last week, but they are watching their tailfeathers next year, as the second-place team at Mt. Vernon Township High School in its first year made a big dent in the number of volunteers. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001316.html http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_131001316.html By KANDACE MCCOYkandace.mccoy@register-news.comMT. VERNON — It was Mom’s day Friday afternoon at Dodds Grade School for Linda Walker’s third-grade classroom, as they were honored by their children with a number of special gifts during a Mom’s Tea.