Kayla Green was just 16 years old when she was stabbed by another cheerleader from a different team following a parade in Mount Vernon.

This piece is part of the Daily Reporter’s Ag Week 2026 section, which was inside the March 14 edition and is available at ...

Mt. Vernon's Luke Ertel scored 34 points in the Marauders' win over Pike in the regional round of the boys basketball state ...

”The Commons of Mount Vernon,” is the new name for the Old Mount Vernon High School redevelopment project, a project that’s been underway for a few years as construction crews transform a dated high ...

Though they billed it as a “soft opening,” the renovated, 139,000-square-foot Mount Vernon Recreation Center drew many admiring oohs and ahs on June 9 when local officials and others cut a red ribbon ...

Desert Mountain cheer coach Marchand McCauley said she was fired for bringing her breastfeeding son with her to a national ...

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its all-state teams for the 2025-26 IHSA boys basketball season.

Most people know the mathematical constant pi as 3.14, but several Mount Vernon students can recite several hundred of its ...

Vance Light, a notable figure in Mount Vernon athletics, steps down from his position as the wrestling program's coach after ...

Just over 48 hours from being inches away from moving to a 3-0 district record against Winnsboro, the Chisum Lady Mustangs ...

Long time ref, former coach and administrator and current IU men's official scorekeeper honored for years of service ...