Kimberly Young Wilkins is the state monitor, and she’ll be helping with the district’s academic and financial challenges. She’ll also create a proposed financial and academic improvement plan before ...

A vision five months in the making has become a reality for Mount Vernon High School's football program, thanks to a ...

The next school year might still be more than a month away, but Dr. Demario Strickland is already very busy. The next school ...

Illinois Supreme Court appoints James Hackett as appellate judge ...

After defeating a familiar foe in the quarterfinal round, Underwood will face another familiar opponent, Unity Christian, a ...

We must tell the whole story, including the disturbing chapters, several speakers urged at the June 29 dedication of a new Virginia marker in Little Hunting Park in Mount Vernon’s Bucknell ...

Jason Boroughs, Mount Vernon's principal archaeologist, told NBC 16, “Finding what is essentially fresh fruit, 250 years later, is pretty spectacular.

Mount Vernon's Chloe Meester is honored as one of two Gazette Female Athletes of the Year in 2025.

A black bear was spotted wandering through parts of Westchester, prompting a safety advisory from police. According to an announcement from the Mount Pleasant Police Department on Sunday night, July 6 ...

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Justin Verlander makes admission as calls mount for retirement.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon on July 4.