Morton Public Library

Mayor Jeff Kaufman touched on a number of topics, including the village's response to what he called "growing pains." Morton's population has grown the past two years and now is close to 18,000, Kaufman said.

Classic books you may have had to read when you were in high school or college are the focus of a new book club at the Morton Public Library.

A Morton man has received the Carnegie Medal for his heroic action in 2015. 77-year-old James Vernon intervened between a knife-wielding man and a room…

A central Illinois man has pleaded guilty to charges related to an incident in which he tried to kill another man in anger over child pornography charges…

A mental fitness exam will be done on a 19-year-old central Illinois man accused of trying to kill a 75-year-old man and attack children at the Morton…

A 19-year-old central Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to trying to kill an elderly man who was protecting children the man was trying to attack with a…

State and local officials honored a 76-year-old man who thwarted a knife attack earlier this month at the Morton Public Library. James Vernon fended off…

A 75-year-old Army veteran who fought off a knife-wielding man who was threatening to kill children at the Morton library is recovering from his…