Alto Pass News

More than 500 people made the five-mile hike from the Bald Knob Cross of Peace to downtown Alto Pass in the second annual Crosswalk on Saturday.

Brett Haynes, of Lemont, and Hannah Streicher, of Kankakee, enjoy an outdoor concert Saturday at Spring Fest in Makanda.

But Union County's Dana Pearson adds that there's no need for anyone around Cobden to feel alarmed.

Every year folks celebrate Easter at the Bald Knob Cross in Alto Pass. This year the cross celebrated an event of its own, the 50th anniversary of the monuments ground breaking.

Hundreds of people in southwestern Illinois gathered for Easter services Sunday at the base of a rusty, crumbling 111-foot cross, part of restoration efforts that were delayed by years of discord.

Maria Reyna Lopez, 68, of Alto Pass died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at her home. She was born Nov.

Caretakers of an 11-story cross in southern Illinois are asking area churches for donations to help cover repairs to the deteriorating landmark.

Caretakers of an 11-story cross in southern Illinois are asking area churches for donations they say could help cover repairs to the deteriorating landmark.

This small rock shelter and spring is one of the sights along the Cave Creek Trail in the Shawnee National Forest March is that wonderful time of the year when it is warm enough to go hiking, but cold enough to ...

For the first time in the history of the State of Illinois legislators passed a medical marijuana legalization proposal.

Clifford Leo Benefield, 84, of Anna died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill.

Judy Drost Wiemann initially planned to build a home on the 60-acre track of farmland she bought in Maryville.

A 47-year-old Carterville woman suffered non-life threatening injuries Thursday when the motorcycle she was riding left a roadway in Giant City State Park.

Finally, a deal in the long legal fight surrounding the Bald Knob Cross, clearing the way for much needed repairs.

The tone was decidedly upbeat at Tuesday's meeting of Friends of the Cross at the Alto Pass Civic Center.