Alton News

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, East Alton Police were holding 22 year old Cody Simpson of the 800 block of Park in South Roxana for battery and resisting arrest.

Rain pushed into the downtown Alton area late Saturday and continued into Sunday, forcing the cancelation of the All Wheels Drive In Car Show on Father's Day.

The bride is the daughter of Gregory and Debra Schwandt of Great Falls. Briana Schwandt was her maid of honor, and Robyn Jones and Laura Walter were bridesmaids.

ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JUNE 8 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 23, 2013 photo, Coena Royal poses for a photo with her son, Eric, at their home in Alton, Ill.

The chief sponsor of the conceal carry bill currently sitting on the desk of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is calling for action.

The Riverbender.com Community Center in downtown Alton will hold a series of open admission nights this summer.

This month marks the anniversary of a holiday known as Juneteenth. It commemorates the delivery of the message of the end of slavery to a group of slaves in Galveston, Texas, in June 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in the United States.

Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons tells The Telegraph that the decision involving the 6-year-old boy came after the prosecutor's office consulted with the child's parents.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that work will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday to reopen all lanes of U.S. 67 in Alton.

A Granite City man has been charged in the stabbing death of his estranged wife.

An Alton woman is in jail after she allegedly stabbed her husband during an argument Monday at their apartment.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, Alton Police are investigating the reported stabbing of a man in the 300 block of Big Arch Road Monday afternoon.

As the flood waters recede and clean up begins the City of Alton is examining ways to help pay for clean up and cover the cost of damaged property.

A U.S. brownfield redeveloper has been directed by the Ministry of Environment to prepare to clean up the former Marathon Pulp mill on the north shore of Lake Superior.

The Mississippi River continues to fall at Alton and Grafton and that could mean the reopening of the Great River Road early this week.

One person was arrested and others may face charges this week after East Alton Police recovered materials used to manufacture methamphetamines inside a house located in The Illinois State Police Meth Response team was called to the scene to remove hazardous materials and police say that it appears that the occupants were manufacturing the drug ... (more)

Traffic continues to find its way around the floodwaters around the Mississippi River.

Running out of gas while you're in your car can be really stressful -- but for one man driving in Madison County this week, his car problems turned out to be the least of his troubles.

WellSpring Resources is investing $2 million in a new independent living facility in Alton, Ill.

The northbound lanes of U.S. 67 have been converted to carry two-way traffic between Missouri Route 94 and the Alton end of the Clark Bridge.