Alton News

Cramming 200 years of history into a 128-page book of pictures proved to be an interesting task for Mary Westerhold, archival research manager at the Madison County Historical Society Museum and Library.

Alton Police are investigating an armed robbery Friday afternoon outside the Laclede Community Credit Union in North Alton.

The bill would create a four-year pilot program, under which patients with specified medical ailments, including cancer, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis, could use marijuana if they get a doctor's permission.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, the Madison County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident outside a Rosewood Heights bar early Thursday.

Local rental property owners, or those interested in getting into the business, are invited to attend a meeting on Saturday.

Country music superstars Sawyer Brown will be performing in Alton. The band and the city confirmed the July 19 date at the Alton Amphitheater on Wednesday.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, federal authorities report the arrested of a Carrollton man on charges of enticement of a minor.

Alton Police say it was in large part due to the public's help that an alleged shooter in an Upper Alton confrontation has been arrested.

Wood River Township Hospital was the last publicly run hospital in the metro-east when it closed in 2000, in the face of financial problems.

A series of coffee houses cropped up across the metro-east area and beyond to satisfy your craving for caffeine and casinos.

Although the world economy is going through a rough time, there is no shortage of millionaires and billionaires in the world.

In America, we're just not sure whether to treat kids with protective gloves or 'they should know better' adults An 18-year-old can vote for the president of the United States , but he can't order a beer.

More than $1.2 million will be spent on metro-east parks thanks to an initiative designed to expand outdoor recreation throughout the state.

The dirt surface was actually cleared for competition Friday, however the pit areas were still under water, forcing race promoter Don Hoener to cancel the track's sixth race, eight races into the current schedule.

Almost all of the billionaires until recently came either from the United States or other Western cities, but now the picture is changing.

An Alton teenager is being recognized as the "Youth of the Year" by the Boys and Girls Club of Alton.

Ten Alton firefighters were recognized in Springfield Thursday during the annual Firefighter Medal of Honor Ceremony.

Riverbend Down Syndrome Association will host their second annual golf tournament beginning at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course , 4701 College Ave., Alton, IL.

Dectives from the Alton Police Department believe they have identified the two men who they believe robbed an Alton convenience store last September.

After 95 years of serving the residents of the Alton area, the YWCA is looking at different ways of making their money stretch.