Alton News

The bald eagles are back around Alton. We commissioned an expert to show us some tricks to spotting eagles in their natural habitats.

Three people are in custody in connection with an Alton double shooting. Police say the arrests were made Friday and Saturday in the murder of 54-year-old Frank Smith and the shooting of his nephew.

Two people are being questioned in connection with a double shooting in Alton early New Year's Eve morning.

People will be looking for more than eagles along the Mississippi River this winter.

A 32-year-old Myrtle, Mo., man, Michael Edward Amick, is in the Oregon County Jail at Alton facing first-degree felony murder and second-degree felony arson charges.

On Dec. 3, area social service agencies will join forces in Maryville for Project Homeless Connect, to link the homeless to medical treatment, substance abuse and mental health counseling, legal services, ...

An Alton man is dead after an early morning crash in Oregon County. Arthur Bettis, 59, was driving five miles north of Alton on Missouri Route 19 just before three Saturday morning.

An Alton man is dead following a crash in Oregon County. 59-year-old Arthur Bettis was thrown from his pick-up when it went off of Missouri 19, south of Alton, and overturned early Saturday morning.

The driver of a vehicle thrown from his vehicle in an Oregon County crash early today was pronounced dead at the scene, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Steve and Rich Wallace of Wallace and Owens Stores, Inc. announced today that they have signed an agreement with Harps Food Stores, Inc.

Several FBLA members gathered for a photo during recent leadership training in Columbia.

A medical examiner's investigator says a police stun gun didn't necessarily cause the death of a 22-year-old Alton man during a confrontation with police in May.

The victim was shot in the head- and died at the hospital. Police say they have a description of the suspect- but have not released a motive.

With 3 to 7 inches of rain falling in a very short time period, sewers and drainage areas were overwhelmed.

An Oregon County woman was injured Wednesday in an accident six miles outside of West Plains, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Chain of Rocks Road in Mitchell will be closed starting at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 15 and continuing through Sept.

WEST ALTON, Mo. - Two people were injured, one of them seriously, in a T-bone traffic crash Wednesday on U.S. Route 67 just south of the Clark Bridge, authorities said.

Oregon County Prosecuting Attorney Fred O'Neill has filed two charges against one of the inmates who was involved the fire at the Oregon County Courthouse Sept.

Matt Neustadt , a 29-year-old farmer West Alton, Missouri, appeared on The CW's Farmer Wants a Wife in attempt to find a potential romantic partner among a group of 10 single city women.

Incumbent President Robert Mugabe Sunday declared victory in Zimbabwe's runoff election, a contest denounced by African observers as "not credible." Mugabe, on state television, said he won the election, in ...