Brighton News

St. Joseph- Hunting season is in full swing here in Illinois, but controversy is growing in the village of St.

In a school full of pre-kindergarteners, kindergarteners and first-graders, Clifford the Big Red Dog, the Statue of Liberty and Mrs.

A three-car accident south of Carrollton Monday night caused another two-car accident along U.S. 67.

Though authorities still decline to reveal the name of the woman who rammed a burning pickup truck into the front porch of a Brighton man's home last week, formal charges against the woman are pending.

A woman who police say was angry over a souring relationship allegedly set a pickup truck on fire and then drove it into a man's house near Brighton, Illinois.

A 60-year-old woman shattered a holiday gathering of her boyfriend and his family near Brighton, Illinois.

A boil order was implemented Wednesday afternoon for some residents in the wake of a major line break, officials with the Brighton Water Department said.

There's a program in greater Alton, Illinois, that tugs at the heart of the man who runs it.

Employees of the burned-down Riverbend Billiards and Grill Inc. want to come back to work so much they are volunteering to get its new location ready to open at 5 p.m. Friday.

Piper Holland, 7, of Brighton, plays amid stone beasts Sunday at Gordon Moore park in Alton.

Joshua Schildrath of Godfrey and Audrey Rogers of Jerseyville are the parents of a daughter, Emma Breanna Schildroth, born October 27, 2009 at Jersey Community Hospital.A A She weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz.

Eerie court jesters, giraffes and goblins of all shapes and sizes lined the parade route Saturday night at the 89th Annual Alton Halloween Parade.

Here are trick-or-treat times in local communities: Alton: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at houses with exterior lights on Bethalto: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Halloween curfew in effect through Oct.

Local hero Terry Buhs was shocked when he learned he would be the grand marshal for Alton's 93rd annual Halloween Parade as it winds along Broadway the night of Oct.

" October 7, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today commended U.S. Cellular for bringing improved cellular phone service to the people of Macoupin County.

Denis Ridgeway makes people's dreams come true - at least for an hour or so. Ridgeway became a certified stage hypnotherapist and took it down a comedic path.

No matter their heritage, hundreds of people enjoyed the food, music and wares Sunday at the second annual Italian-Croatian Fall Festival in Downtown Wood River.

A local 4-H group this week marks the roots that defined what it became 60 years later.

The parents of Emily Dee Autery are announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter to Jason Paul Thatcher.

A pair of teens from Brighton, Illinois were involved in a single vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon.