Cottage Hills News

Walter Gleason has always helped friends and family members with their vegetable gardens but never managed to plant one of his own.

A Cottage Hills motorist told police he was dozing when he ran into what he thought was a post.

The eagle has landed - in first place. Cottage Hills Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7678 was honored Monday for taking home first place for poppy display by the State Of Illinois VFW.

About Catholic leaders living like royalty, the Catholic church is the largest charitable organization in the world.

Two brothers were charged Wednesday with burglarizing a Moro church last year. Terry W. Homer Jr., 23, of rural Hillview, and Rylan M. Homer, 18, of the 1100 block of Walnut Drive in Cottage Hills, were charged in Madison County Circuit Court.

James A. Govero, 19, of the 1300 block of Fourth Street, Cottage Hills, was charged Monday with five counts of burglary.

Even the School Board is not exempt from hearing about the flooding problems experienced by area residents.

A man is facing two felony charges and a woman was charged with a misdemeanor Monday following an incident last week at an apartment building in Cottage Hills.

A Cottage Hills man and his former girlfriend were charged Monday in connection with a two-hour police standoff Friday.

Authorities converged on a parking lot in front of an apartment building in the first block of Harvel Court in Cottage Hills Friday morning in response to an apparent domestic dispute.

The Madison County Sheriff's Department was investigating a domestic dispute Friday that resulted in a two-hour long police standoff at an apartment in Cottage Hills and shut down a nearby highway.

A family washed out of their home by a devastating flood is finding new faith after an outpouring of support from the community.

The Telegraph/JIM BOWLING From left, Kiera Witschie, 11, spins friends Sydney Akins, 11, and Alaney Redmon, 10, on a merry- go-round at Forest Homes Park in Cottage Hills on Wednesday.

A fire that apparently started outside Wednesday afternoon made its way into an apartment along Rue Sans Souci, but no injuries were reported.

Ashley Nicole Vandiver, daughter of David and Mary Ann Vandiver of East Alton, became the bride of Keith Vernon Sheppard Aug.

It may not be the holiday season, but a spirit of giving is in the air. The annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive collected record amounts of food through the Metro East region.

Timothy R. Vanausdoll, 23, of the 100 block of Hawthorne Avenue, Hartford, was charged Tuesday with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.

Eddie and Beverly Smith, left, and Gary Liley, right, sit in front of their American eagle poppy creation Tuesday at Cottage Hills VFW Post 7678.

Half the businesses that serve alcohol in the village were found to be selling to minors during a compliance check by police.

An "Indian wearing necklaces" held an ax to 8-year-old Maggie Jenkin's neck Saturday morning.