Elsah News

The deadline for entries in the 10th annual Village of Elsah Museum Photography Exhibit, aimed at featuring the beauty and unique qualities of the village, is quickly approaching.

Calling themselves the environmental team, education director Patti Brown and assistant education director Dorothy Cronin have worked together at the Nature Institute in Godfrey for the last nine years.

The new mayors of five municipal governments gathered Tuesday to lay down a unique pledge of regional cooperation.

Connecting to Illinois-American Water Co. looks brighter as funding options become available.

MAY 22, 2009 -- Segue Lara waters the vegetable plants at Three Rivers Community Farm in Elsah, Illinois.

Blues rock group Briar's Road is no stranger to Downtown Alton nightlife, but this season's first Block Party will have them playing a whole new scene.

The Fessler family of Jersey County was surprised and honored when its Fessler Family Farm was awarded the 2008 Conservation Farm Family by the Jersey County Soil and Water Conservation District last February.

AmerenCIPS has been cutting trees along an electrical transmission line that goes through this picturesque village on the Mississippi River, and many residents and village officials don't like it.

Young musicians are given the chance to shine with a full orchestra as winners of the annual Marie Stillwell Awards.

Spring is crunch time for the TreeHouse Wildlife Center near Brighton, which takes in baby animals and birds that have wandered away from dens, fallen out of nests or otherwise gotten separated from their parents.

Lori Smith of Elsah has devoted her life to helping others, and refuses to stop any time soon.

Ten candidates - only one of them an incumbent - are seeking election to the four seats open on the Jersey Community Board of Education.

Embroidery has played a role in the artistic preservation of more than just beautiful designs made up of lines and curves.

Charles Schwaab is a former prominent businessman who answered a call from God late in life to become a licensed pastor of three Methodist churches.

A new salon on the block exudes sleekness but looks out on Old Man River. Fringe Salon opened recently in the former Mississippi Lime building on the latest block of Downtown Alton office and retail space to ...

Debbie J. Fillback, 41, of the 400 block of East Madison Avenue, Wood River, was charged Friday with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

The owners of King, a therapy dog that went missing earlier this month, have increased the reward for his return by $500 if he is brought back by Feb.

FLORISSANT, Mo. - With the aplomb of a seasoned politician, Patrick McCreary's one-man presentation of "Abraham Lincoln: The Early Years" didn't miss a beat Wednesday, even under a literal "siege" of darkness ...

Robert Elswit, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of "There Will be Blood," will participate in a free Q&A at Principia Colege in Elsah, Ill., Saturday evening at 8. Joining him on the stage will be his ...

An Edwardsville businessman has put his money where his heart is. John Hopkins was vacationing in New Zealand when he read about the killing of two bald eagles in the St.