Pontoon Beach News

Sharon R. Tash, 59, passed away at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Alton Memorial Hospital with her family by her side.

A prosecutor Tuesday accused Marquis "Butterhead" Powell, 29, of Pontoon Beach, of firing wildly into the home of a rival, killing the rival's 12-year-old son.

Pontoon Beach has been buzzing with excitement since Thursday night when resident Ethan Jones aced his "American Idol" audition on national television.

Whether it's coincidence or not, this season's auditions on American Idol have been peppered with talented women telling tales of husbands who held them back.

A Pontoon Beach man was sentenced Monday to more than 21 years in federal prison for his guilty plea to cocaine conspiracy and money laundering charges.

The sleepy little southern Illinois town is all over the news this week and before we go any further, please remember that the city is more pontoon than it is beach.

Sand Road residents scored another victory Thursday in a long-running battle to prevent expansion of a nearby trailer park.

Federal investigators helped by a conscientious paroled killer say they foiled a plot to abduct, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme they say borrowed elements from a television show and sought to blame the killing on the planned victim's cat.

An Illinois man is jailed on federal charges that he planned to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme that sought to blame the killing on the intended victim's cat.

A southern Illinois man faces federal charges that accuse him of planning to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a killing the suspect allegedly looked to pin on a cat.

A southern Illinois man faces federal charges that accuse him of planning to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a killing the suspect allegedly looked to pin on a cat.

A southern Illinois man faces federal charges that accuse him of planning to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a killing the suspect allegedly looked to pin on a cat.