Roxana News

Milani Turner of Rosewood Heights helps her son, Cade Turner-Miller, cast out his line while fishing Tuesday with Abby Branham of South Roxana, back left, Brittany Yon, back middle, and Branham's daughter, Lily Livingston, back right, at the Belk Park lake in Wood River.

Several fire departments have responded to a structure fire at the CKS Metal Corp.

Aaron A. Newman, 39, of the 100 block of South Roxana Avenue, and Joseph T. Shimchick, 40, of the 100 block of Rose Avenue, both in South Roxana, were charged Thursday with home invasion.

A billion-dollar expansion at the Conoco-Phillips oil refinery in Roxana, Ill. could lead to big economic growth in the Metro-East. There are already about 2,000 construction workers working on the site right now.

Three Collinsville people are facing felony charges after they allegedly robbed a service station at gunpoint early Tuesday.

Fans of all ages braved the oppressive heat and threat of rain Saturday to enjoy a variety of bands at Jerseyville's sixth annual State Street Music Festival.

Larry S. Abraham, 22, of the 1400 block of State Street, Alton, was charged Thursday with felony theft.

Lynn's Printing in Alton is celebrating 25 years of customer-friendly business. Ray and Barb Lynn bought the printing company at 3050 Homer Adams Parkway when Ray was only 19.

Sisters Barbara and Dorothy Avramovich tried to reach the basement to get away from the fury of an F4 twister, but they never got that far.

A mother and father couldn't be more proud of their son than on graduation day. Carolyn and Loren Stoeckel of South Roxana thank God every day that they got to watch this moment - the day their 18-year-old son, Shawn Stoeckel, was handed his high school diploma.

Julie Michelle Perez became the bride of Thomas Gale Tiller II at a ceremony held Nov.

Shell Community Federal Credit Union celebrated Member Appreciation Week from May 11 - 15.

It takes just one day to make a difference in someone's life. That was the idea behind Pride, Inc.'s Bucket Brigade when Dale Neudecker created it in 1988.

A series of moves Wednesday will begin transporting convoys of large heavy equipment from a barge docked along the Mississippi River to ConocoPhillips' Wood River Refinery in Roxana.

Three people are facing charges of aggravated battery for allegedly beating a woman outside a downtown nightclub last month.

Kyle Doolen lost out to another hero. The Madison County sheriff's deputy came up short in a national vote to determine the next "America's Most Wanted" All-Star. The South Roxana man lost out to William Weigt, a detective investigator with the Peoria, Ariz.

Jeff and Lisa Dublo are announcing the engagement and approaching wedding this month of their daughter, Melissa Kay Dublo, to Christopher Lee Winsel.

The Roxana Public Library recently got a face lift, and officials hope the $200,000 makeover will attract residents to stop by for a visit.

A Wilmette businessman is giving a wedding gift to Illinois servicemen and women who get married this summer.

Professors, students and alumni of the Illinois alma mater of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran are helping orchestrate a hunger strike in hopes of pressuring her release.