Wood River News

In an effort to prevent waste, the city is going back to the three R's - reduce, reuse and recycle.

GODFREY a ' Site preparation is under way for a new $8 millon Walmart Supercenter, the village's biggest-ever retail development.

A Wood River man connected to a troubled cleanup job at the BP Amoco property has pleaded guilty to a count of tax evasion for allegedly understating his income by more than $700,000. Gregory S. Jevyak, the former property manager for the failed Deer Park cleanup at the BP site, pleaded guilty to understating his income by more than $750,000 and ...

Officials are questioning some of Wood River Township's business practices and how they pertain to public interest.

An auction Sunday drew hundreds to bid on the treasures and trinkets of a prominent Alton family.

The fifth annual Catholic Men's Breakfast is attempting to reach out to fathers in the 21st century.

The Madison County Board gave its approval Wednesday to the appointment of Kyle Anderson as Madison County recorder.

It could be the granddaddy of all private estate auctions in the history of Alton, Illinois.

As a second-grade teacher, her classroom includes gifted students as well as those with learning and behavioral difficulties.

The Metro East's levees are in worse shape than initially believed and will cost an additional $70 million to fix, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday.

There is a two-tenths of 1 percent likelihood of a so-called "500-year" flood in any given year.

Operation Compassion has designated Bethalto Church of God as an official collection center for relief assistance to those suffering in Haiti.

A man accused of stabbing a woman several times in a domestic dispute, then fleeing the scene, was in police custody Tuesday.

Jan. 19--COTTAGE HILLS -- Customers who owe Wood River Township money for sewer service still have time to pay before their water service is shut off.

The fate of the fire-ravaged Mansion House was uncertain Friday, concerning people who appreciate historic buildings, Alton's past and the stretch of old homes on lower State Street.

Longtime Madison County Recorder of Deeds Dan Donohoo said today he will be stepping down from office effective Jan.

Meth heads -- so long as they show up to work and don't steal anything -- generally make outstanding employees.

An Alton credit union and a bank notified six customers Monday that someone rang up 32 debits on their accounts totaling thousands of dollars at Florida businesses in recent days.

A southwestern Illinois man has been sentenced to three decades in prison after admitting he shot his wife to death in 2008.

Nolen Joseph Rezabeck became The Telegraph area's first baby of 2010 when he was born at 3:12 p.m. Saturday at Saint Anthony's Health Center in Alton.