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PHOTO: This will cost more than $1

Lt. Will Cunningham, of the Roxana Police Department, walks past the caved-in wall Friday at the South Roxana Dollar General, 405 Broadway. A woman driving a full-size GMC van...

Judge takes Kochan suit under advisement

EDWARDSVILLE - A judge took a lawsuit filed by Wood River Township Assessor Thelma Kochan under advisement Friday after further, sometimes highly technical, discussion of whether...

LakinChapman now St. Louis-based SLChapman

ST. LOUIS - The LakinChapman law firm has moved its offices from Wood River and changed its name to SLChapman, said Robert L. Schmeider, the firm's new managing partner. Brad...

Man gets five years for role in bartender's death

EDWARDSVILLE - An Alton man is serving a five-year sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of concealment of a homicidal death in the case of Angela Lish, who was murdered by...

Rotten Apple opening in Godfrey

GODFREY - The owners of The Rotten Apple in Grafton anticipated a soft opening Friday night at its second location, named The Rotten Apple Pub and Grill, at the former Sid's...

PHOTO: What a relief

ALTON - An employee of A&H Contractors of Detroit, Mich., works around groundwater gushing up Friday after workers drilled one of about 60 relief wells that are going in on...

Man jailed in theft from dealership

WOOD RIVER - A 42-year-old St. Louis man is facing multiple felony charges in two counties for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the car dealership where he worked,...

Man faces multiple charges after police chase

EAST ALTON - Police arrested a 25-year-old Alton man early Friday following a chase at speeds of 100 mph through three towns, ending along Illinois Route 143.Jerry A. Thomas, of...

Restaurant closed amid dispute between owners, landlord

JERSEYVILLE - A dispute between Hickory Grove Restaurant's owner-operator and its property owner led to the abrupt closing of the popular family-frequented establishment. The...

School takes on bullying with prevention program

GODFREY — With Feb. 9 designated as National Stop Bullying Day, one school has chosen to take proactive steps to encourage students to behave in constructive and respectful...

Bank teller charged in theft case

EDWARDSVILLE - A 51-year-old bank teller is facing felony theft charges after she allegedly stole more than $7,000 from the Holiday Shores branch of First National Bank of...

Greene County seeks HUD's OK to sell apartments

CARROLLTON - The Greene County Housing Authority is asking HUD for permission to sell its housing units in Eldred. The Greene County Board agreed to send a letter to the U.S....

Fifth-grader caught with cannabis

VIRDEN - A fifth-grader at Virden Elementary School was taken to the police station Wednesday after the administration discovered that the 10-year-old had cannabis in his...

Mary Moore, Dr. Gordon Moore's widow, dead at 92

ALTON - The widow of the man who spearheaded development of the city's largest park died this week, leaving longtime Altonians with memories of how she supported her...

Fire destroys home outside Edwardsville

A family fled for their lives early this morning as a suspected electrical fire swept through their rural Edwardsville home, killing two pet dogs.The family of Tom and Denise...

Police shooting of suspect still under investigation

WOOD RIVER - Illinois State Police are awaiting the examination of evidence in last month's shooting of a 22-year-old suspected car thief by a Wood River police officer....

Absentee voting begins for Illinois' primary

CHICAGO (AP) — Voters can begin absentee voting this week for Illinois' primary election. The primary is March 20. Voters will choose candidates for state legislative...

Council moves to speed up housing project

ALTON - Aldermen suspended rules on two resolutions Wednesday night to expedite a project that would add 30 in-fill homes in the Mexico neighborhood, the third phase of a project...

PHOTO: Seeing what the saw did

A worker checks out his efforts with a concrete saw Wednesday where he was sculpting a section of large storm sewer pipe for a custom fit on Illinois Route 111 near Lewis Street...

Officials raise awareness of human trafficking

EDWARDSVILLE — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois has no cases of human trafficking pending, but U.S. Attorney Steve Wigginton said...

Auditor claims selling bonds has cost county more

EDWARDSVILLE - Losses from Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler's allegedly ill-advised sale of $41 million in government bonds are adding up, Auditor Rick Faccin said at a...

Court visitors may leave property in lockers

EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Board's Finance Committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to the purchase of security lockers for county courts buildings to head off a...

Illinois college chiefs back Quinn call for more MAP money

SPRINGFIELD - College and university presidents support Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to offer more grants to low-income students. Quinn held a closed-door meeting Wednesday at the...

Man acquitted on drug possession charge

EDWARDSVILLE - A jury Wednesday acquitted an Edwardsville man of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, after a two-day trial. The jury in Madison County...

Police blotter for Feb. 8

WOOD RIVER - John Paul Jones, 42, of St. Louis, was charged Wednesday with felony theft. He allegedly stole about $10,500 from Auto Centers Nissan, 1825 E. Edwardsville Road in...

PHOTO: Extraordinarily clean

ALTON - Jerry Walker, of Extraordinary View Window Cleaning in St. Louis, had a little help from his reflection Wednesday as he cleaned the glass windows on the front of...

Hardin investigates dark water problem

HARDIN - Problems with the filters at the treatment plant led to discolored water on West Main Street last week, and trustees are looking for a solution.Jugs and bottles of tap...

PHOTO: Battle of Wills

ALTON - Two dogs running wild on Wills Street in Alton were paying no attention Wednesday to the coaxing of Alton Animal Control officer Steve Bosaw, no matter how friendly and...

Director hints tuition program could need tax bailout

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' prepaid college tuition fund on which some 54,000 families are relying is vowing to find some way to make up a $559.9 million deficit.Even if that...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Father charged with manslaughter in infant's death

GILLESPIE - The father of a 3-month-old girl who died in November stands charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of unintentionally causing the child's death by...

Crews prepare to tear down burned-out building

ALTON — A fire-ravaged building along East Broadway will be coming down shortly, as an Ameren crew Tuesday began disconnecting electrical lines that serviced the two-story...

Trial begins in shooting death of boy, 12

EDWARDSVILLE - A prosecutor Tuesday accused Marcus "Butterhead" Powell, 31, of Pontoon Beach, of firing wildly into the home of a rival, killing the rival's...

Lakin gets year added to sentence

EDWARDSVILLE - Convicted former lawyer Tom Lakin will have to serve an additional year in federal prison on drug charges, apparently because of a conviction in state court on a...

AMS teacher wins award for educators

ALTON — In a total surprise Tuesday for teacher Kate Page, her students squealed, clapped and cheered as she was escorted down the Alton Middle School Auditorium walkway to...

Hayner Library seeks to collect oral history

ALTON — By collecting oral stories, local librarians hope to compile a vivid resource that will provide insight into the dynamic character of life in the River Bend over the...

Alton man accused of reporting false threats

EDWARDSVILLE - An Alton man was charged Tuesday with two felony counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly telephoning two law enforcement agencies to make false reports. Kirk...

Jerseyville restaurant closes without notice

JERSEYVILLE - Hickory Grove, a seemingly popular family-frequented restaurant, apparently has closed its doors permanently without notice. Some people posted on Facebook that they...

Man gets total of 34 years in robberies, kidnappings

EAST ST. LOUIS - An Oklahoma man is scheduled to spend 34 years in prison for a multiple-state crime spree that included robbery and kidnapping in O'Fallon. Carey L....

Conviction of former Glen Carbon attorney affirmed

EAST ST. LOUIS - An appeals panel has affirmed the conviction and sentencing of a former Glen Carbon attorney imprisoned in a child pornography case dealing with his 16-year-old...

'What's Up Downtown'

ALTON - A movement aimed at bolstering the community's Downtown business corridor could have ramifications for all the city's retail areas, an organization's leader...

School locked down during 'procedure' involving child

ALTON - School officials said Tuesday afternoon they planned to send out an automatic message to parents of students at Eunice Smith School explaining a 10-minute lockdown during...

Illinois winter so far is 6th warmest on record

CHAMPAIGN (AP) — Weather trackers say Illinois' winter has been the sixth warmest on record. State climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois Water Survey says the...

Panel gives OK for city to buy trucks

ALTON - An aldermanic committee gave tentative approval Monday night for the city to make two large vehicle purchases and accept 13 bids, among other business. The Committee of...

Suit seeks monitoring of refinery area

ROXANA - Several residents in the communities adjacent to the former Shell Oil Co. refinery, now ConocoPhillips, have filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court, asking for a...

Tax credit expiration could slow wind's rise

SPRINGFIELD - The federal tax credit that has supported wind energy for almost 20 years is set to expire at the end of 2012, which could take some of the billow out of the...

Area minister counters controversial church's protest

ALTON - A local minister is taking a stance against bigotry by urging the community to transform Westboro Baptist Church's message of hate into a pledge of support. The Rev....

PHOTO: Old restaurant being renovated

A worker tears off part of the exterior awning over the door of the former Denny’s restaurant, 181 Homer Adams Parkway, in Alton on Monday. The restaurant closed several...

Triple-fatality crash remains under investigation

EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County sheriff's deputies continue to investigate a traffic crash that killed three county residents and injured a man from Alton last year. The...

Super Bowl ads battle for championship

NEW YORK (AP) - The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.The Super Bowl may have been a nail-biter, but the ads were a snooze.Actor Clint...