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ALTON - Claims from severe, damaging storms since 2010 have seriously harmed a landmark Alton insurance company's financial condition, causing it to agree to a Chicago court's order of rehabilitation. Millers First Insurance Co., 111 E. Fourth St.,...

CARROLLTON - The Carrollton School Board voted to accept the bid from Meyer Roof Inc. of Springfield to replace hail-damaged roofs and complete other repairs at the high school and grade school. The School Board voted to accept the base bid of...

CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn signing two bills into law Wednesday to help Illinois residents avoid risky home loans and protect those who are in debt from being sent to jail unfairly. The new laws increase protections for families from high-risk home...

EDWARDSVILLE - A former Alton man has filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court, claiming a traffic crash in another county put him in a coma for 16 days and could cost up to $500,000 in medical bills. "State Police did an accident reconstruction...

EDWARDSVILLE - A former Wood River city employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $148,000 from her employer during a five-year period. Leslie E. Dona, 42, who served as the Wood River assistant finance director and assistant treasurer,...

A tanker truck passes over the East Broadway bridge over a nearly dried up Wood River Creek in Alton Wednesday. A historical lack of rain has Illinois locked in one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years and no significant rainfall is forecast....

ALTON - Patti Brown, of Bethalto, was on her way to a Nature Institute camp this month when she came across something on the roadway she never expected to see. "I thought it was a huge rat," she said. Brown took another look - it was an armadillo,...

ALTON — Aldermen on Wednesday OK’d every resolution they recommended positively in committee two days prior, but had no ordinances up for vote on the agenda. At beginning of the City Council meeting, Mayor Tom Hoechst held a minute of silence for...

ALTON — A derelict apartment building is coming down this week, with neighbors coming out the first day of demolition and watching the action from lawn chairs. “It’s a big deal here, especially if you’ve never seen anything like this...

Employees of Bade Roofing Company Inc. in St. Louis guide a bundle of supplies down onto the gymnasium roof at Lovejoy Elementary School on Tremont Street in Alton this week. Workers were removing the old roofing from the curved roof to make way for...

ALTON — A derelict apartment building is coming down this week, with neighbors coming out the first day of demolition and watching the action from lawn chairs. “It’s a big deal here, especially if you’ve never seen anything like this...

CARROLLTON - The Carrollton School Board voted to accept the bid from Meyer Roof Inc. of Springfield to replace hail-damaged roofs and complete other repairs at the high school and grade school. The School Board voted to accept the base bid of...

EDWARDSVILLE - A former Alton man has filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court, claiming a traffic crash in another county put him in a coma for 16 days and could cost up to $500,000 in medical bills. "State Police did an accident reconstruction...

EDWARDSVILLE - A solution to a delinquent tax sale oversight is in the works, but Madison County Board Chairman Alan Dunstan said he has decided the oversight will not cost the delinquent taxpayers anything. The chairman said one outcome of the...

CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn signing two bills into law Wednesday to help Illinois residents avoid risky home loans and protect those who are in debt from being sent to jail unfairly. The new laws increase protections for families from high-risk home...

ALTON - The Alton Branch of the NAACP, a host of community organizations and the Alton School District again are organizing the "Back To School/Stay In School" event. The Alton Branch of the NAACP is the sponsor of the Back To School/Stay In School...

ALTON - State tourism officials said Tuesday that people are traveling to Illinois and their visits helped generate a record-breaking $31.8 billion in revenue last year. "It was the highest-ever growth year for Illinois tourism," said Jan...

EDWARDSVILLE - A former Wood River employee charged with stealing from city coffers has been sentenced to three years in prison and is being required to pay back the money she stole.Leslie E. Dona, 42, was charged on Sept. 21, 2011, for stealing...

GODFREY - A funeral will be held today for Edward L. Kozicky, the longtime manager of Nilo Farms and a nationally recognized pioneer in the wildlife management field. Kozicky died Saturday after a fall at his Godfrey home. He was 94. "Ed Kozicky...

EDWARDSVILLE - Former Madison County Sheriff Bob Churchich, a man who started off as a beat cop in Alton and spent 44 years as a leader in law enforcement, died early Tuesday. He was 83. "He was a policeman's policeman. He was more a police officer...