Approximately 41 years ago, tragedy struck the Alton area over the Columbus Day weekend. The Starlight Drive-In movie theatre closed its barricades for good. I was the manager that Sunday night and ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A 31-year-old East Alton man was charged Sept. 29 with felon in possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, both Class 3 felonies. The East Alton Police ...

ALTON, Ill. – A teenager was killed and her mother was injured in a crash Friday evening in Alton, Illinois, according to the Alton Police Department. The crash happened around 9 p.m. Friday near the ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – An Alton man pleaded guilty in court Thursday to child pornography charges, as well as three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. According to Madison County ...

A salvage operation at Alton Park where customers pay an admission price, then pull the part they want off vehicles in the lot, has been sold for $12,260,274. Lkq Pick Your Part Southeast was bought ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — A 24-year-old man died after being shot at a residence near East Montague and Rivers avenues on Oct. 13. Police are searching for a suspect in his death. Anton L. White Jr. was ...

Four East Baton Rouge law enforcement officers who lost their lives after they were ambushed on July 17, 2016, are now commemorated in the renaming of the portion of Airline Highway where they ...

A Sterling man was arrested after burglaries to area businesses . According to a release from the Sterling Police Department, on October 18, 2025, Sterling Police received two reports of burglaries to ...

The Sterling Heights Housing Commission will soon take applications for its housing choice voucher program wait list. On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 8, the commission is expected to open the ...

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford's petition to halt his scheduled execution. Crawford's execution ...

Casmir Okoro and Christopher Hernandez each scored a goal to spark Sterling to a 2-1 win over Lindenwold in a Colonial Conference Liberty Division game in Somerdale. Connor Maenner and Aiden Mahon ...

A series of executions are set to take place across the United States in the coming week. Roy Ward’s execution in Indiana was the first of six scheduled to be carried out in six different states over ...