Alhambra News

“Now I'd say I do 90 percent of the combine driving. A lot of times, I have little ones (grandchildren) with me.”

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It can be a challenge being a working mother these days. It's a balancing act of juggling a job -- or two -- with taking the kids to ball games or band practice and helping with homework and running a household -- cooking, cleaning, laundry and keeping track of the family's finances.

But what if that job started when the sun came up in the morning and didn't end until you went to sleep at night? What if it included milking cows, feeding hogs, operating heavy machinery and pricing grain on the futures market -- and you still had all those other household duties? Well, if that were the case, you just might be able to call yourself a Madison County farm woman. Read more

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“We do not have the funds at this time, but we anticipate we will. I feel fully confident that we can come up with a bid by the seventh of April -- a contract -- that HACSM can fully fund.”

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Highland and a Christian organization that helps the needy are working to reduce projected costs of building a larger service center after bids came in about $100,000 more than expected.

Rather than seek new architectural drawings and new bids, Highland City Council is working with low-bidder Korte & Luitjohan Contractors Inc. in Highland to cut costs for Highland Area Christian Service Ministry's new center. Eight firms bid on the project. Korte & Luitjohan submitted the lowest, at $451,000. Read more

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Sherman R. Wildman, 91, passed away at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at Alhambra Care Center. via Alton Telegraph

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Police say they still aren't sure why Ryan Tolbert jumped into a swimming pool at his home before deputies arrived to arrest him for allegedly striking his mother. via Edwardsville Intelligencer

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Police said an Alhambra man jumped into his swimming pool and a pond Sunday while they were on their way to his home to investigate a report of domestic violence. via Belleville News

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“There was never any indication as to why he did it but he probably knew the police were on their way”

After allegedly battering his mother, a 27-year-old man jumped in the family's swimming pool and then into a nearby pond as authorities were on their way Sunday to his Alhambra home. via Alton Telegraph

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Carol Woody of Godfrey has been recertified as a diplomat in clinical social work. via Alton Telegraph

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Authorities went scrambling this morning looking for a car-train crash scene. What they found was a little off the track. via Alton Telegraph

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An Alhambra woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Anderson Hospital and Dr. via Edwardsville Intelligencer

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“Township government is closest to the people. They provide financial last resort for people that are in need: energy funds, food money, utility bills.”

Former city planner to fill recent vacancy Former Edwardsville city planner Frank Miles will be sworn in tonight as the the newest trustee on the Edwardsville Township Board. via Edwardsville Intelligencer

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