Alhambra News

Troy Lowe, an employee of Tire Shredders in Lincoln, tosses another used tire onto the pile Friday as he worked with John Burdge, right, from the Madison County Highway Department at a tire recycling drive at ...

While the Highland Area Christian Service Ministry helps make the lives easier of community residents in need, the organization has received a wish of its own -- a new home.

The Board of Directors of Madison Mutual Insurance is announcing the promotion of Ann Frank to vice president and treasurer of the company.

Thirty or more firefighters worked to save part of a large machine shed that went up in flames this morning.

The gig: Chairman of TransGlobal Financial Corp., a private equity firm investing in and advising clients on emerging growth companies in such areas as healthcare, waste management and energy.

By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT The Telegraph ALTON - Authorities have charged seven people with Class X felonies after an anonymous tip led to an arrest, which led to a search warrant and recovery of several items ...

Emergency crews at the site of a plane reported down three miles south of New Douglas have called Olive and Alhambra fire departments for manpower to conduct a search of the area.

Calvin LeBegue was honored for 40 years of dedication for the care and maintenance of the historic Harris Cemetery at Alhambra.

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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