Alton News

There was little dry on the Fourth of July, but fun was the word on July the Third.

Zales Jewelers, Alton Square's last surviving jewelry store, has closed. The store shut down on Friday, June 26.

Anna Kane, 5, looks down from 'The Ledge' Photo: AP A set of glass balconies, nicknamed "The Ledge" and suspended from the building's 103rd floor Skydeck, opened on Thursday.

A little Alton girl battling the effects of sickle cell anemia is thrilled she got to see her favorite singer in concert and then meet Keyshia Cole backstage.

A local power company ash pond has landed on a new list of sites with what the Environmental Protection agency calls "high hazard potential." The one in our area is located in Alton, Illinois and owned by Dynergy.

Officials are conducting an investigation into the death of a 74-year-old Alton man found at a parking lot Wednesday morning.

CHICAGO: The view from the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere just got better.

Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.

Detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on the parking lot of Marian Heights seniors home.

Alton, Illinois police investigating a suspicious death now say the victim died of natural causes.

Joining Madison and Jersey counties in Illinois is a 20 miles stretch of paved pathway named the Sam M. Vadalabene Trail.

The Alton City Council approved several resolutions Wednesday night. The resolutions would: eliminate parking restrictions in the 100 block of Easton Street between East Broadway and Front Street, which must come back for vote in ordinance form.

The owners of Mississippi Mud Pottery, Felicia Breen and Chad Nelson, will be doing a live demonstration next month at the Great Performers of Illinois in Chicago's Millennium Park.

In an effort to further cut expenses from the new, fiscal year 2009-10 budget, Mayor Tom Hoecsht is asking members of two city union locals to accept early retirement deals.

An Alton woman sustained serious injuries Wednesday evening when the sport utility vehicle she was driving went off a rural roadway and overturned, ejecting her, authorities said.

Dreams of boat docks floating on the city's riverfront were in the works long before the existence of Alton Marina.

Near my home is one of the most modern and beautiful bridges ever built. Spanning across the Mississippi River between the states of Illinois and Missouri is the magnificent Clark Bridge.

A Cottage Hills man and his former girlfriend were charged Monday in connection with a two-hour police standoff Friday.

An Army veteran from Illinois bilked the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq, federal grand jurors allege in indicting the former soldier and his wife.

Friends and family teased Dennis and Tonya Vasques that they might become Alton's own "Octo-mom" when they learned that they were expecting multiple babies.