Dow News

Closing of schools is only one option to help relieve the district of a million-dollar burden, school administrators say, and they are asking the public to help come up with alternative solutions.

The Jersey County Sheriff Department and South Central Illinois Drug Task Force arrested four Alton men on drug charges following a traffic stop at the intersection of Illinois Routes 109 and Illinois Route 3 Wednesday afternoon near Dow.

Cory and Susie Breden of Dow are the parents of a daughter, Courtney Helen Breden, born July 12, 2009 at St.

Revisit days of yesteryear at an old-fashioned Olden Days Festival. The 19th annual festival begins Saturday and runs through Sunday at the Tri-County Antique Club Grounds "Under the Windmill," at 23946 State Highway 3, just 2 miles west of its junction with Illinois Route 109 in southwestern Jersey County.

Walt Gregory spends much of his time showing children how food is produced on his organic farm and teaching them the importance of a healthy, chemical-free diet.

The parents of Cassi Lenea Bohannon are announcing her engagement and approaching August marriage to Jason Thomas Kuehnel.

Lynne Ann Brown and Edward Earl Morris are residing in Dow following their wedding May 9, 2009, at the Holiday Inn in Alton.

Dale and Jackie Hoyt of Dow will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary at a reception hosted by their children in the couple's honor to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, June 5, at the Do Drop Inn in Dow.