Germantown News

A precession for Staff Sgt. Joshua Melton, 26, of Germantown, IL. took place on Thursday.

On June 19, a roadside bomb exploded in the dusty reaches of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The body of a Germantown, Illinois soldier returned home Thursday. Staff Sgt. Josh Melton was killed in action in Afghanistan last week.

The visitation will be held Friday afternoon for an Illinois soldier killed in Afghanistan last week.

Mourners lined the streets en route from MidAmerica Airport to Germantown to honor their fallen soldier, Illinois National Guard Staff Sgt.

Services will be this weekend for a southern Illinois soldier killed last week in Afghanistan.

The funeral for a Germantown soldier killed in Afghanistan has been scheduled for Saturday in Germantown.

A National Guard soldier from Germantown was killed in Afghanistan Friday when a bomb exploded into a vehicle he was in, the Illinois Army National Guard announced Saturday.

A group of Cinton County young people are mourning the passing of three young men who were part of a close knit group; an outgoing football hero with a promising future, a shy carpenter and a hard-working, community college student.

Four people died in a two-car wreck early Sunday morning near Keyesport in Clinton County.

A 100-mph police pursuit that started in the Centralia area ended early Monday morning near Germantown when the suspect crashed.

Starting his own mortality in the face, Audrey Wagner decided to leave behind a written record of his life for his family and friends.

In perhaps the blackest Broadway musical ever written, nine social miscreants will be gunning for your attention when the Clinton County Showcases presents "Assassins" this weekend and next.

Kelly Marie Kline, daughter of John and Kris Kline of Godfrey, and Kevin James Albers exchanged wedding vows at a 2 p.m. ceremony July 5, 2008, at Saint Nicholas Church in O'Fallon, Ill.

Conciliatory talks held over the summer between Bishop Edward Braxton and priests who had asked him to resign have resulted in a 10-point report by a nonprofit group urging the two sides to trust each other and ...