Glen Carbon News

The House Executive Committee voted 11-0 to send the full House a bill meant to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," though it was unclear when measure would go to the floor of the House.

The state of Illinois' unemployment rate was two percentage points behind the national average in April and legislators can't seem to agree on what to do to fix it.

The new Walmart Supercenter, 400 Junction Drive, is expected to bring 80 new jobs to the area.

The city-wide movement to save struggling toy store Once Upon a Toy has now evolved into Once Upon a Town.

Headline from a story about a Waterloo Illinois man charged with stealing big screen tvs from Collinsville and Glen Carbon Walmarts: Here's the thing, how many of us would be able to run and escape from a store while grappling with a large, boxed, big screen TV? And out of a Walmart no less where there are normally people in every aisle.

A measure introduced by Alton State Senator Bill Haine and sponsored by State Representative Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon has moved to the Governor's desk for final approval.

Inez Isabel Hoover, 94, of Glen Carbon, and formerly of Nebo and Pittsfield, died Jan.

In commemoration of its twentieth anniversary of bike-way development, Madison County Transit is announcing the reconstruction of the Ronald J. Foster Heritage Trail in Glen Carbon.

Quizno's closed in Fairview Heights, and Subliminal Grilled Subs & More closed its O'Fallon store but plans to open elsewhere in the metro-east. Subliminal Grilled Subs & More plans to relocate to Millstadt by this fall.

Madison County Transit has announced plans to reconstruct the Ronald J. Foster Heritage Trail in Glen Carbon to celebrate its 20th year of bikeway development and to commemorate May as National Bike Month.

As contruction crews work to complete the New Mississippi River Bridge, local politicians appear to drift further away from agreeing on a name for it.

A recent study completed by the Illinois Chamber Foundation showed that new natural gas production in Illinois could create more than 47-thousand jobs and $9-billion in economic development.

Under the law, the developer would get to keep the first 20 years of sales tax revenues which would normally go to state and local governments.

A resolution to declare January 19 "Stan Musial Day" in Illinois was approved by the Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday.

In 2009, Byron Skalisius, a 51-year-old Troy resident, put a date-rape drug into the drink of a former coworker, sexually assaulted her in her home -- and took photos and video of the unconscious woman.

Byron D. Skalisius, 51, put the date-rape drug GHB into the drink of a female co-worker and raped her in her home in Glen Carbon in 2009.