Grafton News

Some readers just don't know when to stop. And thank goodness. Mary Wong, a former Islander now living in Las Vegas, sent multiple recipes in answer to requests I shared last week: pineapple coconut pie, kalbi ...

Cuts to the budget of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would compromise public safety, critics charged Tuesday.

Iva M. Baugh, 79, of Kampsville, died Monday, July 7, 2008 at Calhoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hardin.

Flood insurance and FEMA will help flood victims in a tough year for the small, tourist-dependent community, but many are helping themselves.

Budgets are being cut, and less and less money is available, but still there is a push toward upgrading and implementing new technology.

You can't keep this river town down. One business owner says bleach, paint and, yes, even a bit more water - the high-pressure kind - will put Grafton back on its feet, and quickly.

More roads reopened Tuesday in areas that were hit hard by flooding, including the remaining stretch of the Great River Road that had been closed since last month.

Traffic around the metro-east Tuesday: In Worden road construction has reduced northbound Interstate 55 to one lane between Illinois 4/exit 33 and New Douglas/Nichols/exit 37 in Livingston.

Traffic around the metro-east Wednesday morning: In St. Louis, there is slow traffic on Interstate 55, Interstate 64 and Interstate 70 westbound past the Poplar Street Bridge.

Despite a setback from overnight rains, IDOT employees are working hard to reopen the Great River Road from Grafton to Alton before the holiday weekend.

Raging Rivers WaterPark in Grafton, Illinois will reopen on Friday after being closed for more than a week due to flooding on roads surrounding the park.

A 9-year-old boy was attacked and severely injured by a pit bull Thursday after he went into the dog's fenced yard to retrieve a toy.

While Grafton waits for the Mississippi River to crest, it tries to carry on and sustain itself.

Floodwaters are seen Wednesday covering the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 100 in downtown Grafton, which is expected to get another 9 inches of water by Saturday.

The levees on the Illinois side of the river continue to hold back the Mississippi River, and pressure was eased somewhat when a levee that protects Winfield, Mo., failed early Friday.

UPDATED: 4:18 p.m. WINFIELD, Mo. -- Some floodwater is getting past the wobbly Pin Oak levee but it continues to hold back the Mississippi River today, protecting 1,300 acres of farmland and the southeast ...

'I See Trouble' A west suburban psychic is now charged with violating tax laws in addition to being accused of being a fraud.

With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water.

Forecasters say this morning that the flooded Mississippi River is about to stop rising.

Volunteers travel across the country to help flood victims From a high-tech mobile kitchen comes a massive humanitarian effort -- thousands of hot homemade meals cooked, packaged and delivered to flood victims ...