Hartford News

There is no clowning around for David Owens Jr. and Chris Barnes when it comes to teaching children about dangerous situations.

For the first time, fall enrollment has surpassed 8,000 credit students at Lewis and Clark Community College.

Clerks at two businesses in Wood River and Granite City are accused of selling alcohol to minors during an Illinois State Police sting operation.

Dick Karns has helped save people's lives through the blood he has donated in the last 40 years.

Georgia Kaye Hert, 61, passed away at 4:08 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at Alton Memorial Hospital.

The Peacocks will strut their stuff -- period costumes and Celtic music --this weekend during the Sixth Annual Music Festival in Hartford.

As the Harley-Davidson's engine revved, Casey Clements inched her way between orange markings, hoping to be the "slow ride" to the finish line on Sunday.

Richard L. "Dick" Downer, 81, passed away at 1 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at Edwardsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A 12-year veteran of law enforcement earned his sergeant's stripes. Officer Dave Shook, 38, of the East Alton Police Department assumed the duties of patrol sergeant last week and will take over for Sgt.

If you live in Southwestern or Southern Illinois, you may have seen this sign up on a bunch of roads.

Crews with Electrico Inc. of Godfrey change the traffic signals at the corner of Illinois Route 3 and New Poag Road in Hartford this week.

As part of a cost-saving measure, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced it will close 11 parks as of Nov.

Apex Oil Co. said Thursday it would appeal a federal judge's order that it spend $150 million to clean up groundwater contamination in Hartford, Ill.

HARTFORD, Ill. - Apex Oil says it will appeal a federal judge's order to clean pollutants from soil and groundwater near its former refinery near Hartford, at an estimated cost of $150 million.

Apex Oil Co. is to clean up extensive contamination at its former refinery in Hartford, Ill., an effort that could cost $150 million, officials said Tuesday.

The village of Hartford has filed suit against a wide variety of refiners, former refiners and pipeline companies in connection with the now-famous plume of gasoline under the village.

The village of Hartford has filed suit against a wide variety of refiners, former refiners and pipeline companies in connection with the now-famous plume of gasoline under the village.

For the second time this week in Alton, a man driving a stolen vehicle led police on a chase Friday morning and sped out of town.

A judge has approved a settlement of $16 million among several Hartford residents and two big refining companies in an ongoing dispute over a huge plume of gasoline beneath the village.

Louis H. Zimmerman, 82, died early in the morning Thursday, July 10, 2008, at his home.