Roodhouse News

Roodhouse city officials heard a summary of the city's audit for the fiscal year that ended on April 30, 2008, at a special meeting Thursday.

City officials heard a summary of Roodhouse's audit for the fiscal year that ended on April 30, 2008, during a special meeting Thursday.

Steve Speeks was re-appointed as police chief at Wednesday night's City Council meeting.

Abuses of Internet privileges have prompted Greene County officials to revise their oversight policies.

Desert Storm Marine veteran Daphine Kappos is proud to be the new chaplain of Alton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308.

"Hey, what about the tracks on Walnut and Oak Streets. They need to be fixed as well.

Mayor Joe Snyder and five of the six aldermen present toward the end of Wednesday night's City Council meeting approved the appointment of Anne Clough as the city's new attorney.

It took all day Monday to select jurors for the trial of former Roodhouse police officer Christopher Elliott, which starts at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Charles McNeely, the city attorney here, received a standing ovation at Wednesday night's City Council meeting.

Jury selection will begin Monday for a former Roodhouse police officer charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane usage following a one-vehicle crash in White Hall in April 2007.

Joe Snyder wants to tackle water problems, high utiliies cost first. April 9, 2009 - 8:47 PM BY MAGGIE BORMAN Roodhouse voters elected a new mayor Tuesday and four new council members to round out a City Council of six, a message the new mayor, Joe Snyder said speaks volumes.

Greenfield Alderman Charles "Chuck" Morrow was elected mayor of the city Tuesday, replacing Mayor Don Chapman, who did not seek re-election. Morrow, with 232 votes, handily defeated Sandra Schmidt, who had 61 votes, and Randy Henson, who garnered 117 votes.

Andrew Joshua Bishop, 25, was pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the scene of a pedestrian/vehicle accident on Route 67, north of Carrollton.

Justin R. Zerban, 20, of the first block of East Acton Avenue, Wood River, was charged Thursday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Chela T. Edwards, 23, of the 800 block of Silver Street, Alton, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Shawn A. Wood, 19, of the 3400 block of Franor Avenue, Alton, was charged Wednesday with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

The National Weather Service now blames a pair of tornadoes for destroying buildings in central and southwestern Illinois.

Richwoods Baptist Church service was canceled Sunday, so no one was in the historic building east of Roodhouse when a tornado moved it at least 10 feet off its foundation, leaving the structure basically ...

The National Weather Service reports two confirmed tornado tracks across the area Sunday.

Officials in several Illinois communities are reporting damage after a line of severe weather moved through the St.