Roxana News

Ronald and Barbara Dittmar of Bethalto are celebrating 40 years of marriage this month.

The Cooper family of South Roxana announces the engagement and approaching marriage of Danielle Cooper of Wood River to James Crane of Wood River.

There are "no butts" about it - the city plans to stop youths from smoking in public places.

One committee's vision of a successful truancy program came to fruition this year in three area school districts.

Beautiful skies and warm temperatures provided the perfect setting for Hartford's first annual "Party in the Park" Saturday at the city park on Delmar Avenue.

Three people are facing Class X felonies for allegedly selling more than a gram of cocaine to a confidential informant within 1,000 feet of Roxana High School.

Superior Fence and Ornamental Iron Inc. stands out from neighboring businesses by being the only company that features a giant metal praying mantis at the front door waving to passers-by. "We specialize in ...

I keep wondering how long it will take Americans to connect the dots and figure out why the most powerful economy the world has ever seen cannot manage to drill for oil in its own backyard and then get it ...

The Environmental Appeals Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency upheld a challenge to an air permit required by ConocoPhillips for an expansion of its Wood River Refinery in Roxana, IL.

By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT The Telegraph Environmentalists are celebrating what they said Friday was a big victory after a U.S. EPA decision to send ConocoPhillips' plans for a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its ...

Abraham R. Gipson, 46, of the 1000 block of Brown Street, Alton, was charged Friday with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Four men were charged after Collinsville police broke up a large fight on Clay Street Wednesday afternoon.

Legendary Roxana Shells football coach Charlie Raich died at his home in Roxana on Saturday morning, two weeks after his 75th birthday.

Charles Raich Jr., 75, died at 7:53 a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2008, at his residence.

Ethel L. Eardley, 97, passed away at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Bethalto Care Center.

Concerned residents got information and asked questions Tuesday night about a contaminated groundwater monitoring well at the Roxana Landfill.

Officials of the Roxana Landfill are proposing to expand an existing landfill-gas extraction system to eliminate what they describe as low levels of potentially hazardous compounds that have been found in a ...

A woman suffered multiple injuries after being thrown from her sport-utility vehicle during a rollover crash this morning at Illinois 255 and Illinois Route 143.

Like its pioneer namesakes, Lewis and Clark Community College is heading west to find some wide-open spaces.

Teenagers painting a homeowner's long, wooden fence Saturday morning got almost as much paint on themselves as they did on the fence.