Troy News

The Oasis Women's Center's 12 honorees as winners of the Community Partners in Peace Awards 2009 Men Against Violence are, from left, front row, state Rep.

As Bill Wheeler spoke Tuesday afternoon in his living room in the 1500 block of West Madison Street, .22-caliber bullets were embedded in the walls around him.

Lowe's now knows Granite City. The chain's newest home improvement store has just opened at 1333 Schaeffer Road.

Two Collinsville men were charged Friday after deputies investigated two rural Troy residential burglaries that took place in September.

Two elementary schools in Troy, Illinois smashed and bashed pumpkins with a little help from the Troy Fire Protection District.

Megan Daugherty is a 9-year-old who wants to "save animals lives." And, with the help of her stepbrother, Brendyn Daugherty, 13, they are accomplishing just that.

The widow of the Ill. Pastor who was shot and killed as he was preaching to his congregation this past March says she continues to pray for her late husband's alleged killer and hopes that he 'finds peace with God.' "I continue to pray for Terry Sedlacek and his family,' Cindy Winters expressed in a statement after a judge deemed 27-year-old ...

A different kind of Elvis tribute takes the stage this weekend, featuring mostly gospel songs.

Four people were arrested Friday morning for allegedly burglarizing a house in the 1100 block of Campbell Street.

Fish fry: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays at American Legion Post 1080, 2625 Ingalls Ave., Joliet.

The 2nd annual Bank To Bank holiday food drive begins Thursday in Collinsville and Maryville.

A worker with a circus that recently arrived in Troy, Ill., says circus elephants' dung is a popular draw for gardeners and sculptors.

Gary E. Schnapp, 62, of Troy, was charged Tuesday with unlawful exploitation of an elderly person.

The Troy/Maryville Chamber of Commerce is getting the word out early: Yes, there will again be free elephant manure available when the circus comes to town next week.

A group of law enforcement officers from the metro-east participated in "Operation Task Force Illinois" to assist with controlling protesters and civil unrest at the G-20 Summit Sept.

Goshen Trail history hits close to home for Madison County. Goshen Trail is to Madison County what the Lewis and Clark Trail is to the Louisiana Purchase.

Local pharmacies are offering flu shots to the public and the Visiting Nurses Association has scheduled flu shot clinics.

* 19 Country Club Place; from Kory Kunze and Holly Kunze; to Donald Kern; $203,000. * 9 Oakleigh Drive; from Jordan Hauss III; to Heather Carter; $124,000. CASEYVILLE * 8827 Bermuda Ave.; from Brian Mueller and Leigh Descher Mueller; to Jeanna Moles; $49,000. COLLINSVILLE * 106 Davis Place; from Lawrence Budwell and Shirley Budwell; to Edward ...

A crow found in Godfrey tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to the Madison County Health Department.

The first reported human case of West Nile Virus in Illinois has been confirmed in St.