West Alton News

Workers were busy Wednesday using chainsaws to cut up trees that have floated into the wetlands near the Clark Bridge in West Alton, Mo.

People interested in learning about geocaching will have the chance this summer when park rangers lead geocaching programs at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton.

Floodwaters creeping onto area roads are no cause for concern, officials say. "It's just minor seasonal stuff," said Lt.

Donald and Angela Springer celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, April 23.

Smokers are just hours away from the largest single tax increase on cigarettes in American history.

A man who served more than 12 years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed four people in 1994 was released from the St.

Anyone who helps authorities solve the mystery of who killed two American bald eagles in The Telegraph area could earn a reward of up to $10,000. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week it had ...

UPDATED, 10:17 a.m. EDWARDSVILLE -- A wrong-way driver caused a crash that killed two adults and a boy early today and left a teen-age girl critically injured.

Federal officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information about people who killed and mutilated two bald eagles, including one found in Illinois.

Federal authorities are offering a $1,000 reward for information related to the mutilation and death of two bald eagles in the St.

Liberty calmly watched the crowd gathered in front of him, turning his head from side to side and occasionally shaking his feathers.

On the first day of the new year, bird watchers head to the fields. Many of them skip out on champagne toasts at midnight in favor of extra sleep.

It was a crazy air traffic pattern Wednesday behind the Fisca gas station in West Alton, Mo., as hundreds of Canada geese took off at the same time.

Michael David Redman, 57, of Falcon, died Friday morning, Dec. 5, 2008, at his home, near Falcon.