Wood River News

A 32-year-old Wood River man died and three others were injured when the SUV he was driving went off the roadway and rolled several times.

Not everyone hates the heat. Some people just know how to beat it better than others.

A New Athens man was killed early Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving left the road and overturned in rural Millstadt.

A 32-year-old Wood River man died and three others were injured when the SUV he was driving went off the roadway and rolled several times.

A class-action lawsuit in Madison County has been settled for $25 million for consumers who never requested services or reports connected with their credit or debit cards, and the plaintiff's lawyer said the ...

Three Madison County men face charges of burglary after police said they broke into cars in the Bethalto Lakes Drive area early Sunday morning.

State highway officials expect another section of Illinois 255 will be open by the end of the summer.

The Bank of Edwardsville is conducting a two-county donation drive for food, shoes and schools supplies that ends July 31.

The owner of 4-month-old puppy that was attacked by another canine and died wants the public to be aware of the dangers of stray or roaming dogs.

A high-speed police chase of a pickup truck reportedly stolen in Alton early Wednesday involved local police, St.

The oil refinery that brought this community to life has been gone for more than a quarter century, but Wood River in its centennial year is enjoying a boom in commercial development unlike any it has seen in ...

Franklin J. Sanders, 51, died at 2:08 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2008, at St. Louis University Hospital.

Wood River Police is looking for a 15-year-old who is believed to have ran away from home with her 3-month-old daughter Sunday night.

I scream, you scream; Wood River is screaming for guests to get some ice cream. The Wood River Women's Club will host the city's centennial celebration Ice Cream Social from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Central Park, ...

Shaun J. Dawdy, 20, of 200 Porter Avenue, White Hall, was arrested at his residence Tuesday evening on a Greene County arrest warrant.

Ralph Johnson spreads cheer in the lives of people he meets in nursing homes, a hospital, restaurants and business places.

Upgrades to the Wood River Levee District, which protects 23,000 residents, will begin soon.

A Madison County, Illinois restaurant temporarily closes after several cases of salmonella are believed to be linked to tainted tomatoes served there.

Preschool children sat in a circle at the Wood River Round House recreational center and listened to librarian Kate Kite read a story about someone who did a good deed to help others.

The tomato salmonella outbreak officially hit the metro-east, with confirmation by the Madison County Health Department that three of the nine local cases matched the genetic fingerprint of the national ...