Worden News

“We're not uprooting parents and children for the sake of moving them because we just want to.”

As construction of two new elementary schools continues on schedule, District 7 leaders are discussing which children will be going where.

The two schools are a primary elementary for kindergartners through second-graders, on District Drive next to Liberty Middle School, and an intermediate elementary for third- through fifth-graders, on Glen Crossing Road near Old Troy Road. Both are expected to open next year.

Randy Pearson, geography department chairman at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has been working with district leaders to determine how the school district should be divided once the two new schools open. Read more

“We're not going to back off on this. If you think it's not going to happen to you, you're wrong.”

Madison County prosecutors on Tuesday charged two people with providing beer to an Edwardsville teen who died in an alcohol-related crash.

And detectives issued a warning: They're after people who provide booze to minors.

Christopher J. Dungan, 17, wrecked his vehicle about 3 a.m. Thursday on Prairietown Road in rural Edwardsville and hit a tree. He died Friday at a St. Louis hospital. Dungan was a senior at Edwardsville High School.

Madison County Sheriff's Major John Lakin said Dungan was at a party at the home of Matthew L. Inman, 17, of Worden. Lakin said Keith A. Lowenstein, 21, of Worden, bought two 30-packs of beer for the party. Read more

“We want them to be able to finish middle school where they began.”

New schools will have some students moving The Edwardsville District 7 administration and SIUE geography department chair Randy Pearson presented the proposed attendance areas for the new elementary schools ... via Edwardsville Intelligencer

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“I guess you could say what haunts me the most is that there must be someone out there that has some answers, that knows something and hasn't come forward”

The vicious killings of two brothers 43 years ago near Hamel remain a mystery. Perley Frank Litton, 26, and Denver Lee Litton, 22, both of Worden, were found slain in a wooded area along Illinois Route 4 in ... via Alton Telegraph

“There was a steep hill, and, in fact, there was a creek at the bottom of it. We had a lot of fun doing that.”

After the 13 4-H'ers had their pictures taken Monday morning, with the charred remains of the Quercus Grove School in the background, Norma Meyer walked up to the old building and pointed to a wooded area back ... via Edwardsville Intelligencer

The Madison County Sheriff's Department is investigating the apparent hanging death early Wednesday of a rural Edwardsville man. via Alton Telegraph

Last update: Friday, September 28th, 2007 12:039 P.M. Edwardsville Intelligencer 656-4700 Going up Going up Renovations are under way in Worden as Edwardsville's Alternative High School is being transformed ... via Edwardsville Intelligencer