Courtney Castelli has been named the next superintendent of the Roxana School District. At Tuesday’s Roxana School Board meeting, the board voted to appoint Castelli with a 3-2 vote, going against the ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...

Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer (9) is sacked by Mario Landino of Indiana Saturday night at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Collin Dixon #17 of the Illinois Fighting Illini catches a ...

ALTON — The Madison County Health Department Food Sanitation Program strives to protect citizens from contracting and transmitting foodborne diseases and to educate food service operators and ...

A bill that has moved between the Illinois House and Senate would ban the sale and distribution of foam food containers in the state. The Disposable Food Service Container Act, IL-SB1531, would ban ...

Alton Police Lt. Seth Stinnett coordinates the response on the scene with his cell phone on the grounds near the Melvin Price Locks and Dam 26 on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. The towboat Donna H. Furlong ...

ALTON — Ever since her father passed away in 2022, Stacy Dixon has continued to run the family-owned and operated Sam’s Pawn Shop with the same hard-working spirit that started four generations ago.

ESPN College Gameday host Rece Davis laughs on the set before the Penn State Nittany Lions versus Notre Dame Fighting Irish College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, ...

Attendance at St. Louis Cardinals baseball games is hitting an all-time low for the first time in decades and for the first time in the less than 20-year history of Busch Stadium III. The announced ...

T-shirts from the Oasis Women's Center Clothesline Project, where children and adults paint messages on T-shirts as part of art therapy, were among items on display at the annual Madison County ...

EDWARDSVILLE – An Alton man was charged Monday with felony DUI after a Sunday incident. Walter E. Williams-Bey, 60, was charged March 27 with aggravated driving while under the influence, a Class 2 ...

John Badman|The Telegraph An Alton Fire Department pumper truck pulls away from the main gate at Alton Steel Tuesday morning after firefighters were told they were not needed following a blast at the ...