The Jennie D. Hayner Library has served the River Bend since 1891, and now is the Hayner Public Library District.

ALTON - Illinois American Water continues to invest in its water and wastewater infrastructure in the Alton District. Recent ...

During World War II, Alton women showed patriotism by buying war bonds, collecting scrap metal, and raising funds for ...

ALTON - Alton's Charles W. Brake, a longtime public servant and respected community member, died at 8:35 a.m. on Wednesday, ...

Illinois American Water has invested over $24 million in water and wastewater infrastructure in the past two years.

One of the longest-serving Alton council members has died. Former 5th Ward Alderman Charles Brake passed away Wednesday ...

The Alton City Council dealt with a fairly straightforward agenda at Wednesday’s meeting. They approved an honorary street ...

Hidden in rural Cook County, Illinois, is a forest that seems like something out of a fairy tale. The entire place is ...

To graduate, Illinois high school students must take four years of language arts, three years of math, and one year of art, music, foreign language or vocational education, among other requirements.

The mystery of a human skull found in 1978 in a Batavia, Ill., home has finally been solved after DNA testing confirmed that the skull belonged to an 18-year-old girl from 1866.

Investigators have determined that a skull found in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago. The ...

Transit advocates said people in Illinois overwhelmingly support legislation to consolidate CTA, Metra, Pace, and the RTA.