Alton embraces its reputation as “one of America’s most haunted small towns” with various ghost tours exploring reportedly haunted locations while sharing tales of past residents who apparently ...

While Alton welcomes visitors year-round, spring offers that sweet spot of pleasant temperatures, blooming landscapes, and fewer tourists than the peak summer season. April and May typically provide ...

The shop of W.J. Reeder & Son was in Upper Alton near the intersection of Washington and College. The Reeders repaired Robert Wadlow's shoes for him. Here, a young Robert plays with a classmate at ...

Of note: The CornBelters share the Corn Crib with a team in the Kernal Collegiate League called the Normal GroundSloths...Former Major Leaguer Hal Lanier, the CornBelters' manager for their inaugural ...

Robert E. Crimo III, 24, was given seven consecutive sentences of natural life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder charges he pleaded guilty to last month.

Robert Fripp revealed he’s recovering from two emergency medical procedures after suffering a heart attack earlier this year. The King Crimson mastermind, 78, began worrying about chest pains as ...

Should I have brought the original prints made by my grandfather from his own negatives of photos he took of Robert Wadlow—Alton’s Gentle Giant and the tallest man in the world? Should I have lugged ...

Cardinal Robert Sarah – championed by conservatives as reflecting the doctrinaire and liturgically minded papacies of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI – is among those being considered to ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A 49-year-old East Alton man was charged May 6 with theft, a Class 4 felony. The East Alton Police Department presented the case. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...