Members of Alton Boy Scout Troop 1 salute at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Alton VFW Post 1308. A silhouette cut out of a soldier, kneeling with his rifle by a grave marker, was set up to ...

Alton will do away with all of its late-night liquor licenses in the near future. The city council voted 5-2 on Wednesday to eliminate bars’ ability to sell alcoholic beverages until 2 a.m. on ...

Mark Thompson of Amherst, NH, died peacefully in his sleep after a long period of declining health. He had worked in industrial sales for most of his career until he was forced to retire due to health ...

Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford listens to a bar owner talk about being open late at night downtown during the Alton City Council's Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Erik Hall ...

Marian Linn Huggins, 92, passed away on November 10, 2025, at Mill Creek Nursing Home in Galion. Marian was born on April 10, 1933, to the late Pearson and Dorothy (Spiegel) Linn in Bucyrus. After ...

David J. Sigler, age 84 of rural Sycamore, Ohio died at 2:36 P.M., Thursday, November 6, 2025 at home. He was born on March 6, 1941 in McCutchenville, Ohio to Forrest and Muriel (Jordan) Sigler. He ...

Your device does not support the audio. ALTON - On November 6, 1925, 16-year-old Helen Hamer gave a recital to mark her completion of a course in expression and elocution under Mrs. Margaret ...

Sandra Jenkins Trudeau, 57, formerly of Nashua, NH and Tyngsboro, MA, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2025, surrounded by her family, after a long and courageous battle with Huntington’s Disease ...