Alton Daily News News

WRTH Taxpayer Refunds Making Progress

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Members of the Wood River Township Hospital Board hope progress in Springfield will lead to the end of a dozen years of waiting to wrap up their financial stake in the game. The hospital closed in 2000, but the board stayed together to make sur...

Mayor Makes More Appointments

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Alton Mayor Brant Walker has made more appointments. Among them is a new head of the Public Works Department and a new Director of Development and Housing. Now heading up Public Works is Bobby Barnhart, and Greg Caffey will take over for ...

Godfrey Considers Changes Under Obamacare

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

The new regulations that will be kicking in next year under the Affordable Health Care Act, or Obamacare as some call it, is causing the Village of Godfrey to examine how it does business. At issue is the large number of part-time workers the v...

Stepping Up To Help Tornado Victims

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Mayors in Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, and Troy are lending a helping hand to victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. They're asking people to donate things like diapers, baby wipes, snack foods, toiletries and other items. The Community Ho...

Help for Mount Olive Businesses

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

A number of businesses in Mount Olive took damage Monday night from an EF-2 tornado. The Macoupin Economic Development Partnership is offering help to those businesses. The business district has several wood and brick buildings, and has t...

Smart Grid Bill Now Law

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

The override is complete of the governor's veto of a bill described as a follow-up to the “smart grid” utility modernization. The Illinois House, with the minimum 71 Yes votes needed, followed the Senate's action in the override....

Volunteers Needed at Upper Alton Cemetery

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Monday is Memorial Day, but preparations for one of the more spectacular visual sights will begin tomorrow. The "Avenue of Flags" runs along Homer Adams Parkway by the Upper Alton Cemetery. About 150 flags will line the roadway, and small...

School Lockdown Resolved

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

School and law enforcement officials in the Southwestern School District have ended a lockdown of school buildings and believe they have resolved the case of the most recent threatening note found in one of the school buildings. The district ha...

Sex Abstinence Education Debated in Senate

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

What and how much children should learn in school about sex and contraception varies from person to person. Senators debated whether a sex-ed bill requiring birth control and STD’s in the curriculum should become law. “This bi...

House and Senate Pension Bills Sit and Wait

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

One goal of the 2013 spring session of the Illinois General Assembly has been to do something about the state's pension systems, underfunded by an estimated $100 billion. With a week and a half to go before the scheduled adjournment, the House and Se...

Lang Steps Aside As Gaming Bill Sponsor

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Representative Lou Lang is stepping down as chief sponsor of the gaming bill, claiming there's a possible conflict of interest. He says there's a conflict of interest between the law firm he works for, Odelson and Sterk,. and his sponsorship of...

Minimum School Age Bill Passes Senate

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

A bill to lower the compulsory age of school attendance – from 7 to 6 – became a partisan debate in the Illinois Senate. “I believe (schools) will be pleased to receive children earlier so that they can begin learning,” ...

Boat Safety

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants to remind boaters to be safe. It’s National Safe Boating Week and the message is “Wear It,” as in wear your life jacket. “...

AHS Sports Complex Plans Move Forward

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

After years of discussion a new, multi-use sports complex is in the works at Alton High School. Alton Superintendent Dr. Ken Spells announced the $2.5-million project during last night’s board meeting. The complex will be built on a nearly 30-a...

Twister Confirmed in Mount Olive

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

While the national spotlight remains on an Oklahoma town following a devastating tornado that ripped apart the town of Moore Monday afternoon, it now appears the WBGZ listening area was also targeted by a much smaller tornado as part of the same stor...

Godfrey Storm Issues

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Monday night's severe weather brought to light a couple of ongoing drainage issues and a concern about notification of the storms to some residents in Godfrey. The village handed off the administration of the Code Red warning system to Madison ...

Red Cross Volunteers On Standby

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Illinois volunteers are gearing up to help in the aftermath of Oklahoma's deadly tornado. Robin Summers, Executive Director of the Southwestern Illinois Chapter of the American Red Cross in Alton, says some volunteers are already on the ground ...

Alton Memorial Day Parade Shaping Up

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

The Alton Memorial Day Parade will step off for the 146th time at ten o' clock the morning of May 27 in Upper Alton. As always, it begins at the Alton Middle School pit, up College Avenue to Washington, around the square on Edwards, Main, Colle...

Students Under Investigation

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Police are investigating some members of a sports team at Althoff Catholic High School in Belleville. Belleville Police Chief William Clay, Jr. says several student athletes are under investigation for allegedly video recording female students ...

Pension Deal Before Gambling, Says Governor

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Gov. Pat Quinn says before he’ll take a look at a gambling bill, there must be movement on public pension reform. Quinn says pension reform must remain the top priority for lawmakers as the session winds down. “I’v...