Pre-register your children today for Harmony Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School. The event begins on June 5th and concludes on June 9th, running from 9:30 am to Noon each day. At the end of the week, each child will receive a free music CD and "Bible Basics" study book along with a bible. Contact...
In 2016 alone, the YMCA approved over 300 applications for assistance from youth, families, and seniors from throughout the area. Collectively, the lives of over 4,100 individuals in the greater Edwardsville Glen Carbon area were touched in a positive way. In all, over $264,000 in YMCA services were...
Freed slave, civil rights activists, and a founding father of the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons in Illinois, Issaac H. Kelly was honored by masons from across the state at the National Cemetery in Alton. His previously unmarked grave was presented with a new headstone in a dedication ceremony....
This year's banquet welcomes new Alton NAACP branch president Andy Hightower. Teresa Haley, president of the Illinois branch of the NAACP, served as the keynote speaker with a discussion on the banquet theme "Unity in Times Like These." Proceeds from the evening's event will go to fund scholarships...
That's right, 'base ball,' as it was reffered to in the times of the 1860s, followed a completely different set of rules. Today's game will be played in that same manner featuring a game between the Alton Baseball Club and the Belleville Stags.
Crews work to minimize the recent water damage that has eroded Summit Street in Alton.
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The City of Alton continues to work on the new flood wall in preparation of a rising Mississippi River. Water has claimed most of Argosy's parking as it continues to creep into the downtown area.
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The Riverbend Growth Association’s Small Business of the Month for May 2017 is Lieber Vision Center . The family business is run by Kathleen and Dr. James Lieber O.D. The Growth Association’s Director of Member Services, Trish Holmes presented the Growth Association’s Small...
The Nature Insitute along with with the Sierra Club, the Alton Regional CVB, the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Lewis and Clark Community College, and the Great Rivers Land Trust helped host the sixth annual River Bend Earth Day Festival in the Old Bakery Beer Company in Alton....
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