The Hippodrome Theater in Alton, once a hub for vaudeville and films, opened in 1912 and was demolished in 1933.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Alton's riverfront commerce paused as the Mississippi froze, making ice cutting a vital ...

Halton Hills council is urging provincial and federal governments to give municipalities a portion of the tax revenue they collect to help fund vital infrastructure projects. The resolution, ...

Despite levels of high inflation and interest rates, new home construction, additions and renovations were still booming in Ontario for all of 2024. According to a press release from the Municipal ...

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge ...

Gail Burjes passed away on January 26, 2025 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Topeka, KS on November 23, 1944 to Joseph and Kathryn Kubacka.... Deborah Catherine (Jones) Carter, 76, died ...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case centered on whether a state law passed in 2023 violates the ...

Moments after a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause trillions of dollars in federal funding, Illinois leaders vowed to continue to fight the ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and five other Democratic attorneys general are responding to the Trump administration's freezing of federal assistance programs, which they claim is ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker took the podium on Tuesday afternoon within minutes of President Donald Trump's imposed deadline for federal departments to cease spending on financial assistance ...