Steven Spencer, Staff Writer

Santa made a stop by Lovejoy Elementary School Friday morning to join students in their mission to read “eight days a week.” Santa, along a few of his elves, took the time to read the Wonky Donkey as well as present awards to winners of the student bookmark contest.

Riverbender.com Community Center hosted their annual community Christmas Open House Friday night following the tree lighting at the Lincoln-Douglas Square. “It think this is a great success,” said Alton resident Julia Johnson, who attended the event with her 6-year-old son Sterling and his grandmother,...

SEE PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON - Hundreds of people pushed through the doors like Black Friday shoppers to attend the Riverbender.com Community Center Holiday Open House Friday night. Following the annual lighting of the Community Christmas Tree in Downtown Alton, the RBCC opened its doors to...

ALTON - The City of Alton kicked into the holiday spirit Friday with the Annual Community Tree Lighting at Lincoln-Douglas Square. With a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, hot cocoa and caroling the community was fully in the holiday spirit before switching on the lights to the tree. Following...

ALTON - TorHoerman Law helped kick off the holidays for hundreds of families Friday morning by offering free turkeys at the Salvation Army. Tor Hoerman said the main goal is to help people ease some of the stress that surrounds the holidays and allow people more time with their families. “Somebody...

EAST ALTON – A pair of power play goals and another goal that just beat the second period buzzer helped CBC to a 5-0 win over Edwardsville in a Mid-States Club Hockey Association game Thursday night at East Alton Ice Arena. It was the second straight shutout loss for the Tigers, who...

Four inches of snow fell in Alton overnight, a storm spotter for the National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis reported. While a little less than the five to seven inches predicted, NWS Meteorologist Fred Glass said the system was one of the top five early snow systems to have hit the NWS's St....

ALTON - Super Bowl XLIII champion and now head coach of Hazelwood Central, Carey Davis, spoke to student athletes at the Knights of Columbus Quarterback Club Tuesday night, encouraging the athletes to never stop working towards their goals. Davis said it was as a freshman at Hazelwood Central when...

TUESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL ALTON TIP-OFF CLASSIC JERSEY 48, BREESE CENTRAL 43 (OT): Clare Breden scored a game hight 21 points as the Panthers held off Breese Central in an overtime thriller. Brooke Tuttle sent the game into extra time with a free throw with 2.2 seconds...

ALTON - Alaina Nasello and Megan Zini, from the Redbirds girl soccer team, each signed their letters of intent to play to women’s soccer with their respected colleges Wednesday morning. Nasello signed with Oakland University in Michigan saying she’s very excited to move forward with...