Recently added articles from Telegraph (Alton, IL):
Alton runner survives Chicago Marathon.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Linda N. Weller Oct. 10--ALTON -- Dangerously high temperatures doomed Sunday's 30th annual Chicago Marathon, but a rural Alton man was one of at least 18 area runners who finished the grueling race even after it was canceled. "It was a matter of surviving; ...
Macoupin OKs another temporary budget.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Laura Griffith Oct. 10--CARLINVILLE -- Because of economic uncertainty after the recent closing of the Crown II coal mine in Macoupin County, the County Board has pushed the approval of a fiscal year 2007-2008 general fund budget back to its November meeting. ...
Let there be light: Grafton lighthouse to be dedicated.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jill Moon Oct. 1--GRAFTON -- The highly anticipated Grafton Lighthouse will symbolically mark the rise of Grafton after the Great Flood of 1993. McIntyre Construction of Jerseyville, which painted red and white stripes Thursday on the lighthouse, has been ...
Police looking for sexual assault suspect.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cynthia M. Ellis Oct. 1--EAST ALTON -- Police are looking for a 24-year-old man they suspect of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, an acquaintance who is developmentally disabled. Dean E. Lewis is facing charges in connection with the August 2006 ...
BRIEF: Blaze won't stop auction.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sanford J. Schmidt Oct. 1--HAMEL -- The annual Harvest Auction has raised funds for the Quercus Grove Rural Club since 1914, but this year's event has taken on a sense of urgency since the organization's meeting place, Quercus Grove School, was destroyed by fire Sept ....
Officials use many tools to collect support.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Maggie Borman Oct. 1--In the year that ended June 30, the state had 562,203 child support cases on the books. Christine Kovach had 13,746 of them. The assistant state's attorney over Madison County's Child Support Division, Kovach battles on several fronts to ...
Member of Little Rock Nine recalls historic year.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Maggie Borman Sep. 29--CARLINVILLE -- The introduction of Melba Patillo Beals brought a crowd at Blackburn College to its feet Friday morning. "In 1957, while most teenage girls were listening to Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue,' watching Elvis gyrate and collecting ...
LCCC's enrollment rises again.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Kiszczak Sep. 29--GODFREY -- Lewis and Clark Community College has nearly doubled enrollment in the past 12 years -- and the numbers continue to grow, officials announced Friday. Since fall 1995, credit enrollments have increased 49 percent. ...
Alton man's grandson among Jena Six.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Lucchesi Sep. 29--ALTON -- An Alton man whose grandson is one of the Jena Six wonders whether more could have been done to prevent racial violence that brought national attention to the small Louisiana town. Ernie Griffin, 65, moved to Alton in 1973 after ...
Training at refinery tests water supply.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Cynthia M. Ellis Sep. 28--ROXANA -- Firefighters transformed the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery into a water world earlier this week. The refinery's emergency response team, along with the Roxana, East Alton, Edwardsville, South Roxana and Wood River fire ...
Hospital debuts cancer center.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Kiszczak Sep. 28--MARYVILLE -- Some 200 people gathered Thursday at Anderson Hospital for the unveiling of its new cancer center. The Warren Billhartz Cancer Center is named after a well-known Collinsville resident who was president and later ...
Alton soldier earns Purple Heart.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Lucchesi Sep. 28--ALTON -- An Alton man serving in Iraq will be awarded a Purple Heart for wounds suffered when his armored truck was hit by a rocket in Baghdad last week. Pfc. Elliot Fergurson, 19, who has been in the Army for a year this month, told ...
Worker's comp mediator endorsed for circuit judgeship.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Sanford J. Schmidt Sep. 28--EDWARDSVILLE -- The Madison County Democratic Party has endorsed Dennis Ruth of Collinsville for the circuit judge seat that will be left vacant by the retirement of Judge Edward C. Ferguson. Ruth has worked most of his career in ...
Two accused of bomb threats expelled.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Kiszczak Sep. 27--ALTON -- Two teenage girls accused of recent bomb threats at Alton High School were expelled for two years -- the School Board's maximum penalty -- Wednesday night. Amanda M. Lewis, 17, of the 3000 block of Fernwood Avenue in Alton, ...
Two charged in ad scam.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Jill Moon Sep. 27--JERSEYVILLE -- Two men were charged Wednesday with conning advertisers of the Jersey County Shopper. The Grafton Police Department arrested three people Monday while they were attempting to obtain $195 from the Great Rivers Tour Boat Co., ...
Blackburn cutting tuition.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Lucchesi Sep. 27--CARLINVILLE -- A private college in Macoupin County will do the unexpected next fall -- cut its tuition by 15 percent. The escalating cost of higher education has been an underlying theme as freshmen took to leafy campuses this fall. But ...
Man charged in dispute over BMW.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Lucchesi Sep. 26--EDWARDSVILLE -- A 52-year-old Bethalto man was charged with three felonies Tuesday for firing three shots at another man in a dispute over a luxury car, authorities said. James L. Ferando, of the 400 block of West Bethalto Drive, was ...
Man gets six months in crash fatal to deputy.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Maggie Borman Sep. 26--HARDIN -- A Michael man was ordered Tuesday to spend six months in jail and serve two years of probation for a head-on traffic crash last year that killed Calhoun County's chief deputy sheriff. Tim Roth, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in ...
School to oversee football coach.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Maggie Borman Sep. 26--GILLESPIE -- The head football coach at Gillespie High School will have someone looking over his shoulder during the rest of the team's practices and games this season. At its regular meeting Monday night, the Gillespie School Board ...
BRIEF: NEW: Former Alton Fire Chief Buried.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Lucchesi Sep. 26--ALTON -- Former Alton Fire Chief Don Dugan was buried today as family and friends remembered a 34-year career on the Alton Fire Department and a lifetime of community service. More than 100 people attended the funeral for the career ...