2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (140+ words) This house at 1004 Brianna Court in Jerseyville on Sept. 9, 2026, recently sold for $420,000. Each week, homes change hands, and new chapters begin across Jersey County. The following property transfers, recorded by the Jersey County Recorder of Deeds from Aug. 31 to Sept....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (547+ words) wrap of other criminal filings. EDWARDSVILLE – Two people, Alton and Granite City residents, were charged Tuesday after allegedly battering police officers. A 28-year-old Granite City man was charged Sept. 8 with aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony, and threatening a public official,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (644+ words) For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (415+ words) One of the organizers who said she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (199+ words) Alton Telegraph Pinsky, an acclaimed poet and translator who served as U.S. laureate under the auspices of the Library of Congress from 1997-2000, won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He has long enjoyed recognition beyond the poetry world, even making public appearances…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (182+ words) The Scarlet Knights program released a statement from the coach Wednesday, with Pikiell saying he had “great confidence” in associate head coach Brandin Knight, the rest of the staff and athletes as he manages his health. “I know they will…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (334+ words) The Wood River City Council approved zoning ordinance changes at its Sept. 8 meeting that would restrict auto service facilities and other businesses, including transitional housing, to specifically zoned areas. However, existing businesses, such as Trickey's Service Inc., located in a…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (233+ words) Wood River woman charged with meth trafficking, possession in two separate cases. EDWARDSVILLE – A Wood River woman was charged last week with trafficking methamphetamine, and faces an additional meth possession charge in a separate case filed the same day by…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (882+ words) A panel of federal judges is set to hear arguments Wednesday over whether prescribing rules should be tightened for a key drug used in the most common abortion method in the United States, one of several ongoing efforts to restrict…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (721+ words) A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti, reaching an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to a prison sentence of at least 25 years. Jeriah Mast, 45, of…...