1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (243+ words) One person is dead, a home is destroyed and several others were damaged in a house explosion on Saturday afternoon in Meadowbrook. The small community sits just east of Bethalto, and a house in the 100 block of Vine Street was…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (99+ words) House explosion reported in Meadowbrook AdVantageNews.com (Update as of 7pm Saturday) The Madison County Sheriff’s Department confirms one person died in a house explosion Saturday afternoon in Meadowbrook It happened just after 2pm at a home in the 100 block…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (176+ words) AdVantageNews.com What has been a driving parade in the past may wind up as a walking parade this year The Alton City Council Committee of the Whole gave tentative approval to temporary street closures on Wednesday, September 30 from 5:30 âÂ…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (170+ words) Victim identified after being struck by train AdVantageNews.com Authorities have released the name of the victim who died after being struck by a train in Godfrey last weekend. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department says 41 year old Timothy Freytag…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (311+ words) After the Illinois Office of the Auditor General released a follow-up performance audit of the Department of Children and Family Services, a state lawmaker who is also a foster parent said Illinois government is failing kids. The audit revealed that…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (143+ words) An Edwardsville charity apparently bought Saint Clare’s Hosp… Illinois motorists are paying more in gas taxes, tolls and o… Temperatures have been in the mid-to-upper 90s for the last week, and even though high temperatures are expected to drop by a…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (534+ words) Illinois motorists are paying more in gas taxes, tolls and other fees while encountering closed rest stops, prompting criticism from Americans for Prosperity-Illinois State Director Brian Costin. In a social media video, Ted Dabrowski said he found multiple closed rest…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (453+ words) The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, two orders of nuns and a rural pharmacist filed a lawsuit against Illinois on Thursday over the state’s End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. The plaintiffs argue the law violates their religious beliefs by…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (490+ words) The Piasa Palisades Group Speaker’s Series kicks off on Tues… President Donald Trump’s administration is touting a crackdo… As the federal government takes a closer look at funding for telecommunications and internet services, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says it’s about…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) Separately Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker President Donald Trump has repeated his call for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker or Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to call him for help after 41 people were shot and three were killed in…...