A 1868 lithograph from the Library of Congress depicts Alton's riverfront, featuring City Hall and the Chicago & Alton ...

at her residence in Alton, IL. She was born on January 8, 1953, in... John "Jack" Joseph Vohradsky, 95, of Alton, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at Jerseyville Community Hospital.

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...

Il Foglio, Italy’s conservative liberal daily, has embarked on a month-long experiment to demonstrate AI’s impact on journalism and daily life. The four-page broadsheet edition of the newspaper will ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado hit Alton and West Alton late Friday night. Investigators have been surveying the storm damage in the area and found it consistent with an EF2 ...

The burst pipe led to a large amount of liquid spreading across the entrance to the Toxicator ride, which was evacuated as a result Alton Towers' new ride Toxicator had to shut on its opening day ...

A new ride at Alton Towers was forced to temporarily close on its opening day after a burst pipe caused brown liquid to leak out near the queue entrance. Toxicator, a highly anticipated toxic ...

The night before the huge opening day, a VIP preview was hosted by the vice president of Alton Towers, Bianca Sammut. As we entered, we were met by a group of three scientists who were handing out ...

Alton Towers' bosses closed down the new Toxicator ride on its first day after a sewage leak sparked an apparent faeces flood. Thrill-seekers turned up to the theme park, near Stoke-on-Trent, on ...

ALTON Towers was forced to shut a new ride on opening day after sewage leaked from a broken pipe. Ticket holders slammed the popular theme park, near Stoke-on-Trent, after they queued for hours to ...

A striking colour scheme of yellow, green and black, a smoke machine on overdrive and jets of backlit water greet us as we arrive to try the new Alton Towers ride Toxicator. It was the night ...