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Teen shot Friday night in Alton
Alton Police are investigating a shooting that resulted from a large group of unsupervised juveniles shooting fireworks at one another. It happened Friday night in the area of Highland and Webster. Officers say as tensions rose, gunfire erupted, and a 14-year-old boy was struck. He was taken to Alton Memorial...
I-55 road closure in Madison County due to crash, 3 injured
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. — Three people have been injured after a crash on Saturday morning. Illinois State Police responded to a two-car crash at Interstate 55 in Madison County, Illinois. It said the crash happened near Collinsville in St. Clair County at mile marker 8 around 10:30 a.m. Police...
Charges filed in elderly exploitation case
A man from Collinsville is facing charges after authorities say he financially took advantage of an elderly victim. 50-year-old David Alred is charged with two counts of financial exploitation of an elderly person with a disability, along with theft of property by deception from an elderly person. The alleged crimes took place from September 2022 to April of this year.
No answers from investigators a week after the sinkhole in Illinois formed
ALTON, Ill. — It's been one week since the ground opened in Alton and swallowed part of a soccer field. The hole, caused by mine subsidence, has shuttered the more than 700-acre park. Part of the Gordon F. Moore park is a complex of baseball diamonds that the Alton...
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