ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) St. Louis County authorities have charged a suspect in a police chase that started in St. Louis, ran into several police cars and ended up in the Metro East last night. St. Louis County police had spotted a stolen vehicle from Alton in north county. When officers attempted to stop the stolen…
( KTRS ) A man walked into a Casey’s general store in Alton, IL. last week, claiming he had been shot in a meet up from Graiglist. Now authorities have discovered that he was shot, during a home break in. 29 yr old Brenton Webster, of Wood River has been charged with home invasion, armed…
( KTRS ) A man wanted by Alton, IL police is in custody. Authorities says 29 yr old Larry Northcutt is a “person of interest” in connection with a homicide investigation. 29 yr old Christopher Gernigin, was found dead near the Clark Bridge early Saturday morning. The Alton Police Department did not say how Northcutt…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is on the move in Alton, Illinois. The Post Office is moving from the downtown location it leased to a former car dealership. Workers are renovating the space and the government has a 10-year lease with the owner. The Alton Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/1scMwTV) that Ameren Illinois owns the…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – The school board in the Mississippi River city of Alton has approved a two-year contract with teachers, ending concerns about a possible strike. The (Alton) Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/1QvecN6) the school board approved the agreement Tuesday. Alton Education Association members had approved the deal last week. The agreement includes wage increases and maintains…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – Dynegy says it’s closing its Wood River Power Station in southern Illinois because of economic reasons. The company said in a news release Wednesday that it’s closing the 465-megawatt facility in Alton because of its “uneconomic operation” in a “poorly designed wholesale capacity market” in central and southern Illinois. That system,…
ALTON, Ill. (AP) – Contract negotiations in southwestern Illinois will resume with a federal mediator after a teachers union gave the Alton school district notice of a possible strike. The teachers’ union has twice rejected the Alton School District’s contract offer and voted last week to serve notice of a possible strike. The (Alton) Telegraph…