Barge breakaway causes small Mississippi River oil spill
Source: Fox News
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 05:36:20 -0700 | green-news
Ill. The Coast Guard is assessing the environmental impact of roughly 300 gallons of crude oil it says spilled into the Mississippi River after more than a dozen barges briefly broke free near Alton, Ill. The Coast Guard says...
MAN WHO ALLEDGELY SHOT "CASH" THE HORSE FORMALLY CHARGED; OWNER OF THE HORSE SPEAKS OUT
Source: KIEM
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 17:47:02 -0700 | sports-news
The man who allegedly shot Cash, the horse in the leg with an arrow has been formally charged with felony animal cruelty. 31-year old Joshua Slater was in court today for a bail hearing. The judge denied his request...
LOCAL HORSE SHOT IN THE LEG WITH AN ARROW; HIS OWNER SPEAKS OUT
Source: KIEM
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 18:25:15 -0700 | sports-news
CA- The local horse shot in the leg with an arrow is still in recovery at the North Coast Veterinary Hospital...A purple cast now hides the wound that left that left him bleeding in a pasture. Becki Bean, the owner...
8-year-old autistic girl shackled, jailed for school 'tantrum' behavior
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Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-03-09 10:59:39 -0800 | disasters-news
Jmyha Rickman, an 8-year-old autistic student at Lovejoy Elementary School in Alton, Ill., was jailed for over two hours by Alton police because of tantrum behavior. She was assigned to a special behavior disorder classroom, and school officials called the...
Holiday Inn Robbed By An Old Lady In Slippers
Posted by: Caitlin Tadlock
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 02:23:54 -0700 | odd-news
A 52-year-old woman robbed a Holiday Inn early Monday morning on Homer Adams Parkway in Alton, IL. Shortly before 4 a.m. the woman walked in wearing slippers, told an employee she was carrying a pistol in her pocket and requested...
Alton teen gets six years in torture death of pregnant, disabled woman
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2010-09-07 14:50:10 -0700 | allnews
LeShelle McBride received the sentence in connection with the torture and death of Dorothy Dixon, 29. Investigators say Dixon was a mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way when she was found dead in January 2008...
Alton plans firework crackdown
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2010-09-02 12:48:54 -0700 | allnews
The city of Alton plans an illegal fireworks crack down this Fourth of July holiday weekend. Alton Mayor tom Hoechst says "fireworks can be deadly" and police and government plan to take "a proactive approach" toward enforcing the city's firework...
Joe Nathan: torn ligament... no games this season?
Posted by: Samantha86
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 21:27:49 -0700 | sports-news
Joe Nathan, a closer for the Minnesota Twins, has been diagnosed with a torn ligament. Will this mean that he will not play the 2010 season for the Minnesota Twins? It is indeed very worrisome news for Minnesota Twins that...
Jennifer Daugherty killed brutally
Posted by: zenith86
Alton :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 06:33:30 -0700 | disasters-news
A 30 year old disables woman, named Jennifer Daugherty was killed brutally. Jennifer Daugherty was fed vegetable oil, spices, detergent, urine and medications and then she was forced to write a suicide note before she was stabbed to death. Jennifer...
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