Updated: Feb 27, 2025 / 10:02 AM CST ALTON, Ill. – The Alton Police Department says multiple suspects opened fire on a student shortly after they stepped off a school bus in a targeted attack.

Posted: Mar 4, 2025 / 06:08 PM CST Updated: Mar 4, 2025 / 06:08 PM CST ALTON, Ill. – Two teenagers are charged for a Feb. 26 shooting that police say targeted a kid exiting an Alton school bus.

ALTON, Ill. — A 17-year-old girl died at the hospital after she was shot early Friday in Alton. The Alton Police Department said the shooting happened at around 2 a.m. in the 900 block of ...

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In a press release from Alton Police Sgt. Andrew Pierson, officers responded at 5:51 a.m. on Sunday to the 2000 block of Agnes Boulevard in response to a report of a male who had been shot.

A year after the Alton Catfish Classic’s biggest catch was barely 65 pounds, a 106.23-pound catfish emerged from the boat of anglers Richard McAdams, Dave Shipman and Chris Baker on Saturday.