In 1948, the Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down religious education classes during school hours in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the program violated ...

ALTON — Workers were giving the Clark Bridge cables a close-up examination Tuesday on the deck of the Alton bridge. Using several different lifts to reach up high, workers were digging deep into ...

ALTON, Ill. -- The Alton city council will hear a proposal Wednesday night about giving the Clark Bridge a facelift. The plan is to install LED lighting along the bridge... The project costs ...

These are photos taken by John Badman that have appeared on the pages of The Telegraph, or online this week.