ALTON – Saints Peter and Paul Church at 717 State St. in Alton has passed the halfway mark in its fundraising effort that was almost a year in the making. In July 2022, the church launched a campaign ...

ALTON – St. John Missionary Baptist Church, located at 405 E. 4th St. in Alton, will hold its 12th annual free Christmas Dinner on Thursday, Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. This is a space for all—no questions, no ...

The Alton Branch NAACP will host a community event to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, ...

ALTON, Ill. – St. John Missionary Baptist Church continued its annual tradition of serving hot meals to those entering their doors Thursday. “We feed the community today, on Christmas day, celebrating ...

Pastor Kelvin Ellison and Lady Tina Ellison of the Union Baptist Church will lead members in a 185th anniversary celebration Sunday at Best Western Premier Hotel in Alton. ALTON – A church founded by ...

ALTON, Ill. — Firefighters are working to put out a fire at a church in Alton Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at St. Paul Episcopal Church, located at 10 East Third Street, just before 10 a.m., ...

Diane Foley and husband John near a memorial in Alton in honor of their late son, James, a conflict journalist murdered by Islamic State extremists in Syria in 2014. ALTON — In an observance that his ...