Batchtown, Illinois

Roger and Marilyn Woelfel of Batchtown recently celebrated their silver wedding anniversary.

Melvin Heffington and Geneva Snyders, who are celebrating 70 years of marriage, were married Sept.

After one of the worst apple production years in history in 2007, orchards appear to be rebounding with a record crop.

At age 88, Calhoun County native Sally McGee says she and late husband, William "Fiddler Bill" McGee, a former Cardinals and New York Giants pitcher, had a wonderful life together.

Raphael "Ray" J. Narup, 81, died at 8:53 a.m. Thursday, July 10, 2008, at his home in Alton.

The Telegraph Rising floodwaters and the threat of more to come began shutting down roads, ferries and events around The Telegraph area Thursday.

Lela I. Schumann, 74, died at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, June 5, 2008, at her residence.

"By aggressively trimming the trees near our lines, we are increasing service reliability and reducing the chances of outages occurring due to trees coming into contact with those lines"

MJM Electric is aiming to reduce the number of customers that experience outages during bad storms through a new, intensive tree maintenance program. via Alton Telegraph

"Most popular right now would be the pelicans, which are migrating back north, and we still have quite a few waterfowl"

The River Bend's ecosystem makes it a natural for wildlife watching. When a groundhog scuttles along a path or a woodcock makes a rare appearance from the brush during mating season, it shows the natural world ... via Alton Telegraph