Our neighbors to the west have a lot to offer – beautiful parks and waterfronts, great dining, iconic museums and much more.

Tweetsie Trail offers 10 miles of paved path perfect for biking, walking, or skating. Rent bikes for cheap or bring your own for a full day of pedaling fun. The trail follows an old railroad route ...

The moment you turn onto the park’s entrance road, something magical happens – your shoulders drop about two inches, your ...

A huge painting by Mark Rothko, thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars, has been removed from display in a Dutch museum after it was damaged by a visiting child. Conservators will now ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

Alton’s Laura Building, in the 100 block of Market Street, is getting new paint, gutters, and awnings as owners plan upgrades ...

Think twice about taking children to a museum housing expensive art. Scratch that, maybe just leave them at home. That's arguably the moral of the story after a child reportedly damaged a Mark ...

The unnamed child is responsible for damaging a 1960 Mark Rothko painting reportedly worth about $56 million inside the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam. “The painting Grey ...

In other words — anything but a rod and reel. Only nongame species can be targeted using alternative methods, which includes panfish like bluegill and green sunfish. Popular species for bowfishing and ...

In terms of availability, access, and a willingness to bite, it's hard to beat a bluegill. The species Lepomis macrochirus is widespread across the entire continent and is a popular game fish ...