| Today's Local News |
 Corn Harvest Begins  WBGZ Radio | Sep 1, 2010 The state’s farmers put in another strong week, according to the weekly crop report. Illinois corn is 87 percent in the dented stage or beyond, compared to the five-year average of 61 percent. Soybeans are 22 percent turning yellow, also ahead of the five-year average, which is 13 percent. [Full Story] |
 NEW: Robbery At Loan StoreWBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 Wood River Police are investigating an armed robbery at The Cash Store on Wesley Drive earlier this afternoon. Few details are known at this time, but calls to the business were picked up by an answering machine. The Cash Store deals in payday loans, installment loans, and auto title loans.[Full Story] |
 NEW: Heat Forces Early DismissalWBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 Today's heat has forced a local school to dismiss early today. East Alton Wood River High School will dismiss at 12:30 today due to very warm conditions inside the upper floors of the building. Superintendent John Pearson says it's been pretty warm all morning, so they decided to cut classes early today. [Full Story] |
 Man Arrested After Approaching GirlsWBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 An East Alton man remains in police custody after an arrest over the weekend. 22 year old Michael Church of the 300 block of West Main Street is a convicted sex offender and is accused of attempting to lure two girls into his home on Saturday. Police were notified of the alleged incident when the girls reported the strange behavior to an adult.[Full Story] |
 Museum Future Still Uncertain WBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 The Armed Forces Museum based in Alton is in a state of limbo. It needs to get all of its equipment out of the Cut Street facility, but doesn't have a new home. There are a couple of offers on the table, but those offers take the machinery out of the Riverbend. The museum has been around for 25 years- first housed in St. Louis, then Granite City, and for the last 12 years in Alton. [Full Story] |
 Former Cop Pleads Guilty WBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 A St. Louis police officer involved in an off-duty shooting in Pontoon Beach has pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm resulting from a 2008 incident at a Pontoon Beach bar. Bryan Pour entered the plea for his involvement in the shooting outside Mack and Mick's Place Bar on Route 203, just south of Interstate 270. [Full Story] |
 Victorian Festival This Weekend WBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 A Labor Day Weekend Tradition continues this weekend, with the annual Jersey County Victorian Festival. The theme is "Where the South meets the North and the Wild West." There will be demonstrations of dueling, a Civil War reenactment, a marketplace, live music, and plenty of Victorian-era fashion and food.[Full Story] |
 Tickets Issued in Accident Near SchoolWBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 A school bus driver, and another motorist, was ticketed after a traffic accident near Alton High School last week. The crash occurred at Humbert Road and Union School Road, and forced about 20 students to evacuate a school bus. There were no serious injuries reported in the incident.[Full Story] |
 Men Charged with Mob ActionWBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 Two men were arrested in Godfrey Saturday night after allegedly fighting with another man in Edwardsville earlier in the day. 20 year old Joseph Patterson (pictured) of the 300 block of Roosevelt in Wood River and 27 year old Kenneth Sanders of St. Louis have been charged with mob action after police say they, and a third man, fought with the victim at his home.[Full Story] |
 Iron and Metal Thefts Increase WBGZ Radio | Aug 31, 2010 Scrap thieves are hitting rural Macoupin County on a more regular basis, according to Sheriff Don Albrecht. He says many of the stolen iron and other metals have come from unattended farm storage sites and outbuildings on farmsteads. In some cases, the thieves have targeted pieces of older or unused machinery left sitting for extended periods of time on unoccupied private property or in remotely located sheds or buildings.[Full Story] |
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