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ALTON - Challenge Unlimited (CU), a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Alton, announced the appointment of two new members to its Board o

Women in deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

Jasper Memorial Hospital has joined the 60% of rural Texas hospitals that no longer deliver babies, leaving this corner of the state a virtual maternity care desert

EDWARDSVILLE — Officials approved a $3.86 million sale of Madison County land Wednesday night to a St. Louis developer.The Madison County Board approve

The Madison County Board of Health voted 20-7 in favor of a resolution denouncing COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates

Madison County board members adopted a bi-partisan resolution supporting legal action against the state over a new law that divides the county into judicial subcircuits.

In spite of four Democrat county board members supporting legal action against the gerrymandering of Madison County's judiciary, the head of the county Democrat organization denounced a resolution passed Thursday as a "sham."

County board member Jim Dodd dies Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail Dodd ALTON – Madison County Board member and long-time Alton alderman Jim Dodd is being remembered as someone who served his constituents and spoke his mind. Dodd, 77, died Wednesday at Alton Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. He had been in poor health for several years, and had not attended any county board meetings since spring 2017. Dodd was first elected to the Madison County Board i...

Frank A. Wolak writes that federal regulation is not the answer to the disaster that smashed Texas’ deregulated energy market last month. He opines that “the [Public Utility Commission] of Texas does have a record of successfully — for the past 20 years no less — regulating wholesale and retail markets in the state.” Apparently, he missed the research done by the Wall Street Journal showing that since 2004 Texans in the unregulated markets paid $28 billion more for energy than t...