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Your View FacebookTwitterEmail To the Editor, As candidate for Alton Mayor, I do not plan to respond to every negative comment made by my opponent, Mayor Brant Walker. However, I am writing in response to his insulting statement recently released accusing me of spreading misinformation and questioning my intelligence regarding the home rule issue Alton could face following the 2020 census. I have previously stated my concern that Alton may lose its home rule status if the census data shows we have declined in population below 25,000 residents. As a candidate for mayor, I view this as a critic...

Phase 2 of Safe Route to School to be bid this spring Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail 3of3 ALTON — The city this spring plans to seek bids on Phase 2 of the Safe Route to School project. The project will address safety and ADA accessibility issues, upgrading the sidewalks that serve the area. Plans include a combined use path to be constructed from the intersection of Rock Spring Drive and Memorial Drive to College Avenue, with sidewalk upgrades along College Avenue from Holman to Pleasant. Additionally, Johnson Street from Tremont to College Avenue will ...

Riverfront Park work nears final phase Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail ALTON — Bids are being prepared for $2.5 million of work at Riverfront Park in Alton. At the Wednesday’s city council meeting, Alton Mayor Brant Walker said this phase of work on the park will focus on the parking lot near Argosy Casino Alton. Walker said Phase 8 is the final phase of a 20-year plan to improve Riverfront Park. “As we move forward, we’re going to be able to do more walking, more biking and have more connectivity from the Riverfront to the downtown area,” Walker ...

Could an inauguration protest happen in Alton? Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelgraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail Alexander ALTON — With the presidential inauguration happening on Wednesday, some are concerned that a protest similar to what happened at Washington D.C. could happen in Alton. Alton Mayor Brant Walker said that, so far, the office has not received any direct threats regarding the inauguration. But he noted police will be more vigilant this week. “Since I’ve been in office, Alton has always peacefully expressed their opinions,” Walker said. “So I’m hoping that is what...

  There’s reaction from all sides in the aftermath of a sweeping measure bringing reforms to the state’s system of justice. The ACLU of Illinois praised the