English State Bank, entering its 75th year, has announced branch manager position changes. Eric Gilmore will be branch manager at the Marengo office, Gary Rosenbaum is moving from Marengo to manage ...

“Alton Brown Live: Last Bite” will visit Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Feb. 16. Ahead of the stop, Brown spoke ...

Alton Brown is a food scientist cookbook author and creator and host of the Food Network’s “Good Eats,” which ran for 16 seasons. He is also a two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner, and ...

Scrambled eggs are my go-to lazy-day meal. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch, or even dinner (paired with an obligatory avocado ...

Alton Brown, post TV, has released his first book of essays and is about to embark on his fourth live culinary variety show tour. We talk to Alton about life at age 62.

In the farm town where Cooper DeJean drew up football plays for his friends in ...

BRIAN FORTIER, WHO USED TO OWN THE WEST ALTON MARINA, WAS CONVICTED EARLY LAST YEAR OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A TEENAGE EMPLOYEE BACK IN 2021. HE DENIED THE CHARGES. HIS ATTORNEYS GOT HIM A NEW TRIAL ...

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak The Golden State ...

Lois Borny works on the product review section of The Independent, IndyBest, where she helps readers to save money and shop savvy, scouting out the very best deals and sharing her tried and tested ...

77, died at 1:42 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at his residence. He was born on September 16, 1947 in Alton, the son of the late... Buddy Joseph Hook, age 89 of Alton, IL. has returned to his ...