Alton Telegraph

Alton Telegraph

The Telegraph is a daily newspaper based in Alton, Illinois, that publishes every day of the week. It focuses on the St. Louis Metro-East area. The newspaper is owned by Civitas Media, which is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina. Civitas Media operates around 100 daily and weekly newspapers in 12 different states. It is a subsidiary of Versa Capital Management, which is based in Philadelphia.

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English, Spanish
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63
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Global

#126047

United States

#27668

News and Media

#1278

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Articles

  • 4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | David Blanchette

    Nearly a dozen authors and book sellers came together at the Old Bakery Beer Company in downtown Alton on Saturday during the return of the Books & Brunch Market, a morning of bliss for Riverbend reading enthusiasts. Book lovers moved from table to table, talking to area authors, getting books signed, flipping through pages, and generally indulging their local literary desires.

  • 4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | David Blanchette

    Sometimes an extra wheel can make all the difference. That was the case on Saturday at Ted’s Motorcycle World in Alton during the Midwest Swag Three-Wheel Meetup, where trike aficionados from across the nation gathered to compare and trick out their rides, enjoy food trucks and music, sign up for prizes, see whose ride had the best sound system, and shop for swag at local vendor booths.

  • 4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | John Badman

    Alton Middle School custodian Franz Nolan was taking advantage of nice weather as he power-washed cafeteria chairs outside the middle school's Annex Building on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. A crew of custodians was working on their normal summer routines, where they prepare and clean the buildings for the start of school this fall.

  • 4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | John Badman

    It was down under for workers with Kamadulski Excavating & Grading as they worked well underground installing giant sewer sections in Wood River on June 18. The work is part of the massive job of separating the sanitary and storm sewer systems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring all communities that have not yet done so to separate the two sewer systems.

  • 4 days ago | thetelegraph.com | John Badman

    A German Shepherd mix known as Ripley dives into the lake at Glazebrook Park in Godfrey to fetch a stick for her owner, Andrea Dipazo, on June 16, 2025.