ALTON – Saints Peter and Paul Church at 717 State St. in Alton has passed the halfway mark in its fundraising effort that was almost a year in the making. In July 2022, the church launched a campaign ...

Pastor Kelvin Ellison and Lady Tina Ellison of the Union Baptist Church will lead members in a 185th anniversary celebration Sunday at Best Western Premier Hotel in Alton. ALTON – A church founded by ...

ALTON – St. John Missionary Baptist Church, located at 405 E. 4th St. in Alton, will hold its 12th annual free Christmas Dinner on Thursday, Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. This is a space for all—no questions, no ...

ALTON, Ill. – An annual tradition continued at St. John Missionary Baptist Church on Monday. The downtown Alton church, whose history dates back to the early 1920s, served free meals to those in the ...

ALTON — Musical trio Points of Grace will perform at the Calvary Baptist Church, located at 1422 Washington Ave. in Alton, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26. Point of Grace has released 10 studio ...

Diane Foley and husband John near a memorial in Alton in honor of their late son, James, a conflict journalist murdered by Islamic State extremists in Syria in 2014. ALTON — In an observance that his ...

ALTON, Ill. – St. John Missionary Baptist Church continued its annual tradition of serving hot meals to those entering their doors Thursday. “We feed the community today, on Christmas day, celebrating ...