Alton NewsLocal news for Alton, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Hettie's Restaurant: Dream comes true for longtime cook- June 30, 2008 Hettie Moore started cooking when she was 7 and hasn't stopped. "My mother said I was too young to cook so I talked to my father and he said 'Well, let's go talk to her,'" said Hettie, 65, who grew up in Alton ...http://www.topix.net/city/alton-il/2008/06/hetties-restaurant-dream-comes-true-for-longtim... Carroll - Red' Bryan- June 28, 2008 Carroll "Red" Bryan, 73, died at 1:35 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton.http://www.topix.net/city/alton-il/2008/06/carroll-red-bryan?fromrss=1 Flood covers Great River Road- June 26, 2008 Flooding from the Mississippi River forced the closure Tuesday of Illinois Route 100, but some Grafton business owners remain optimistic they can avoid economic disaster.http://www.topix.net/city/alton-il/2008/06/flood-covers-great-river-road?fromrss=1 Tuesday flood watch- June 24, 2008 Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 Uh-Oh The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a warning that about two dozen levees in the region, in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, could be overtopped by floodwaters this week.http://www.topix.net/city/alton-il/2008/06/tuesday-flood-watch?fromrss=1 Worst seen over for Midwest floods, cleanup starts- June 22, 2008 The worst Midwest flooding in 15 years eased on Saturday after the swollen Mississippi River crested in St.http://www.topix.net/city/alton-il/2008/06/worst-seen-over-for-midwest-floods-cleanup-star... |