ALTON — Vandals once again hit venerable landmark Alton National Cemetery, cracking a sign in half, removing a concrete marker and strewing smelly diapers and dog feces among graves. “It was pretty ...

In this Telegraph file photo, an employee of BOCO Contracting & Construction, LLC, a Brighton veteran owned business, is silhouetted against the white headstones in the Alton National Cemetery on ...

ALTON - Riverbend residents can help restore gravestones at Alton Cemetery.From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, ...

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ALTON, Ill. — It's a final resting place for those who served and fought for our nation. But disabled veterans say this local VA cemetery is almost impossible for them to visit. We're talking about ...

In August 2020, I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton ...

ALTON Ill. – The cemetery officials said a groundhog is causing problems at the Alton City Cemetery. In late June, cemetery officials said they heard a bone was sticking out from the ground at the ...

ALTON, Ill. — It's a peaceful cemetery where hundreds of veterans have been laid to rest. But as peaceful as it is here, there's a problem with Alton National Cemetery that no one has been able to fix ...

ALTON, Ill. (CBS)-- Police have extra patrols at the Alton National Cemetery after the site was vandalized. WBBM's Steve Miller reports. The small cemetery, which is 45 minutes away from St. Louis, is ...