In January 1956, a massive snowstorm hit Alton, leaving sidewalks snow-covered and merchants responsible for clearing them.

Perhaps one of my favorite places in winter is across the river at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton.

Mayor David Goins said there was no damage to the Abbott Machine company at the bottom and no one was hurt from this mudslide.

The Piasa Bird mural in Alton, originally painted on a bluff, has been restored by artists like Ruth Means and Jack Buese.