John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

ALTON — Someone using a wide-tip, silver ink marker or other instrument defaced Alton’s historic, towering monument dedicated to martyred newspaper publisher Elijah P. Lovejoy. A Telegraph ...

A crowd listens to a Lovejoy Day speaker at the Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument in Alton on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. The yearly homage to Alton journalist and anti-slavery martyr Elijah P. Lovejoy was ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A drawing of the mob that gathered outside Winthrop Gilman's warehouse at the foot of William Street in Alton on Nov. 7, 1837.

David Blanchette | For The Telegraph All About Alton logo The Lovejoy Monument soars high over the hills and streets of Alton. Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy's gravesite is located behind the Lovejoy ...

ALTON — A memorial ceremony for Elijah P. Lovejoy was held at noon Thursday at the Lovejoy monument in the Alton City Cemetery. Cathy Gray, a board member of the Lovejoy Memorial, emceed the ...

ALTON – A memorial ceremony for Elijah P. Lovejoy was held at noon Tuesday at the Lovejoy monument in the Alton City Cemetery. Phil Trapani, a 20-year board member of the Lovejoy Memorial ...

Hayner was an ardent anti-slavery man and was interested for many years in the project of building a monument in memory of Elijah P. Lovejoy. Hayner was Treasurer of the Lovejoy Monument Association.

Ellingwood “First to Fall,” a book by Ken Ellingwood about Elijah P ... Lovejoy Memorial Committee will hold its annual Lovejoy Day event at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the Lovejoy Monument ...

at the Elijah P. Lovejoy monument in Alton City Cemetery. The ceremony is one of three events planned Nov. 9-10 in memory of Lovejoy, an abolitionist and Presbyterian minister who was fatally shot ...

The yearly homage to Alton journalist and anti-slavery martyr Elijah P. Lovejoy was held on a rainy Saturday at the hilltop monument bearing his name, where area residents gathered to hear about ...