Graffiti has damaged the 5th Street entrance to the Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument in Alton. The spray painting appears to be letters and other markings but no discernable words.

She has received countless awards and honors, including the YWCA 1998 Women of Distinction recognition, the Elijah P. Lovejoy Human Rights Award, and the Mayor of Alton Hometown Royalty Award.

Gail and Robert served on the board for the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial, an organization that awards scholarships to deserving graduates of high schools in the Alton/Godfrey community in honor of ...

GODFREY Lewis and Clark Community College will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. during its annual MLK Commemoration event at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, ...

Lovejoy Memorial Board members Bonnie Fox and Edmond Gray lay a wreath at the Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, during the Lovejoy Day ceremony in Alton City Cemetery. David ...

Charles has covered wars, earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti for more than 10 years. She will receive the Lovejoy Award in a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Gordon Center for Creative and ...

When “54 Miles” author Leonard Pitts Jr., the retired Miami Herald columnist, won the Lovejoy award from Colby in 2021, he was gratified. “Elijah was a 19th Century bad-ass in terms of ...

In 2020, Marz Lovejoy birthed a revolutionary idea inspired by the beloved poet and author Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise. “And Still We Ride,” a New York-based nonprofit pouring into the needs ...

Report on Congress proceedings; Bryant and Repr. O Lovejoy speak at Emancipation League meeting, Cooper Institute, NY ...

ALTON — The Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial celebrated its 59th annual dinner meeting on Friday in the Trimpe Advanced Technology Center at Lewis and Clark Community College.

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, ...