By Pat Pratt ppratt@timestribunenews.com Troy Police are investigating after a 77-year-old woman was found dead early Tuesday in the 1900 block of SRA Bradley R Smith Drive.   Kathleen Kinkel, a longtime resident of Troy, was discovered about 8:19 a.m. in what a police news release described as an open area south of the aforementioned address.…

By Devese “Dee” Ursery dursery@timestribunenews.com Madison County and the Dream Center on Friday helped to connect the homeless with all kinds of needed resources in a single setting. Project Homeless Connect is a county wide event that helps the homeless community get their hands on services and goods that could possibly help. Over 30 vendors…

By Pat Pratt ppratt@timestribunenews.com A Glen Carbon man accused of threatening to conduct a shooting at Edwardsville High School is free on bond after a mental health evaluation deemed him a “low risk of harm to himself or others.” Court records show 19-year-old Spencer Hurley is charged with two felony counts of falsely making a…

By Pat Pratt ppratt@timestribunenews.com Construction is progressing on the old US Bank building at the corner of Main and Market Streets in Troy, which upon completion will house a new restaurant and apartments. The eatery to open on the ground floor of the former bank building has not yet been named, as an opening timeline…