Hamiltonville Farm checks out an abandoned military surplus backhoe that’s been sitting for decades. Can they get this tough old machine to crank back to life? Trump's cabinet asked to invoke 25th ...

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 for ...

We showcase the revival of an old Ford 555 loader backhoe that had been sitting for many years due to a leaking hydraulic pump. The backhoe is dragged out from the weeds, loaded onto a trailer, and ...