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ALTON This article was first published by St. Louis Public Radio, a BND content partner. The park that’s home to the Piasa Bird mural in Alton will soon get a makeover. Alton’s Riverfront ...

ALTON - Five students from Alton High School have confessed to defacing the famed Piasa Bird painted on the limestone bluffs in this Mississippi River city, authorities said.

A modern-day painting of the Piasa Bird welcomes people to Alton, Illinois at the edge of the Mississippi River. Some upgrades could soon move forward around it to improve the visitor experience.

The Piasa Park redevelopment along with a new Byway Discovery Center are part of a $10 million Illinois Capital Grant Development Project.

The monument describes the legend of the Piasa Bird mural on the bluffs along the Mississippi River. The object was placed there in 1984. It has been tipped over before, but never broken.

Piasa Park in Alton, which includes a giant Piasa Bird mural painted on a limestone cliff, will get a makeover and new visitor center in the hopes to attract more visitors to the region.

ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- Five students from Alton High School have confessed to defacing the famed Piasa Bird painted on the limestone bluffs in this Mississippi River city, authorities said.

Alton’s Riverfront Advisory Commission heard plans Tuesday afternoon to spend between $5 million and $6.5 million to redevelop a popular spot on the west side of town near the Mississippi River.