Lexi Cortes
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In total, the federal government allotted St. Clair County more than $50 million to help it respond to and recover from the public health emergency. -
The office has $200,000 more in its budget than it did about five months ago. The chief defender used the new money to raise salaries to retain existing lawyers and fill vacancies.
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County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler said Monday the agreement had not yet been finalized or signed. He declined to comment further until then.
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Gov. JB Pritzker, state legislators, mayors and other officials gathered at the airport Thursday to spotlight the investment.
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135 students at Waterloo High School lined up last Friday to protest a school policy that allows transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
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Raw sewage backups and chronic flooding have been a decades-long issue in Centreville, now Cahokia Heights. Residents previously filed two federal lawsuits over these issues in 2020 and 2021.
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Kathleen “Kitty” Kinkel, 77, was found dead in a field near the back of the facility six hours after she left the building on Jan. 31.
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The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, accuses the agrochemical giant's plant in neighboring Sauget of polluting East St. Louis.
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Hofbräuhaus of America states in the federal lawsuit that it terminated its franchise agreement with Hofbräuhaus in Belleville because the owners allegedly did not pay royalties when required.
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Officials announced Cahokia Heights would receive $37 million in funding because of failing infrastructure. Over two years later, that money is still to be seen.
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The State of Illinois got rid of cash bail when state lawmakers passed the SAFE-T Act late in 2022.
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Starting in 2023, St. Clair County officials hope to bring back the county fair. The county board voted Monday to apply for state funding.
