Lexi Cortes
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The families of shooting victims criticized MetroLink security in 2019 and again in 2023 because no police were patrolling the Metro East stations at the time the crimes occurred.
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The Army Corps shelved 14 flood control measures authorized in 1965 for the area because of “low cost-benefit ratios.” The federal lawmakers noted that decades later the communities experience frequent flooding.
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The county signed a $2.49 million contract with Acoustic Technology, Inc. Systems in late 2022 to replace 79 existing sirens across the county and install 43 new ones.
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It’s been over three months since Illinois lawmakers requested a federal public health assessment because of residents’ repeated exposure to sewage from broken municipal infrastructure.
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Cahokia Heights has still not received most of the millions of dollars that state and federal leaders said two years ago would be available to fix broken infrastructure.
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The board that manages St. Clair County-owned buildings has purchased a total of four pieces of property near the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds so far this year.
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Starting Monday, the first block of South First Street between West Main and West Washington streets will be closed to through traffic.
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The construction will begin Friday, March 22 and is expected to wrap up before Memorial Day weekend.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, and former Illinois state senator Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, are running against each other in the 2024 Republican primary for Illinois' 12th Congressional District. The polls open next Tuesday.
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The courthouse will remain open to the public, but the southwest entrance and the pedestrian crosswalk tunnel between the South First Street public parking garage and courthouse will be temporarily closed.
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While both Republican candidates voting records align with National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America, they differ on an issue going before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
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Politicians, judges and billionaires, as well as private citizens and business groups, are helping to fund the 2024 campaigns of U.S. Rep. Mike Bost and former state senator Darren Bailey.