Alton

While the Mississippi River produced major flooding in parts of northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, it is expected to crest well below serious flood levels in the St. Louis area this weekend.

From May through November, bus tours will lead visitors through the rich Black history of Alton.

The project includes a new visitors center for the city and outdoor gathering areas.

A new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum features a variety of Metro East figures, including Tina Turner, the Indigenous people who built Cahokia Mounds and surveyor Don Alonzo Spaulding.

There isn’t a specific path for the state’s vision of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2050 and ensuring areas overburdened by past pollution fully benefit from the growing green economy.

She was on vacation at the time of the accident. “Anyone that knew her, loved her and knew how much of a bright light she brought to every room she entered,” a Facebook post states.

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board granted parole to Paula Sims after three hours of testimony and discussion. Sims was convicted of first-degree murder in 1990.

An abolitionist, minister and newspaper editor, Elijah Lovejoy was the first American journalist slain for his work. Journalist Ken Ellingwood discusses his new biography, "First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery," on "St. Louis on the Air."

A Michigan cinema company is expanding into the St. Louis region by opening an eight-screen theater during the pandemic.

StoryCorps is featuring the stories of Black residents of Alton, Illinois. "St. Louis on the Air" explores why StoryCorps is turning its attention to the river town and got a preview of one of the conversations that will be featured in a virtual event on Friday.