East St. Louis

Goldie Taylor faced many obstacles while growing up in East St. Louis and St. Ann but followed a thirst for learning to a successful career as a writer. She’ll discuss her memoir, “The Love You Save,” at the Ethical Society of St. Louis with one of the teachers who inspired her years ago.

The maps, which have not been updated since 2003, depict the danger presented to home and property owners.

Earlier this week, former Police Chief Kendall Perry told the Belleville News-Democrat he'd been fired.

Two days after being appointed East St. Louis’ interim city manager, Calvin Riley began firing key city employees, including high-ranking police department and code enforcement officials.

The goal of the facility is to help make MetroLink safer for the region.

A nonprofit is developing a new subdivision in East St. Louis with 20, $300,000 homes. The project is expected to be completed by spring 2024.

Music teachers in the St. Louis region and across the nation will perform three pieces with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in its Extra Credit concert. The free concert will allow musicians to showcase their talents to students and their communities.

Skate City is known to have the “smoothest concrete in the United States,” and is East St Louis’ lone skating rink.

Alvin Cooper is struggling to recover after his home was flooded from torrential rains in late July of this year. He lives in a floodplain area that is especially vulnerable to climate change because it lacks government attention. He is trying to recover but can’t do it alone.

July’s floods affected about 700 homes to some extent region wide — and residents filed more than 14,000 requests in the first four weeks after the flood.