East St. Louis

Alex Fennoy plans to bring a bank to East St. Louis.

The longtime educator, community leader and politician died Friday morning after fighting the novel coronavirus.

Over the past decade and a half, Seth Hamilton’s love for foreign languages and martial arts has taken him to destinations around the world: Nicaragua, Guatemala, France and north Africa. Now he’s sharing his love of travel with kids in East St. Louis. His nonprofit Go! International offers free language classes to East St. Louis youth, as well as martial arts training and entrepreneurship programs.

The school district is expanding its trauma counseling services to evenings and weekends by creating the Wraparound Wellness Center.

They’re crossing over the Mississippi River for many reasons, but mostly to find faster, cheaper and more consistent testing options.

As schools continue to rely on remote learning, families who don't have access to reliable internet struggle to keep up.

Community Life Line received a $1 million grant from the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund - the largest award given to a St. Clair County organization by the fund to date.

The East St. Louis chapter of the NAACP launched the second phase of the chapter’s initiative to bring more attention to and provide solutions for injustices that residents in East St. Louis experience.

All too often, artistic expression proves inaccessible to everyday people, a kind of luxury out of reach for those struggling to make ends meet. Katherine Dunham understood this reality when she first turned her attention to East St. Louis in the 1960s. And so does Leverne Backstrom, one of a handful of dedicated community members still carrying on the world-renowned dancer and choreographer’s legacy there today.

Illinois will distribute $31.5 million in grants over the next year to local nonprofits, faith- or community-based organizations and governmental bodies to address issues in historically underserved parts of the state.The money for these grants comes from 25% of the tax revenue the state collects from recreational marijuana sales.