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As Cahokia Heights residents found themselves continuously sick with respiratory conditions, heart problems, and bacterial infections they had one question — where were the health officials?
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The latest Illinois Report Card provides information about schools across southwestern Illinois. Here’s how metro-east high schools fared in the 2022-23 report.
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Under Illinois law, all police agencies will be required to begin wearing body cameras by the start of 2025. East St. Louis got its first body cameras in September.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting an Environmental Justice Academy to train people in the Metro East on ways to identify and address environmental challenges in their communities.
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Call for Help Inc., an East St. Louis-based nonprofit known for assisting people in need, said it was shutting down at the end of September.
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Matthew Tejada, deputy assistant administrator for environmental justice at the EPA, said while the federal agency has funding through grants to address a legacy of environmental racism, it needs direction from affected communities on where to use the money.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttiegieg said $196 million will go toward replacing 48 MetroLink light rail cars. The funding is one of the biggest grants MetroLink has received.
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One of the country’s most violent race riots — white mobs lynching, shooting and burning Black men, women and children — will now be remembered with a commemorative marker near SIUE’s East St. Louis campus.
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Jamon Greenwood Jr., 10, and Tremell Kellys, 11, were new to the world of soap box car racing. Both left Sunday's derby, a beloved tradition in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, with a new passion. One left with a trophy.
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The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.