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All of the 2,203 public housing tenants make less than $9,000. Leaders of the housing authority hope these renovations will attract residents and help beat generational poverty.
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Charles Powell III defeated Mayor Robert Eastern III, who was running for his second term, and Marie Franklin in Tuesday’s election.
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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.
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In 2019, East St. Louis reported 36 homicides. The next year, Illinois State Police formed a partnership to help with criminal investigations and community partnerships. Last year, the city’s homicides dropped to 25.
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An East St. Louis radio station helped hook listeners in the St. Louis region on hip-hop back in 1979. That’s when New York record executives Joe and Sylvia Robinson sent the song “Rapper's Delight” to WESL. Former WESL owner Gentleman Jim Gates discusses the moment.
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Former chief Kendall Perry left the police department last month. Now, the city has selected its former director of internal affairs as the next chief.
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Four Metro East school districts are using the Illinois Tutoring Initiative. The program, funded with state ARPA money, trains tutors to help elementary and middle school students make up for pandemic learning loss.
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Smart Start Illinois is the name of the early childhood education program that was announced Wednesday as part of the $49.6 billion budget proposed by Pritzker.
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The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, accuses the agrochemical giant's plant in neighboring Sauget of polluting East St. Louis.
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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.