From his personal account, Chris Slusser wrote that Dr. Anthony Fauci “should receive a public hanging” after tense hearings in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.

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From his personal account, Chris Slusser wrote that Dr. Anthony Fauci “should receive a public hanging” after tense hearings in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.

The new $70 million program provides one-time $400 payments to eligible Illinois households that lost SNAP benefits under new federal work requirements.

The House of Miles East St. Louis is commemorating what would’ve been the 100th birthday of Miles Davis with a storytelling project.

Ameren Missouri is asking regulators to build a new natural gas plant near the Mississippi River in West Alton. The utility wants to use a new financing method that would result in customers paying fo...

The Metro East county board voted to place an advisory referendum on November’s ballot, arguing it’s a good way to gauge public opinion despite deep blue Illinois being unlikely to adopt such a requir...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville launched its eight-week Samoan 101 in June.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve the project, SIHF announced in a news release. The board is charged with keeping health care costs in check and preventing unnecessary duplication of health facilities.

While there is nothing specifically illegal about buying a home using a “bond for deed” contract, housing advocates want homebuyers to be on the lookout for terms that could leave them evicted.

St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric has declined to file criminal charges in the officer-involved shooting of Rachel Tarrence on Jan. 4 in East St. Louis.

The $500,000 grants awarded to two East St. Louis elementary schools were discontinued, but the nonprofit that administers the grant said on Tuesday that it plans to appeal.

New federal rules for dicamba aim to help cotton and soybean farmers control weeds. But the herbicide, which can kill other crops and trees, remains controversial.

The Illinois Air National Guard wing now flies the KC-135. To be selected for the next generation of refueling tankers, the wing will need a new $79 million hangar that’s included in drafts of the ann...

At its next meeting, the Collinsville City Council is expected to vote on a contract with an engineering firm that would then determine how the city could make $11.5 million in renovations to remove P...

At its next meeting, the Collinsville City Council is expected to vote on a contract with an engineering firm that would then determine how the city could make $11.5 million in renovations to remove P...

Nearly two-thirds of the union that’s made up of teachers, service employees and secretaries in the Metro East district rejected the terms of the contract.

A judge in the U.S. District Court in Illinois denied a preliminary injunction request filed by ACT Now Illinois, a nonprofit that administers the federal Full-Service Community Schools grant to 32 sc...

The separate Metro East projects extended a bike trail 4.5 miles in St. Clair County to near MidAmerica Airport and built a bridge over Illinois 111 in Pontoon Beach in Madison County.

Two elementary schools in East St. Louis School District 189 will be forced to scale back tutoring, before- and after-school programs as well as food and housing support for its most vulnerable famili...

The city council still needs to approve the advisory referendum this summer to make November’s ballot.

Serviceberries, or juneberries, are a native fruit beloved by wildlife. But now they’re moving from backyards to farms, and some hope they’ll soon be on your plate.

Construction costs in the tens of billions and tepid projected ridership growth has some leaders balking at the idea.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s new Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Center is giving East St. Louis youth a new opportunity to get hands-on with STEM.

The goal was to show top Illinois EPA officials what life is like in the communities confronting sewage-contaminated floodwaters in Cahokia Heights and East St. Louis, as well as foul emissions from a...

The gift shop, site model, canoe exhibit and a new temporary exhibit are all open and will be available Wednesday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Far more bets had been placed online than in-person this year at the now closed sportsbook in the Metro East, according to state data.

The city proposed the project 20 years ago and is now finally expected to break ground on it this month.

Prestige Realty Group has listed ‌one of the last remaining drive-ins in the St. Louis area for $975,000.

The deal, which still needs to be ratified by both the union’s full membership and the school board, comes amid the union launching allegations of financial mismanagement and corruption against distri...

The designation creates a pathway for destination-style projects to seek review and potential financing in the village.

"I would have liked to have seen additional dollars go into schools, but we just didn't have the fiscal ability because of what has happened in Washington,” Democratic state Rep. Jay Hoffman said.

St. Louis civic and political leaders want to expand Gateway Arch National Park across the river to Illinois. The project would fulfill the vision of the Arch’s architect, Eero Saarinen, and the dream...

Durbin highlighted major pieces of his legacy, including his work to restrict smoking on airplanes, reduce youth tobacco use, advocate for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and s...

With Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, Christian Mitchell is running alongside Gov. JB Pritzker in the incumbent’s effort to win a rare third term as Ill...

U.S. Reps. Wesley Bell and Nikki Budzinski toured the facility on Tuesday and heard from detainees who said they have to drink water from the showers.

The Democratic senator’s remarks come one day after the U.S. Senate voted to take up a resolution that would limit Trump’s ability to continue war efforts in Iran without Congressional approval.

Once production ramps up in the next several years, the Mascoutah facility where the autonomous refueling plane is being built will employ 300 people.

Renovation costs ballooned due to rapid inflation.

When households lose their benefits, they spend less at the grocery store, and the already-thin profit margins of independent grocers like those in the Metro East become even slimmer.

A year after the May 16 tornado severely damaged north St. Louis, new reporting shows how inexperience and decisions in Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration slowed the tornado recovery.

Hostas on the Bluff, a display garden and farm in Fairview Heights, Illinois, is growing. After 10 years in business, thanks to growing customer demand, they’ve expanded their space to include a forme...

Opponents recently discovered that some property being eyed by land scouts for data centers is owned by America’s Central Port District, a special governmental unit in the Metro East.

The St. Clair Emergency Management Agency followed its protocol, and it would rather be safe than sorry, according to Director Herb Simmons.

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted a lower court’s decision to ban prescribing mifepristone through telehealth and dispensing it through the mail.

The long-awaited National Memorial of Military Ascent will officially open to the public on June 6 in Grafton.

The White Rock Nature Preserve in Monroe County, a popular hiking spot south of St. Louis, will nearly triple in size with the latest purchase of 965 acres.

State lawmakers in Springfield are debating how to regulate data centers as proposals for new facilities spark concerns over their impact on utility costs and water reservoirs.