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State unveils six-year road, bridge improvement plan

— July 21, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Illinois Department of Transportation officials Tuesday, July 21 to unveil a six-year, $21.3 billion statewide road and bridge improvement…

Metro East news briefs
— April 8, 2020

Faith in Action comes to East St. Louis Live Free — a campaign of the California-based Faith in Action network of faith-based communities — has expanded to East St. Louis. Led…
Chemist ordered to pay for abandon lab’s cleanup
— December 16, 2019

A chemist has been ordered to pay more than $335,000 in restitution for illegally storing hazardous waste in St. Clair County. Lawrence Rutledge, 57, of Belleville, will need to pay…
Illinois congressional reps support Cahokia National Park plan
— August 5, 2019

The Belleville-based Heartlands Conservancy is launching an ambitious drive to establish a new Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic Park; encompassing not only…
Metro East news briefs
— April 24, 2019

Troy elementary staff to assist underperforming schools A Troy elementary school is among the first in to state to be selected by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to provide…

Metro East news briefs
— March 18, 2020

Scott AFB to test novel bird hazard preventive A pair of Scott Air Force Base airmen have been awarded $300,000 to test a novel approach to the prevention of aircraft bird strikes:…
Metro East news briefs
— November 20, 2019

Cahokia Mounds hosts holiday craft market days The annual Native American Holiday Market to be held at Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will feature 35 artists,…
Report offers ecological approach to development in southwest Illinois
— July 31, 2019

Commercial and residential development is picking up across Metro East — so is the development of the public infrastructure to support it. But also growing is concern over environmental…