East St. Louis is building “a strong foundation” for eventual resurgence, Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks assured during her second annual State of the City meeting, Aug. 6, at the city’s…
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) plans almost 100 roadway and related public infrastructure projects in the Metro East area over the next five years — including a…
In his trademark gripping, combustible and yet reverential way, Dr. Cornel West, well-known political and social activist, Harvard University professor, best-selling author and theologian,…
The “Katherine Dunham: A Life of Dance, Activism and Anthropology” exhibit is open to the public at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC). The…
East St. Louis native Armondo Lamar Sanders Sr., who once worked as a chef in the Army, returns to service for Scott Air Force Base — this time as the new head chef at the Scott Event…
A dozen economically depressed Metro East census tracts have been designated “Opportunity Zones” (OZs) by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Established under the Federal Tax Cuts…
Lore’al Perkins, a senior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS), has packed celery, carrots, broccoli and peppers, in…
Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center programs, along with other area agencies, participated in the Family Resource Fair held Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the East St. Louis…
Hinsdale couple file $500 million ...A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car ...
Renovations close RiverEdge for seasonAurora’s RiverEdge Park is known around northern Illinois as a gem when ...
Suspect charged in fatal Streamwood ...A suspect has been charged in connection with the stabbing deaths of ...
Peoria County losing a legal ...Federal budget cuts directed by President Donald Trump’s Department of Governmental Efficiency ...
