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Metro East Area News Briefs

— April 10, 2019

Eastern elected new East St. Louis mayor Robert Eastern III, was elected the new mayor of East St. Louis during the city’s April 2 consolidated election. Eastern, currently a city…

Metro East news briefs
— April 4, 2019

New call center to bring 50 jobs to East St. Louis Skilled Solution Services, a corporate support services firm based in India, is planning to open a new call center in East St. Louis,…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— March 13, 2019

East St. Louisans compete on ‘Family Feud’ They may not have taken home a new car or the grand cash prize of $20,000, but the Edwards family of East St. Louis seemed to have a good…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— February 27, 2019

Tech school students offer public sample services cheap In an increasingly tight labor market — with many types of well-qualified skilled and technical workers hard to find — many…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— February 13, 2019

New 600-acre TradePort coming to Pontoon Beach The Gateway TradePort – a new 600-acre industrial park with seven million square feet of institutional industrial space – will begin…

Metro East news briefs
— March 27, 2019

Several mayoral contests on April Metro East ballot Mayoral contests will be on the ballot in several Metro East communities during the April 2 consolidated elections. In East…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— March 6, 2019

MCT debuts region’s first smartphone ticketing system Madison County Transit (MCT) passengers can now purchase bus passes on their smartphones and then ride MCT buses with just a…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— February 20, 2019

Edwardsville becoming ‘urban lifestyle’ mecca Edwardsville saw a record $248 million in new construction during 2018, Mayor Hal Patton reported during the city’s annual Business…