The developer overseeing the renovation and re-purposing of the 121-year-old Jacoby Furniture Building in Alton will have an additional $2 million to work with soon. Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
The idea of Chicago casting a long shadow over Downstate politics came up again in the race for Belleville mayor between challenger Jennie Gain Meyer and incumbent Patty Gregory. …
A 17-year-old Fairview Heights boy has been charged in connection with an East St. Louis murder. The teen was charged with first-degree murder, a Class M felony, following an Illinois…
Ten Illinois congressional Democrats are calling for an immediate reversal of planned cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 10 Illinois representatives were part of…
Rachel Aud Crowe, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, has been fired. Crowe, 51, of Glen Carbon, had served as U.S. attorney since 2022. From 2006-18, she was an…
Four years after she made history by defeating a longtime incumbent to become Belleville’s first female mayor, Patty Gregory was ousted from the mayor’s chair by a former political…
In an otherwise sleepy election season expected to see low voter turnout, several races in Belleville appear likely to garner more attention than usual. Incumbent Mayor Patty Gregory…
Ten Illinois congressional Democrats have sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general demanding that the Department of Justice ensure women and health care providers are not threatened…
