Metro East news briefs
— January 8, 2020Group wants new taxing district for St. Louis airport A group known as the Metro Mayors is proposing a Transportation Development District (TDD), funded by a new a half-cent sales tax,…
Group wants new taxing district for St. Louis airport A group known as the Metro Mayors is proposing a Transportation Development District (TDD), funded by a new a half-cent sales tax,…
A 39-year-old Cottage Hills man has been sentenced to prison for the sexual assault and solicitation of two girls. Joshua Brown pleaded guilty in December to indecent solicitation of…
The Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) Board of Trustees plans a nationwide search for a new college president; after approving a separation and resignation agreement with long-time…
St. Clair County deputies to patrol MetroLink MetroLink light rail trains will be regularly patrolled, for the next six months, by a corps of fifteen uniformed St. Clair County Sheriff’s…
A man has been charged with making a threatening communication against U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-13th). Randall Tarr, 64, a resident of the 200 block of East Mill Street in Rochester,…
Confluence area habitat preservation effort grows The Mississippi River Palisades north of Alton will be among the areas garnering new attention under expansion of the National Great…
With Republicans and Democrats struggling for control of the U.S. House of Representatives, both parties will be focusing resources on Illinois’ 13th House District during the Nov….
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…