We tend to just demolish, demolish, demolish, but we lose our history when we do that,” said a retired educator.

The 15 homicides committed in East St. Louis in 2025 represent the lowest level in the metro-east city in 45 years, according to data recently released by Illinois State Police.

The East St. Louis school board is considering selling up to $29 million in working cash fund bonds — a move that could ...

Here’s what to know about the East St. Louis election board and why it persists. (Joshua Carter/Belleville News-Democrat) Heading to the polls in the metro-east for the Tuesday, March 17 primary? If ...

A battered brick schoolhouse that first opened its doors in 1886 is suddenly back in the spotlight in East St. Louis. The old ...

A federal judge on Friday dismissed the city of East St. Louis’ claims for massive fines over alleged pollution from the old ...

Elementary schoolers sing “Boots on the Ground” in front of a crowd of cheering parents during 2025’s annual “Spring Family Forum,” a showcase for East St. Louis School District 189’s after-school ...

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Officers were called just after 11 p.m. to the 8500 block of Orf Road for a report of a gunshots, Lake Saint Louis police said in a news release. A federal judge on Friday dismissed the city of East ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Last October, Anita Hicks says her ring doorbell camera captured video of a stranger repeatedly knocking on her front door in East St. Louis. "It was three o'clock in the ...

East St. Louis is unique in its Board of Elections, a measure usually established for larger municipalities. So as a city of ...