The Gateway Arch Park Foundation is marking a period of progress and setting its sights on future projects aimed at advancing ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A large fire in the Metro East is producing heavy black smoke visible for miles in all directions.

Big changes are now underway in downtown St. Louis—with the groundwork being laid for even bigger ones in the decades to come. In 2026, the Gateway Arch Park Foundation and the National Park Service ...

A fire burned through a building located at the 400 block of East St. Louis, where the law office of the late Rex Carr stood.

Six years and $157 million later, Illinois American Water has completed an overhaul of its historic Metro East regional water ...

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East St. Louis junior Reece Shanklin (11) scrambles away from Oak Park Fenwick senior Zikomo Mbewe (90) during the Class 6A ...

East St. Louis coach Mark Chambers calls out a play to his team at a Class 3A Centralia Sectional semifinal boys basketball ...

The stage is set for an epic clash Tuesday night as the Fenwick Friars (10-3) and East St. Louis Flyers (9-3) bring matching four-game winning streaks into the IHSA Class 6A state championship at ...

On a blustery day on the campus of Illinois State University, the East St. Louis Flyers capped a historically dominant run at the Illinois 6A football title, even by the standards of a program that’s ...

EAST ST. LOUIS - Alex Johnson and Jameson White stood out for East St. Louis with 21 and 18 points in the 68-60 win over ...

The Fenwick Friars just completed a feat many thought might not be possible at the beginning of this Illinois high school ...