DeAsia Paige

The six people were killed when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse, causing it to collapse.

The festival organizer hopes Saturday’s event will not only bring people into the city but also ensure that they don’t leave.

More than 100 employees are currently employed in Cahokia Heights.

“We do not feel safe,” a parent said during a protest.

“We have so many different cultural aspects, and we’re not taking care of them,” said one East St. Louisan.

The order mandates the city to submit plans to control sanitary sewer overflows, which can cause water to back up in residents’ homes and yards.

“My mom is 92, and I know she’d never thought she’d see a woman preaching at Macedonia,” a member of the church said.

The foundation of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church in Brooklyn is eroding and a wall is gradually bulging prompting parishioners to have services in a nearby senior citizens’ center.

“Brooklyn was like a beacon of hope for those who desired to be the architect of their own destinies,” a historian said.

“I’ve heard that 20-something years, so seeing is believing,” one resident said.

The Booker T. Washington Cemetery was one of the only places where Black Residents in the Metro East could bury their loved ones in the 20th century. Locals who are working to restore the cemetery say that history has been forgotten.

The new mayor of Cahokia Heights, Curtis McCall Sr., promised the city would start with a balanced budget.