DeAsia Paige

“Our motto is to be available and take the clinic to the people,” said a program manager at the East Side Health District in East St. Louis.

The Black Woodstock Festival is this weekend and will feature 54 Black-owned businesses.

The City of Cahokia Heights will face logistical challenges in merging municipal departments and handling ongoing flooding and sewage issues.

Sen. Durbin toured Harding Ditch and met with some Centreville residents regarding flooding and sewage issues, but not with the group Centreville Citizens for Change.

79% of voters in Cahokia Heights supported the measure to do away with Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District.

Community participation is a major element of the nearly $1 million grant.

Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water and Sewer District is the public utility for a community plagued by decades of flooding and sewage backing up into resident's homes and yards.

“The persistent flooding and sewage residents have experienced are entirely unacceptable, especially in a pandemic when home has never been more sacred,” the governor said.

Centreville, Alorton and Cahokia have applied for a $22 million federal grant that local leaders believe would fix failed sewage systems in those communities. “I would like to see it happen, but, believe me, I won’t hold my breath,” one resident said.

Police, prosecutors, defenders and judges prepare to enact more than 700 pages of legislation.

Curtis McCall Sr. is poised to be the first mayor of Cahokia Heights, a new cyt formed from the consolidation of Alorton, Centerville and Cahokia, which voters approved in November.

“I don’t want to create more disparity. We have already seen how horribly this virus has treated Black and brown communities,” Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Thursday at a virtual discussion hosted by Macedonia Baptist Church.