Mike Koziatek
Reporter | Belleville News-DemocratMike Koziatek is an reporter who covers the Belleville area for the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.
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The six people were killed when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse, causing it to collapse. -
The city has already received half of the money. -
The work of the late Don Nedobeck, whose whimsical art regularly delighted festival goers, will also be displayed. -
Belleville is using tax increment finance money to close the deal even though Mayor Patty Gregory said the city would use a state grant to pay for the property. -
A nonprofit group was formed to run the health club and Memorial Hospital then donated the property to the members. -
Boeing announced it will build its second production facility for the MQ-25 Stingray, an aircraft refueling drone for the U.S. Navy, at the Metro East airport. -
City Attorney Garrett Hoerner said the city is in “preliminary planning stages” of what it would do with the campus.
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"It’s so many families out there that are suffering, and we’re not getting any closure,” one community member said. -
Gregory defeated incumbent Mayor Mark Eckert, who has been Belleville’s Mayor since 2004, and write-in candidate Jeffrey “J.D.” Dixon, according to complete but unofficial results. -
Federal law enforcement officials reported to Belleville Police Chief Bill Clay that a “credible” threat was made against Mayor Mark Eckert. Officers have been assigned to guard Eckert at City Hall and to remain in his neighborhood during the evening. -
Neighboring counties in the Metro East are taking opposite approaches to enforcing the governor's coronavirus related restrictions. Some are cracking down on violators, while others are relying on educating those who break the rules.
