East St. Louis

An incentive agreement between the state and the company lists an East St. Louis address for the facility that will create 150 jobs when operational.

The complaint alleges that untreated sewage spills from East St. Louis outfalls into the Mississippi River and Whispering Willow Lake during “high-flow conditions,” such as heavy rain.

Dana Howard, a state champion at East St. Louis High School and an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and playing for the St. Louis Rams, was named in the indictment along with two others.

Two years ago, Ameren finished the first solar farm in East St. Louis. Company leaders hope the second facility’s completion will spark similar investments.

Some residents in East St. Louis on Wednesday called on the city to do more as floodwaters lingered in their neighborhood following heavy rains in the Metro East on Tuesday.

One of the six seats Democrats hope to flip is the 114th District, which covers East St. Louis and some surrounding rural areas.

Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair died this month in Arkansas. She taught in East St. Louis for nearly 20 years before retiring and working at the St. Clair County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. She was 83.

East Side Aligned received a nearly $450,000 Illinois state grant to help bring safe and enriching afterschool programming to the Metro East. The East St. Louis nonprofit plans to open on-site mental health services and expand its STEAM programs to area youth.

Thursday was the final day of the East St. Louis trial challenging the law, passed in response to the 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park.

The case, on its second day on Tuesday, is being heard in federal district court in East St. Louis.