Fairview Heights

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — The city council voted 7-3 Tuesday night to allow cannabis-related businesses to come to the city. Aldermen made the decision quickly…

Updated at 8:15 p.m., Dec. 17: By a vote of 7-3, the Fairview Heights City Council voted to allow and tax recreational cannabis sales in the city.Original…

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — If the city of Fairview Heights wanted to send the owners of property at 317 Salem Place a copy of the building permit while work was…

BELLEVILLE — Illinois’ slow but steady population decline could jeopardize the home rule status some Metro East cities enjoy.Home rule grants cities broad…

Between an iron fence and temporary barricades while holding signs that said “Planned Parenthood hurts women,” “Stop Abortion Now” and “Shut them down,”…

Planned Parenthood is taking a step to increase access to abortions in the metro-east and the region with a new state-of-the-art center in Fairview…

Updated at 10:20 p.m. Aug. 20 to include the City Council's decision to delay its voteBusinesses in Fairview Heights may soon find private investors to…

In October 2015, about six months after Mark Kupsky was elected Fairview Heights mayor, the city agreed to part ways with its then-city administrator, Jim…

State agencies work together to restore treesThe Missouri Department of Transportation plans to buy 250,000 seedlings from a Conservation Department…