Metro East

Voting to decide Illinois’ next flag is underway until Feb. 14. From there, the results will be turned over to state lawmakers, who have the final say.

Addington Place managers announced this month that the facility is closing in April because the owner of the building sold the property, and the new owner does not want to use it for assisted living.

Arlo Landolt was born and raised in Madison County, Illinois. He attended a one-room country schoolhouse where eight grades were taught by one teacher.

Chicago Bulls player E.J. Liddell gives a glimpse into his personal life and shares what it is like to be in the NBA.

The Mississippi Valley Library District board of trustees currently has a 3-3 ideological split. Finding a replacement for a vacant board spot just a couple of months before the election could swing the board away from a conservative majority.

Crews will resurface 3.5 miles of the roadway, repair bridges, add new lighting and make signing and drainage improvements between Illinois 15 and Illinois 157 in St. Clair County.

Illinois promised answers after fatal officer-involved shootings and other deaths at the hands of law enforcement. But some prosecutors, including some in the Metro East, stay silent.

Freeburg has been the “Midgets” for 90 years. Many people with dwarfism now consider the term a slur.

In November, Madison County in the Metro East became the first nonrural county to pass a symbolic secession referendum.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Jan. 7 the state is at a “high” level for respiratory illness activity. Between COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and norovirus, some health care professionals say we are experiencing a “quademic."