New Athens

Law & Order

Federal commission seeks to drop trans discrimination lawsuit against Metro East farmer

Teri Maddox

Under Trump, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s moved to dismiss the lawsuit against Sis-Bro Inc., a pig farm in rural New Athens.
Law & Order

New Athens man goes after local and state officials who blocked him on Facebook

Teri Maddox

Gene Triefenbach, a well known activist in small-town St. Clair County, won a $30,000 settlement with the village of New Athens after Triefenbach's Facebook post was removed.