O'Fallon, Illinois

The first-time candidate filed a petition to run for city clerk in O'Fallon, Illinois, that was successfully challenged by the incumbent for improper filing. The candidate will now campaign for the seat as a write-in instead.

Seven years after leaving its old hospital in Belleville for the new facility, administrators are seeking state and local approval to build an ambulatory surgical treatment center and a medical office building.

This is the second year in a row the O’Fallon Garden Club earned the national honor for largest amount donated per capita.

Illinois U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski asked the state transportation agency last week to speed up the project on Interstate 64 between O’Fallon and Shiloh.

The U.S. Department of Labor is now suing the owner, Khalid Ramadan, for approximately $367,890 in compensation and damages for 179 IHOP workers.

The breast milk dispensary at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, Illinois, opened earlier this month.

The new Metro East facility will serve lower-income families near O’Fallon, Shiloh, Lebanon and east Belleville. Center directors said they observed a need for such a facility as St. Clair County residents moved east.

HSHS hospitals, including O'Fallon's St. Elizabeth's, are restoring power after a cyber attack caused outages for weeks. Such attacks are becoming more common as health systems rely more on interconnected servers, experts say.

The search comes after Darcy Benway said she would step back from her role because for "medical purposes," according to the school board's president. Benway's replacement will be hired next July.

The District 90 investigation stems from ongoing charges against the assistant superintendent's son. Police in Oklahoma accuse the 24-year-old of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.