Robert Eastern III

Kendall Perry was rehired as chief after the new mayor, Charles Powell III, took office. Depending on who you ask, Perry either abruptly retired or was among the four city staff members fired in January for reasons they say were political.

The mayors and the director of the Metro East Sanitary District said other, wealthier St. Clair County communities should help pay for a key drainage ditch’s maintenance.

Charles Powell III defeated Mayor Robert Eastern III, who was running for his second term, and Marie Franklin in Tuesday’s election.

In 2019, East St. Louis reported 36 homicides. The next year, Illinois State Police formed a partnership to help with criminal investigations and community partnerships. Last year, the city’s homicides dropped to 25.

Former chief Kendall Perry left the police department last month. Now, the city has selected its former director of internal affairs as the next chief.

Earlier this week, former Police Chief Kendall Perry told the Belleville News-Democrat he'd been fired.

Illinois has big goals to build non-white ownership in its new cannabis industry through new business licenses. But those goals are in peril now, because of delays to the licensing process. The longer applicants have to wait, the more money they have to spend to stay viable should they win one.

The number of people infected with the coronavirus each day in the Metro East is slowly rising, raising the possibility that Illinois will need to…

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a health organization in East St. Louis will lend its help to the state's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative....