On Tuesday, U.S. Steel sent more than 1,000 notices to employees, warning of potential layoffs. However, the union president said Wednesday he expects the number to be closer to the 400 who have already lost their jobs.

The last comprehensive plan for the Metro East city was written in 2010. This new effort would guide the city’s priorities for development and growth.

Health workers in Illinois are performing about 1,800 more abortions per month on average than before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Robert Hart Baker, music and artistic director for Belleville Philharmonic Society, told board members in September that he needed to take a leave of absence due to kidney-related problems. By November, the 69-year-old died.

The longtime civil rights and voting rights activist died Thanksgiving Day in O'Fallon, Illinois. Scott spent 32 years as the head of the East St. Louis NAACP branch.

Program organizers said it solves two problems — it gives students a chance to enter the workforce and provides employers the opportunity to find badly-needed help.

Reginald Hudlin, the East St. Louis native who came to fame with his 1990 film “House Party,” played with genre expectations for his first holiday film, “Candy Cane Lane.” It’s Hudlin’s first time working with Eddie Murphy since directing “Boomerang” in 1992.

Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula.

For the median homeowner in Collinsville, whose home is worth $182,000, there will be an estimated increase of $9.38 in property taxes next spring. In Fairmont City, where the median home is worth $100,000, there will be an increase of $4.95, according to district documents.

In the past year, Principia, which has 300 students, has bested much larger schools like Boston University and the University of Texas at Dallas.