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The nonbinding advisory referendums, which include Madison County, are seen by advocates as a way to quantify discontent with the direction of Illinois’ state government. Critics say actually forming a new state is far-fetched.
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One of the six seats Democrats hope to flip is the 114th District, which covers East St. Louis and some surrounding rural areas.
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Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair died this month in Arkansas. She taught in East St. Louis for nearly 20 years before retiring and working at the St. Clair County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. She was 83.
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Linda J. Johnson faced three counts of theft from Dupo Community Unit School District 196, where she worked.
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Dubbed the “Yellowhammer Connector,” the new trail and bicycle and pedestrian bridge will connect campus to Madison County’s central bike trail. The name for the new trail comes from an early 20th-century streetcar corridor that ran near the new trail.
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In the Republican-dominated 12th Congressional District, the GOP Congressman is projected to win reelection easily over Democrat Brian Roberts.
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When Tina Weber rides her motorcycle, she transforms into Bubbles — “a badass” — and can leave her traumatic past behind. But when surgery forced her off her Harley Nighthawk this summer, she had to find healing elsewhere.
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East Side Aligned received a nearly $450,000 Illinois state grant to help bring safe and enriching afterschool programming to the Metro East. The East St. Louis nonprofit plans to open on-site mental health services and expand its STEAM programs to area youth.
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Historically, the Granite City courtroom had also heard cases from nearby communities like Madison, Pontoon Beach and Venice.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation soon plans to turn Cahokia Heights properties where derelict homes were once boarded up into a new low-income housing development called Vivian’s Village.