Mike Koziatek

Because of the "mine subsidence" — what experts call the ground shifting because of underground coal mines — cracks could be seen in the store’s parking lot and on two nearby streets.

Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson said the numbers may drop in the next eight weeks but he doesn’t expect that to continue. A jail spokesman said the jail population could even increase in the long term.

Call for Help Inc., an East St. Louis-based nonprofit known for assisting people in need, said it was shutting down at the end of September.

Stephanie Mills will serve as the city's first female fire chief. “It would make anyone proud to lead this department," she said. "We have a long, proud tradition. To be named chief is an honor for anybody.”

This comes just months after the elementary school principal opted to leave the school district. The principal cited “unfounded attacks, bullying, and professional accusations” lodged against Freeburg School District 70 administrators.

County officials took yet another step in the process of transferring the 22.5 acre property from private to public control.

On Wednesday night, a city committee unanimously approved a recommendation to take the first step in the process for Belleville residents to own up to six female chickens for egg laying.

Construction on the building is expected to be finished in September. After the academy is outfitted with equipment, it will be open for students in August 2024.

“I truly enjoy coming to work every day. As a team, I think we accomplished a lot. It was an honor.”

Anderson, who denied killing Jolaine Lanman and her son Kenneth, died Tuesday at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Illinois.

The funds are to help the Metro East village after a large fire burned down a significant portion of a Washington Park municipal building in October 2021.

La’Tatia Stewart, 56, of Cahokia Heights, was found dead on Wednesday. She'd become well known in St. Louis after her son was shot and killed in 2020.