Belleville News-Democrat

Starting in fall 2025, the district’s elementary schools, at minimum, will serve grades kindergarten through six, with two schools serving pre-K students as well.

If this sounds familiar, that’s because IDOT shut down the north and east bound lanes for similar repairs last month.

The completion of major heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrades in all 10 of District 189’s schools hinges on this funding.

Students at Joseph Arthur Middle School in O'Fallon are expected to be able to return to their normal classrooms and activities in August.

Initially, the Illinois Department of Transportation anticipated to finish the construction in Cahokia Heights and Sauget by the end of July.

“Wear Orange National Gun Violence Awareness” held an event in East St. Louis this past weekend to bring light to the suffering of families in the aftermath of “senseless” killing.

Construction begins in early June, and students are set to start using the building in Spring 2026. The $5.5 million project will house welding and industrial electricity programming, plus forklift training.

The St. Clair County Board voted to sign a $2.49 million contract with Acoustic Technology, Inc. Systems at its Oct. 24, 2022, meeting. Installations started in March 2023.

The development comes four years after voters in Cahokia, Centreville and Alorton approved a referendum to merge the three cities into a single town called Cahokia Heights.

The crash happened July 2023 at the Silver Lake Rest Area off of Interstate 70 near Highland. The bus was en route from Indianapolis to St. Louis.