Fairmont City

Leaders in the southwestern Illinois village wonder if it will be just as hard for other small towns to get fiber internet.

For 75 years, Hispanics from each side of the Mississippi square off in a friendly soccer match that also has chorizo bragging rights on the line.

“Caracas is a place I was born and raised, and it is my first home. St. Louis is my second one. The Arch now has become a symbol for home to me,” said one Latina resident who moved to St. Louis in the past decade.

Mientras algunos grupos en St. Louis están disminuyendo en población según el último censo, la comunidad latina está creciendo exponencialmente. “El Arch ahora se ha convertido en un símbolo de hogar para mí,” dijo una residente latina que se mudó a St. Louis en la última década.

Service finally may begin in Fairmont City in the spring.

It's a common sight at the Fairmont City Library Center: Students discussing the grammar and syntax of English sentences in small groups.On a recent…