School districts across St. Clair County are taking on tens of millions of dollars in new debt to fix buildings, expand or ...

The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis was activated Tuesday after a 41-year-old woman was found dead during a “welfare ...

Jarod Rhodes, a 15-year-old Belleville East High School student, was set to have an outstanding summer.

The National Weather Service forecasts showers in Belleville Tuesday through Saturday, with about 2.5 inches of rain expected ...

The Black-only portion of the population decreased slightly in most metro-east counties and statewide, while the Asian population stagnated. Hispanic identity, which is considered ethnic rather than ...

Egg throwers were on the loose in the city this week according to reports from the O’Fallon Police Department. Terry Bohle, 302 Harvard, reported someone threw more than a dozen eggs at the front and ...

The cabinet changes come on the heels of both a political pact, recently signed by parties with the prime minister, and the launching of the registration process for those seeking to run candidates in ...

Mike Hammer, a career U.S. ambassador and currently the highest diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, said he believes a change in government in Cuba will happen this year, addi ...

Gov. JB Pritzker denied a since-recanted comment by former President Bill Clinton that Clinton thought the pair may have traveled together on a plane owned by convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The 15 homicides committed in East St. Louis in 2025 represents the lowest level in the metro-east city in 45 years, ...

The Belleville News-Democrat has contacted metro-east candidates in contested races in the March 17 Illinois primary election ...

The Belleville News-Democrat has contacted candidates running in the 15th congressional district Democratic primary on March 17 and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire. Here’s what they ...