Drawn by employment opportunities in wartime industries, between 10,000 and 12,000 African American people left the south for East St. Louis, Illinois in 1916 and 1917 as part of the Great Migration.

ST. LOUIS – A big night of violence in downtown St. Louis overnight Sunday left one person dead and five other people injured. By day, Citygarden is a place of cool water, beautiful sculptures ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – An East St. Louis man is in custody for shooting 12 people at a club in Venice, Illinois, last November. Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine charged Delvarrion D.

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. EAST ST. LOUIS — An O'Fallon, Illinois, man was charged Friday in a fatal shooting in December in East St. Louis.

Witnesses have allegedly told police an O’Fallon teenager fatally shot an East St. Louis woman during a drug deal in the parking lot of a public housing complex in December. This information was ...

Parents and city residents in East St. Louis have been frustrated over the time it’s taken to clear streets of the snow and ice that fell more than a week ago. East St. Louis District 189 ...

Louis area, bringing dangerous cold with it ... Areas to the north and east of St. Louis will see wind chills 10 to 15 degrees below zero, including Edwardsville, Jerseyville and Litchfield ...

But be careful! The City Museum of St. Louis boasts loads of interactive adventure, but has also come under fire for being a personal-injury nightmare. WSJ's Conor Dougherty reports.