The $62 million effort to equip all MetroLink platforms with turnstiles and technology requiring riders to pay fares is now complete. After a nearly two-year builevolution dout, officials from Bi-State Development, which operates the St....
Matt Eiskant, Belleville’s police chief for the past four years, has died of cancer. He was 49. Acting Police Chief Mark Heffernan made the announcement Monday night in a news release. He had taken charge in February, when Eiskant went on light...
A new education center in Shiloh provides opportunities for children ages 5 to 14 to develop skills such as problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and confidence through technology and hands-on activities. Code Ninjas teaches...
A second person has been charged with murder in connection with the 2024 shooting death of a 16-year-old near a Belleville skateboard park. Hayden Chisholm, a junior at Belleville East High School, was shot eight times Oct. 5 on North Second...
Violent crime in the United States fell by an estimated 9.3% in 2025, marking the largest yearto-year decline in the national violent crime rate since the FBI began estimating crime in 1936, according to new national data. The estimated murder...
