This collection of stories examines leadership changes and shifting dynamics in Belleville schools and surrounding districts.

She is unbelievably strong and strong-willed. So she is kicking butt. She’s a superstar,” the police chief said.

Mackenzi Felmlee, 18, diedin the Fairview Heights home of her foster mother on May 11, 2024. Two have been charged with first ...

Officially called Municipal Grocery Retailers’ Occupation Tax, the state will stop imposing the sales tax on Jan. 1, 2026. In ...

After all the rumors, innuendos, half-truths and outrageous lies that Fox News has been accused of broadcasting over the ...

I just have no clue what’s going on,” he said after the District 189 school board emerged from closed session.

It’s been a lot of years since we’ve seen this many big projects happening in this region, and I’m so proud of that,” ...

We urge the public to withhold judgment until a jury is given the opportunity to fully exonerate her by acquitting her of all ...

Troy Cannon, the former Marion County coroner, has been charged with seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The ...

Meanwhile, traditions persist. A new mayor has been elected -- the second woman to hold the seat both historically and consecutively. Belleville West High School’s Wall of Fame recognizes new faces, ...

The victim was a ward of the state, despite being a legal adult. Evidence presented to a grand jury detailed ““abuse, neglect ...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker made it official Thursday that he is running for reelection to a third term as Illinois’ chief ...