One local hospital stood out in the most recent U.S. News & World Report ranking. Plus, we have tips on choosing a facility.

Teachers and most other unionized employees of Belleville Township High School District 201 are starting the 2026-27 school year with new contracts. The school board approved contracts for six ...

The former Justitia's Coffee House site has a new owner. Jennifer Green Belleville News-Democrat A downtown Belleville business owner is asking the city for a special-use permit and a Class B liquor ...

If the plan holds, it would represent a significant departure from a longstanding part of the Rattler football experience. For decades, the Rattler Sports Network has provided radio coverage of FAMU ...

The order, which affected portions of Sauget, East St. Louis and Cahokia Heights, came after a fire broke out along Sauget Industrial Drive at ContainerPort Group St. Louis early Wednesday morning. It ...

It advises states to follow what Trump calls the “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations” and update laws to reflect it. Even as the order calls for revised recommendations, states, not the ...

Martinez Staten and his wife, Jodi Hillesheim, pose outside their rental home on Reiss Avenue in Belleville, where they live ...

Despite a $350 million increase in base funding for public schools this year, Illinois is falling further behind in its quest to bring all school districts up to adequate funding levels. That’s ...

Robert D. Harlan, attendant at the station during the time of the armed hold-up, reported to O’Fallon police that the men ordered gasoline. While Harlan was servicing their vehicle both gunmen entered ...

The vote came just in time for the first day of school.

The BND sent new school administrators a questionnaire to help parents and students get to know the education leaders before ...

If you or a loved one are a victim of domestic violence, you have resources available,” Cahokia Heights Police Chief Thomas ...