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 ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A shooting Saturday night in St. Clair County left a teenager dead. According to Illinois State Police, East St. Louis responded to the shooting at about 8:40 p.m ...

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.

This information was released Tuesday by a St. Clair County prosecutor during a detention hearing in which a judge ruled the ...

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 ...

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.