When Chuck Etwert took over supervision of Metro East flood protection projects in 2014, he was told he could expect to be done in “two or three years.” (Read More)

Fairview Heights-based IMPACT Strategies finished construction on a complete interior and exterior renovation of the Oval Tower Suites at World Wide Technology Raceway, in time for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series race that took place on June 5. (Read More)

Holland Construction Services has begun construction on Keystone Place at Magnolia Commons, a new senior living community in Glen Carbon. (Read More)

A Metro East shopping center anchored by national retailers has sold for $40.75 million to a New York investor. (Read More)

The parent company of First National Bank of Waterloo is acquiring The Village Bank in its second deal since 2020, boosting the bank’s assets to nearly $1 billion. (Read More)

BELLEVILLE — Multi-million-dollar renovations will open at Eckert's Farms this week. (Read More)

Old Herald Brewery and Distillery in Collinsville celebrated its three year anniversary in March, and just a few days later began construction on a 10,000-square-foot mixed-used outdoor gathering space, funded primarily by brewery owners Derik and Whitney Reiser. (Read More)

Some $678,127 in federal funding will go toward an aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle to be used at Scott Air Force Base and neighboring MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah. (Read More)

St. Louis Downtown Airport in Metro East announced that flight operations at the airport increased to a total of 101,938 during 2021, the highest total for the airport in the past five years. (Read More)

Holland Construction Services recently broke ground on the new Mount Vernon (Ill.) Police Station located at Logan and 27th Street. (Read More)

The U.S. Department of Education has announced 46 grants totaling more than $15.2 million for schools running the Upward Bound Program. (Read More)

MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES, IL – The Metro East Park and Recreation District (MEPRD) today announced more than $3.4 million in new grant funding through the (FY2023) Park and Trail Grant, Community Planning Grant, and Event Sponsorship Grant Programs. (Read More)

A pair of longtime friends are behind the reopening of an iconic club in the south of Belleville. (Read More)

Contracts are headed to the O’Fallon City Council for approval Monday, June 20, for the highly anticipated improvements to the pickleball courts at Hesse Park. (Read More)

BELLEVILLE – HeartLands Conservancy, an environmental non-profit serving southwestern Illinois, applied for the Section 319(h) grant in partnership with Madison County. (Read More)

The head of the local tourism bureau sees the cruise ship industry as a growing player in the local tourism picture. (Read More)

Alton Memorial Hospital was recently recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as “Gold Level” for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. (Read More)

Skills, drive and time management are the factors that helped push the Southwestern Illinois College technical education students to victory at the recent Department of Defense Project MFG National Competition. (Read More)

As part of an ongoing campaign to connect the Illinois farming community to mental health resources, Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II visited the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in May.  (Read More)