
DeAsia Paige
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Skate City is known to have the 鈥渟moothest concrete in the United States,鈥 and is East St Louis鈥 lone skating rink.
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District 11 serves Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties.
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鈥淚 can鈥檛 do anything,鈥 a resident said. 鈥淢y hands are tied.鈥
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The agreement for the state funding includes a requirement for the city to be transparent with residents about how they鈥檙e spending the money.
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The state is also offering a virtual multi-agency resource center for residents.
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Record-breaking rainfall brought flooding to the St. Louis region including areas of Swansea, Belleville and Granite City, Illinois.
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Hettie Barnhill's, 鈥渁 love letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle,鈥 will be shown at the Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. The experimental feature is a commentary on the injustices faced by Black people in this country.
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An East St. Louis music teacher, named Art Educator of the Year by the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis, is making stringed instruments and classical music accessible to all.
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鈥淚 look at it as me paying it forward because I鈥檝e been doing music since I was 12, and I wish somebody would鈥檝e given me game beforehand,鈥 Anthony Lucius said.
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鈥淢y son was bleeding like a slaughtered pig,鈥 the man鈥檚 mom said about the beating.
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Landsowne Up aims to create faith-based economic revival in the city, starting with a new housing project in the city鈥檚 northeast end.
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鈥淭hose guys, they were just proud Black men鈥 capable, talented, smart and they were role models for all of us,鈥 an East St. Louis native said.