EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 3-month-old boy in East St. Louis. Officers were called late Thursday to a home where an infant was reported unresponsive and not breathing. The boy was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Hubbard says…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – Book donations are flowing to the only public library in cash-strapped East St. Louis after a monthlong teachers’ strike highlighted its lack of resources. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1WScSmp ) reports that area librarians and have organized collection drives that will add thousands of titles to the library’s bookshelves. The…
( KTRS ) More than 6,000 East St. Louis students are returning to school after a one-month teachers’ strike. District officials and union negotiators struck a tentative deal Friday after a 13-hour bargaining session that lasted until 1:30 a.m. The four-year contract was quickly endorsed by a majority of the roughly 400 striking teachers as…