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Aetna Better Health of Illinois held a free Style and Smile barbershop takeover Monday at Our Brothers Keeper in East St. Louis, giving kids and adults no-cost haircuts and offering on-site information about upcoming Medicaid changes.

About 1,000 students from 31 schools attended the 26th Metro Construction Career Expo Oct.

19 to 22 at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds, where 11 trades gave hands-on demos and unions promoted paid apprenticeships that start at about $25 an hour and let trainees graduate debt-free.

Memorial Hospital's MetroBus stop is set to get a transit-improvement project with a new shelter, seating, lighting and green space at 4500 Memorial Drive.

Construction begins early 2027 and completes in spring 2027.

Flagman’s Mission Continues is asking the community to help honor John Robert Stovall, a soldier who went missing in the Korean War.

Volunteers will set up 600 flags at Kassly Funeral Home on Oct. 27 and he will be laid to rest at Mt. Hope Cemetery on Oct. 29.

Riverbend’s Halloween guide lists family trick-or-treat and trunk-or-treat events across the region this October—Belleville hosts a Downtown Trick-or-Treat on Friday, Oct.

30 at East Main Street while other towns offer events on different dates.

Developers plan to expand the sports complex next to Belleville West High School by adding 32 acres to its $30 million, 30-acre project — raising it to 62 acres with outdoor fields and amenities; the city council approved the permit last week with outdoor fields expected to complete next year.

Alton’s tennis team rebounded on Saturday, Oct.

10 with a 4-1 win over Belleville East after a narrow loss to Belleville West, as seniors delivered key wins to secure fifth place in the Southwestern Conference tournament.

Recent steps by U.S. Steel have kept the Granite City mill running.

The plant continues to make steel & preserve local jobs.