Saturday, June 14th, 2025

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Good morning, Belleville. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 14th of June.
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Sen. Durban visited Cahokia Heights today and announced that phase one of the sewer project is complete—federal funds helped fix longstanding issues after the city reached a settlement over alleged Clean Water Act and Illinois Environmental Protection Act violations. First Alert 4
- ➤ U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he supports peaceful protests and condemned strong-arm tactics after U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference on immigration protests. Durbin, who was in St. Clair County on Friday to mark sewer and flooding work in Cahokia Heights (paid for with federal funds amounting to $13.5 million), urged protesters to exercise their constitutional rights peacefully as Missouri’s National Guard stands ready. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- ➤ A 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate 255 in Cahokia Heights and Sauget will reopen by 6 p.m. today, weather permitting—more than six weeks ahead of schedule, the Illinois Department of Transportation said. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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