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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 7

Illinois EPA hears Metro East residents on sewage and E. coli

Plus, Prospect visits East St. Louis in a Class 7A quarterfinal and Lotawata Creek's building gets a new life.

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Illinois EPA tells Metro East residents it will meet with them every quarter to build trust

Illinois EPA's work in the Metro East runs from a 2024 agreement to Thursday's meeting

  1. 2024The state agency entered an agreement with local and federal officials on the sewer system.
  2. JuneIEPA officials toured contaminated Metro East sites on a "toxic tour."
  3. AugustIEPA cited Metro East water providers after residents found E. coli in tap water.
  4. Nov. 5IEPA held the first of its quarterly meetings with residents in East St. Louis.

Sources: KMOV, Belleville News-Democrat

If you live in or elsewhere in the Metro East, state officials just heard from your neighbors. leaders visited East St. Louis Thursday night to answer questions about sewage backups and contaminated land. Director James Jennings said it was the first in a series of quarterly meetings meant to build trust.

The agency estimates it will take another two decades to fix sewage backups in parts of Cahokia Heights. Yvette Lyles, who has lived there 32 years, said her home has flooded with sewage for nearly that whole time.

  • Residents asked for a remediation timeline and a stronger relationship with IEPA
  • Caseyville's Rebecca Take: eight years fighting an illegal open dump
  • Larry Evans expects state and federal money to be needed

Evans, board president of , said the communities lack "the funds, the tax base" to fix these problems alone. Jennings said the agency is putting a focus on Cahokia Heights.

The Metro East's water and sewage problems, by the numbers

2 decades
IEPA's estimate to fix Cahokia Heights sewage backups
7 months
of community water testing, June to December
5
communities on the June toxic tour

Sources: KMOV, Belleville News-Democrat

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News Notes

Fairview Heights

The building that housed Lotawata Creek Southern Grill at 311 Salem Place will become a gas station with a convenience store, liquor store and fast-food chicken restaurant. The City Council approved a site plan for the Sav-On Phillips 66 project Wednesday night. Belleville News-Democrat

Troy

IDOT will resurface Route 162 from the I-55/70 interchange east to Dewey Street next spring, city engineer Tom Cissell told the Troy City Council. Bids for the city's first roundabout, at Old Troy Road and Route 162, opened Nov. 6. The Troy Times Tribune

Football

East St. Louis beat St. Patrick 72-12 on Friday. Prospect (10-1) will visit fourth-seeded East St. Louis (11-1) next weekend in a Class 7A state quarterfinal. Daily Herald

Prospect will visit East St. Louis for a Class 7A quarterfinal

TeamRecordSeed
Prospect10-15th
East St. Louis11-14th

Source: Daily Herald

Althoff

Belleville Althoff Catholic beat Waukegan Cristo Rey St. Martin Catholic 3-0 Thursday in the Class 1A boys soccer state semifinals. RiverBender.com

Pokémon

Dozens of fans camped out overnight at the Fairview Heights Best Buy for Friday's release of the "Delta Reign" card deck. Video from around 3 a.m. showed the line. FOX 2

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Julius Jacquot grew up in East St. Louis, was drafted into the Army in 1943 and arrived in Normandy within days of D-Day. He turns 103 on Monday, Nov. 9, and staff and family at Oak Pointe Assisted Living, where he lives, are celebrating a few days early. Now that's a birthday worth a cake.

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  1. Fri., Nov. 6Cured and Cultured closes in Belleville; I-55/I-64 lanes shut Monday
  2. Thurs., Nov. 5Collinsville boil order is on; West Main set to drop two lanes
  3. Wed., Nov. 4Althoff beats Litchfield 7-1 and heads to state soccer semifinals
  4. Tues., Nov. 3East St. Louis hosts Chicago St. Patrick in Friday's football playoffs
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Daily Bellevilleto me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Illinois EPA hears Metro East residents on sewage and E. coli

Plus, Prospect visits East St. Louis in a Class 7A quarterfinal and Lotawata Creek's building gets a new life.

The TLDR

  1. Illinois EPA meets Metro East residents on sewage and E. coli
  2. Old Lotawata Creek building will become a gas station
  3. East St. Louis hosts Prospect in a Class 7A quarterfinal
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