Drawn by employment opportunities in wartime industries, between 10,000 and 12,000 African American people left the south for East St. Louis, Illinois in 1916 and 1917 as part of the Great Migration.

Multiple crews are responding to a large fire across the river in East St. Louis. The call came out at 1:30 a.m. First Alert 4 has been told the fire is at Eco Recycling Solutions, which takes pallets ...