Every day when Logan Pappenfort is at work, he tries not to dwell on what’s under his feet. Beneath the south wing of the museum where he’s interim director are the remains of at least 234 of his ...

A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis and burn off energy at the end of their class ...

Assistant site manager Bill Iseminger stood at the base of 100-foot-high Monks Mound, bracing himself against an icy winter wind whipping across Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville. He ...

MOUNDS, IL (WSIL) -- Two men from Mounds were shot this Saturday morning. On March 19, at around 3 a.m., Illinois State Police were requested by Mounds Police Department to investigate a shooting. A ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ancient American Indian burial mounds in Southern Illinois have been damaged and possibly looted, prompting the state's historical agency to call for the public's help in identifying ...

One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic ...

MOUNDS — When Suzette Cole moved to Mounds from Memphis in 2006, she was hoping she'd be able to make a living styling hair. She found a job in a hair salon in the town, but in 2008, that salon owner ...

MOUNDS, IL (WSIL) -- UPDATE 1:35 p.m. 3/20: The shooting took place around 4:45 p.m. at the 100 block of McKinley street. The unidentified person was 17 years old. The investigation is still ongoing.

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