A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” arrived.

Firefighters were battling a house fire early Wednesday morning in Cahokia Heights. The home is on Mildred Avenue near St. Louis Downtown Airport.

CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) — Investigators in southern Illinois have charged two people with the Cahokia shooting death of a 17-year-old from St. Louis.