Winner Jami Cox Antwi rolled up 55% of the vote in Tuesday's special election to pick a new 8th Ward alderman.

East St. Louis Township employs two financial consultants, including Hamilton’s sister, June Hamilton Dean, and George Laktzian, at a cost of $33,000 a year each.

Oliver W. Hamilton spent between $40,000 and $95,000 in township funds on himself since 2011. East St. Louis Township supervisor admits felony, will resign Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

The wards Krewson won that also went in Spencer’s favor include 11, 12, 13, 16, 23 and 28, which cover neighborhoods such as St. Louis Hills, Carondolet and the Central West End.

Clay won 10 of the 11 north St. Louis wards with totals ranging from 50% to 61% of the vote. But Bush clobbered Clay in the wards south of Highway 40, where voter turnout was higher.

J.H. Fischers’ map of St. Louis from 1856, when the city’s population was growing to 160,773 by 1860, had grown to ten wards. But the tradition of keeping wards that still extended from the river all ...