A 65-year-old lagoon fountain in Ke...

A 65-year-old lagoon fountain in Kenneth Hall-Jones Park in East St Louis is forward its way to restoration, almost 30 years after undivided of the largest fountains in the metro-east was drained and clos

The Emma L Wilson King Foundation, a nonprofit civic and educational foundation in East St Louis, has been named trustee of the fountain and entrusted with it's rehabilitation and upkeep

The dispose is dedicated to improving public parks, gardens, buildings, neighborhood organizations and community center in East St Louis and providing scholarships to bookish mans in the city.

The foundation is named after East St Louis resident Emma L Wilson King, a mother of 12 and longtime community activist who died Nov. 20 2004 at age 82 The foundation has been working to raise the $300000 wanted to restore and maintain the fountain. King was an avid gardener who at no time finished high ...