Metro-East News

East St. Louis church to hold annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance program

The 51st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative observance program in East St. Louis will be held Monday at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.

The event starts at noon. The church is located at 2240 Missouri Ave and keynote speaker for the program is DeRienzia Johnson, a pastor at Greater New Hope.

This story was originally published January 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM.

Carolyn Smith
Belleville News-Democrat
Carolyn P. Smith has worked for the Belleville News-Democrat since 2000 and currently covers breaking news in the metro-east. She graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri at Columbia and says news is in her DNA. Support my work with a digital subscription
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