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Alton Main Street Receives Award From Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton For Economic Impact

18 hours 23 minutes ago
ALTON - Illinois Main Street, a statewide coordinating program of Main Street America, recently announced the 2025 Lt. Governor Awards for Excellence in Revitalization during the Illinois Main Street Conference in Dixon, Illinois. The program recognized more than two dozen projects, organizations, and local leaders who are transforming downtowns and neighborhood business districts in communities of all sizes across the state. Alton Main Street was honored for a study that was completed in partnership

Overnight Warming Locations Encourage Donations, Volunteers This Giving Tuesday

18 hours 37 minutes ago
ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE/GRANITE CITY - The Overnight Warming Locations (OWLs) are once again active and making sure there’s a warm place for people to sleep on the coldest nights of the year. Located in Alton, Edwardsville and Granite City, the OWLs open when the forecast overnight temperature in Alton is 20 degrees or lower. Unhoused community members or folks with insufficient heat are invited to come in, enjoy a hot dinner, take showers, and spend the night. In the morning, guests

A New Look at a St. Louis Masterpiece: John C. Guenther’s “Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis”

18 hours 46 minutes ago

by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum If you know architect and historian John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, you know he sees things the rest of us walk past — and then helps us see them too. I’ve admired that gift for decades. John has been practicing architecture for 48 years, 27 of them […]

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Tom Finan

Little Diggers Construction-Themed Indoor Playspace Coming to Des Peres

18 hours 46 minutes ago

From St. Louis Magazine: It’s not complicated: kids + sand + toy trucks = hours of independent playtime. But a new playspace is taking that childhood pastime to the next level. Slated to open in early 2026, Little Diggers in Des Peres (13347 Manchester) is billed as “your neighborhood’s largest indoor sandbox.” It’s made for […]

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Dede Hance

Gun dealers are major source of trafficked firearms

18 hours 57 minutes ago
Licensed gun dealers are a major source of firearms that end up illegally trafficked, according to a new analysis using federal data by the research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for stricter gun laws. Gun trafficking involves diverting guns from legal commerce into the illegal market, often through straw purchases, unlicensed dealing or […]
Amanda Watford

St. Louis County Detectives Continue To Probe Fatal Altercation

19 hours 4 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police continue to investigate a homicide that resulted in the death of a 52-year-old man following a domestic disturbance in the 300 block of Greycliff Bluff Drive. Officers from the South County Precinct responded to a call at 11:18 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2025. Upon arrival, they found Emil Schmidt IV unresponsive inside the residence. Schmidt was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries on Nov. 29. St. Louis County Police said preliminary

What is your wildest St. Louis snow story? Viewers share

19 hours 6 minutes ago
As St. Louis got its first taste of snow for this coming winter, we asked FOX 2 viewers to share their wildest St. Louis snow stories, and the responses did not disappoint. You can check out a breakdown of some of those memories on Fox2now.com.
Alex Barton

Worker Wellness Blog: Growing Need for Child Care

19 hours 13 minutes ago

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

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Dede Hance