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St. Louis County eyes spending $5M in Rams money on storm cleanup

2 weeks 1 day ago
Drive around unincorporated north St. Louis County and you will still see piles and piles of debris days after Friday's horrific storm. "We had big trees almost 150 feet just blown over by the root," said longtime resident Jesse Gibson. Gibson and many of his neighbors on Rue Pardise Lane have been tossing tons of tree limbs, huge front lawn pieces and parts of their roofs that flew across their neighborhood when the storm tore through. "It's a lot of junk out here. They had a bid dude with a…
Robert Townsend

St. Louis hospital's permanent closure confirmed, license surrendered

2 weeks 2 days ago
A St. Louis hospital's suspected permanent closure was confirmed by the state's health agency Tuesday morning. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services told KSDK on Tuesday morning that the Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital's Board of Directors voluntarily surrendered its hospital license. DHSS spokesperson Lisa Cox confirmed the license surrendering means the hospital is officially closed. The hospital, NorthSide Regeneration's small North City hospital, had opened in January 2024…
Hunter Bassler and Justina Coronel

Missourians can face years-long waits for records requested from some state agencies

2 weeks 3 days ago
When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey took office in January 2023, he inherited a pile of more than 200 unfilled open records requests left over from his predecessor. Some of the requests had been languishing for more than a year before Bailey took over. It wasn’t a good look for the state official specifically empowered to enforce the Missouri Sunshine Law. To tackle the backlog, Bailey assigned new staff to the problem and implemented a policy to work through requests on a first-come,…
Rudi Keller

Jim's Formal Wear is sold to its employees

2 weeks 3 days ago
Jim’s Formal Wear's majority owner has sold the company to its employees through an employee stock ownership plan. So far, about 350 of the companies employees have qualified for the ESOP, through which they'll receive their shares over six years.
James Drew