A water treatment plant for the City of St. Charles is providing drinking water again, after a shutdown earlier in the week.
In a statement Wednesday, the city said its Elm Point Water Treatment Plant returned to operation after getting the OK from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and confirming the results through independent testing.
Earlier this week, the city said the level of free ammonia in the raw groundwater, which is vital for disinfecting the water, had suddenly dropped for…
A St. Louis-based developer has purchased two former big-box stores vacant for years in north St. Louis County, with national tenants already signed on to fill most of the space.
Former NFL, NHL and MLB players in the region say their respective alumni groups offer an outlet to raise funding for charities and serve as ambassadors for their sports while also providing a sense of community amongst each other.
The Boeing project, dubbed Operation Voyager, calls for construction of multiple buildings totaling 1 million square feet. The aerospace giant has said the expansion will enable it to compete for the “next franchise programs” from the Pentagon.
Having grown throughout Illinois, i3 Broadband turned its attention to Missouri for its first expansion across state lines, and the fiber internet access provider began with St. Louis.
In June, i3 announced multi-gig tiers and price structures for customers in the Greater St. Louis area, including the latest 8-gigabit tier — the region’s fastest residential internet service speed — and a new 2-gigabit option. All i3 fiber tiers will be available in the entire metropolitan area and St. Louis…
The St. Louis County Council voted Tuesday to move ahead with a tax incentive proposal for the $1.8 billion expansion project planned by aerospace giant Boeing.
The proposal will have to go through the legislative bill process. If passed by the council, it would head to County Executive Sam Page's desk. Final approval could take weeks.
Councilwoman Kelli Dunaway was the lone dissenting vote. Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, who is an engineer at Boeing, abstained.
The Boeing expansion would create…
The study by St. Louis Community College found that while St. Louis City employs the second most manufacturing workers in the region, the number has dropped by 19% in the last decade.
Twice this summer, Andrew Mullins emailed state marijuana regulators to make sure they knew about a potential problem.
Mullins, the president of the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association, feared that licensed Missouri cannabis companies may be tempted to add illegal marijuana products brought in from other states to their own products in order to keep their production numbers up — a process known as “inversion.”
“We understand that production is still catching up with demand and wholesale…
A St. Louis all-girls charter school has announced its closure shortly before the start of the new school year.
Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls, located in the city's Kingsway West neighborhood, will close at the end of the month due to low enrollment, school leaders announced in a Tuesday letter. The school's foundation owns its property, at 1901 N. Kingshighway Blvd., which was appraised by the city at $1.5 million.
The letter was signed by Board Chair Hal Davies and Head of School Daphne…
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has begun an investigation into the state’s marijuana program, vowing to assess whether regulators are operating “in a manner that is efficient, accountable and transparent.”
The audit is not a routine, scheduled review. It was initiated by Fitzpatrick after he pledged last year during his campaign to look into how Missouri oversees legalized cannabis.
It will cover both the medical and recreational programs, spanning back to when Missouri voters first signed…
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that St. Louis and Jackson counties should have been allowed to intervene in a lawsuit that struck down local health orders aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19.
Both counties will now have the authority to appeal the November 2021 decision, in which Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green declared local Covid-19 mandates violated the Missouri Constitution.
When Green’s original order was issued, state health officials wanted to…
Thirty-seven St. Louis-area firms are listed on this year's Inc. 5000, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies released Tuesday, including one that broke into the top five.
The new C-suite appointment marks the latest change for the company, which in May appointed a new chief executive and said it once again plans to offer its shares on the public market.
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