Online chess website Chess.com plans to no longer support events staged by the Saint Louis Chess Club, a decision that stems from sexual assault allegations against a former Chess Club employee, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Javier Duren has worked for the St. Louis Cardinals for six seasons and while only 30 years old, it marks his second career in sports. Prior to joining the MLB team in 2018, Duren had a stint as professional basketball player following his graduation in 2015 from Yale University.
St. Louis City SC has partnered with two organizations to install 11 mini-pitches to provide safe places for kids to learn and play soccer.
City SC, American Family Insurance and the U.S. Soccer Foundation have teamed up to install the mini-pitches across the St. Louis region. The project is set to be completed by the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The mini-pitches are small, customized, hard court surfaces that are suited for organized soccer and pickup games, a press release said. They will be constructed…
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…
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