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Former House speaker Steve Tilley represents a lengthy list of clients with financial interests in state government.
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Memorial grows for 3 high schoolers killed in Sunday crash in St. Louis County
Neighbors call for safer conditions on Kiefer Creek Road after deadly crash
CareSignal Acquired by Lightbeam Health Solutions
Together, Lightbeam and CareSignal will deliver, "best-in-class population-level stratification, actionable real-time insight delivery, and clinical outcome improvement," according to a press release shared by CareSignal founder Blake Margraff.
"I am thrilled to share that CareSignal is joining Lightbeam Health Solutions. It is deeply humbling and rewarding to have grown this company with our phenomenal team, client-partners, and investors, and I look forward to serving millions of additional patients and members in the years ahead," he said in a message posted on LinkedIn.
With COVID caseload rising, St. Louis County again at 'high' risk
The county's 7-day average rose to 189 on Sunday from 133 a week prior, an increase of 56 cases, or 42%, according to the county health department.
St. Louis-area leaders scope out infrastructure opportunities as Biden signs plan into law
County Executive Sam Page called the law a "big win" and Mayor Tishaura O. Jones touted funds for lead pipe removal and improved internet access.
Former Facebook Employee Discusses Storytelling in VR
In an interview at TEDxStLouis, Maxwell Planck shares his thoughts on the wow factor of virtual reality, the future, the challenges and its limitations.
He says newer virtual reality technologies allow an individual to walk around an old warehouse but experience a reality that is completely fabricated.
Storytelling is still a linear narrative as the limitation with VR is that it is a solitary experience. However, Planck is working towards bringing multiple people at the same time as the future of virtual reality.
Check out the full video on TedXStLouis.
UMSL Accelerate Expands Office Space
University of Missouri-St. Louis Entrepreneurship Program - UMSL Accelerate makes a bigger footprint in a newer facility. The new space allows students to be enrolled in accelerator programs for better collaboration. Moreover, UMSL Accelerate aims to raise $10 million to create a permanent fund in lieu of supporting the Program's growth.
Check out the full story by Nathan Rubbelke on STL Inno.
Darius Rucker partners with NFL on clothing line
Darius Rucker is fulfilling a lifelong dream with his new partnership with the NFL. The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman and solo country star has launched a merchandise line with the…
Cardinals announce Skip Schumaker as new bench coach, add assistant hitting coach
Neman: New cookbook recalls Pratzel's Bakery
Customers at Pratzel's felt like they belonged when they came in the door.
Protest on Saturday over Homer G. Phillips Hospital name
Demonstrators castigated developer Paul McKee on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, for his stubborn insistence on using the name Homer G. Phillips on a three-bed healthcare facility near Jefferson and Cass.
Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
(AP) — It’s a hidden crisis that has existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. As …
How lawyers are helping north St. Louis advocates deal with their neighborhoods’ biggest problems
North St. Louis neighborhoods get help tackling big problems with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative. Attorney Peter Hoffman and neighborhood advocate Tonnie Glispie-Smith discuss the progress they’ve seen and the grant that will allow program expansion.
SLU gets No. 10 overall seed for NCAA Tournament
The St. Louis University soccer team was awarded the 10th overall seed for the NCAA Tournament and will open Sunday at home.
Ex-St. Louis Cop's Racist Texts, Violence Don't Mean He's Racist, Violent: Supporters
Despite ex-St. Louis cop Dustin Boone's role in the beating of an undercover police officer, his texts in which he freely used the N-word, and his habit of bragging about violently abusing and humiliating people he arrested, his family and friends say he's a great guy.
"I agree that the text messages pulled from Dustin's phone are vile, but these texts do not portray the true Dustin Boone," his stepfather, retired St. Louis police Sergeant Anthony Boone, writes in a letter — one among a dozen testimonials sent by fellow cops, relatives and friends of Dustin Boone to Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Webber in advance of the former police officer's sentencing next week.
The letters reflect the long-running tension around the case against Boone, which has now run through two trials.…
‘It can’t go on forever’: Surging food prices start to hit St. Louis food banks, pantries
Staples like meat, fruits and vegetables are drying up, eggs and milk are getting more expensive, and it’s not clear when things will get easier.
Born in St. Louis, Airly is the world’s first ‘climate-friendly snack cracker’
The co-founders of Airly Foods explain how they invented a snack cracker that actually takes carbon out of the air, how they’re already seeing demand from grocers across the U.S., and how they hope to be a “lighthouse brand.”
Man charged in death of 67-year-old Collinsville woman
“Dimensions” an Interactive Geolocation Mobile Game Seeks to Move St. Louis Forward and Foster Community Engagement
Entrepreneur Julian Keaton aims to foster community engagement and move St. Louis forward through a new interactive geolocation mobile game, “Dimensions”.
Inspired by Pokémon Go in 2016 when he moved to St. Louis, Keaton designed this game to introduce college students and transplants to new cities and foster community engagement with longer-term residents.
The mobile game has not been launched yet but interested players can sign up to learn about the public beta launch on the Dimensions website.
Check out the full story by Liz Miller on theSTL.