An Illinois man who allegedly made threats against a St. Louis judge is now out of jail on bond after almost six weeks in the city jail. After a hearing this morning, Erick Buntyn was allowed out of the City Justice Center so long as he posts $1,000 and submits to GPS monitoring. His defense attorney says that option should have been made available much sooner.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to herbs sold at Trader Joe's stores.
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III on Wednesday said it’s “premature” to say the team will seek public money for renovations to Busch Stadium, a response to a media report that said such a development was likely. DeWitt said in an interview with the Business Journal that Busch Stadium […]
From NPR: Rakeb Tesfaye, a 5-year-old student at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City, said she enjoys playing outside because she gets to make friends. “And I get to go like this, and like this,” Tesfaye shared as she imagined herself swinging on monkey bars at a playground. She and her […]
What do Fentanyl and TikTok have in common? Well, the real answer is absolutely nothing. Nothing at all. But, if you want to push a nonsense moral panic, apparently, you compare the two. While it’s unclear exactly where Congress currently stands on the push to ban TikTok in the US (or, at the very least, […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: What began as a routine trip to school last month nearly turned into a disaster. Kayla Neuenswander watched as her son, a kindergartener at Wren Hollow Elementary, froze on his bike in the middle of a street as a car barreled towards him. “I screamed bloody murder,” Neuenswander said. The car […]
From Riverbender: Illinois’ affordable housing shortages have reached crisis levels in Chicago and other communities, fueling needed public policy discussions about short-term and long-term solutions. State legislators and housing advocates say one important piece of the puzzle is the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit, and they have a new, influential ally in organized labor. The […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: One of St. Louis’ biggest construction firms has acquired a Kansas City-based business. St. Louis-based Keeley Cos.’ Keeley Restoration Services unit acquired Chamberlin Contracting Inc. earlier this month. The acquisition will expand KRS’ footprint into Kansas City and enhance its restoration services, KRS President Jeff Kelley said. Keeley Cos. also […]
The St. Louis jail has found yet another way to interfere with the work of attorneys who have clients locked up inside. The latest policy implemented by administrators at the City Justice Center is one that lawyers say unnecessarily complicates their efforts to deliver legal documents to clients inside the troubled facility. It concerns the “paper pass,” a narrow opening in the booths where attorneys speak to clients through glass.
From Construction Dive: The two most common situational risks directly causing injuries in the crane industry were falls from height and being struck by a falling object, according to a recent survey of crane operators and inspectors. The most common systemic risks contributing to injuries, however, were heat illness and fatigue, respondents told the National […]
From Wired: There’s one word that will get any American fuming, regardless of their political inclination: infrastructure. Pothole-pocked roads, creaky bridges, and half-baked public transportation bind us nationally like little else can. And that was before climate change’s coastal flooding, extreme heat, and supercharged wildfires came around to make things even worse. US infrastructure was […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: What will be the largest branch in the St. Louis County Library system is scheduled to open in July, with a portion of it opening in June. The Clark Family Branch, on the site of the former library headquarters building, is at 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard, across the street from the […]
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