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This Little Wonder Solo Bluetooth Speaker may look small, but it produces as clear and powerful a sound as any other speaker. It comes in a solid and metallic look that is great for any setting and decor at your home, office, pool, picnic spot, and more! Connect this speaker to your smartphone or tablet […]

Direct flights to San Francisco took among the longest to return after airlines canceled them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crash happened around 8:45 p.m. on southbound US Highway 61 south of Route P near Flint Hill, Missouri.

The Atlanta Fed should hang its head in shame. GDP growth in Q1 clocked in way below their forecast, rising only 1.6% in the first quarter: Is this good news or bad news? We have to play the usual game here: it's bad news because it suggests the economy is getting weak. But it's good ...continue reading "GDP grows an anemic 1.6% in Q1"

The couple had lived in tents at the intersection of Chippewa Street and Spring Avenue for at least three years, said one nearby resident.

The St. Louis region received a range of unflattering grades — including one F — in annual “report cards” for local air quality from the American Lung Association.

From Construction Dive:  Following months of preparation, a joint venture of St. Louis-based Paric and Southfield, Michigan-based Barton Malow started work on a $1.8 billion development at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on behalf of aerospace giant Boeing, according to local media reports. The project is divided into two phases. The first includes an […]

The unidentified victim was shot about 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 3200 block of North Taylor Avenue.

From ENR:  Now 10 years old, Construction Safety Week has evolved. What at first was a national industry stand-down to emphasize safety compliance has grown into a coordinated week of training across the country and advocacy of a cause that reflects changing ideas about the role of workers to shape how construction tasks are done […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Nearly 20 cities in the Normandy schools area are working to create a special sales tax district that would divvy up money for road and sidewalk repairs in neighborhoods that make up a large chunk of north St. Louis County. Backers of the plan, which would ask voters in 18 small […]

From The Guardian:  Wooden planks with nails covered the site where Antonio, a construction day laborer in Houston, Texas, was helping clear fencing last December. The contractor that hired him provided no protection, he said – so when he slipped, and a nail struck him just above the ankle, it became “really swollen”. Antonio was […]

House Speaker Dean Plocher said he cannot discuss complaints that he obstructed an ethics probe against him.

The Gateway Pundit, a right-wing St. Louis website, filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Early filings offer a few new details, but don't shed much light on cashflow or strategy.

St. Louis’ 21c Museum Hotel was named one of the “41 Best New Hotels in North America and Europe 2024” by Esquire last month.  21c Museum Hotel (1528 Locust Street) opened last year in Downtown West in the city’s old YMCA building. While nodding to the building’s past by keeping the gym’s flooring, a renovated iteration of the YMCA's lap pool (now the Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club), keeping the wood paneling and more, the hotel offers luxurious rooms, art galleries, a top-notch bar and incredible, immersive art throughout. 

A water main break forced four Mehlville School District schools to close early Thursday morning.

While many Missouri residents can secure financing and a down payment to purchase a vehicle, the burden of paying the accompanying sales tax can lead to a temporary license tag expiring.

Students at Oakville High School, Oakville Middle School, Point Elementary School and Wohlwend Elementary School were dismissed early Thursday.

Legislation seeking to make it harder to change Missouri’s constitution through the initiative petition process was approved by the Missouri House on Thursday, sending it back to the Senate for a possible showdown between Republicans and Democrats over “ballot candy.”  The bill was initially approved earlier this year after Democrats ended their 21-hour filibuster in […]

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Say goodbye to the signs that once flourished along Missouri highways, announcing that civic groups or grieving family members were cleaning up the nearby litter: The Missouri Department of Transportation has scrapped its Adopt-a-Highway program. The state agency's decision follows its suspension of the 37-year-old program last May — which came about after family members adopted a section of I-44 in the memory of a man convicted of killing a Kirkwood police officer. Missouri's Adopt-a-Highway survived a legal battle that allowed the Ku Klux Klan to adopt a portion of highway, but it apparently couldn't survive adoption by the family of Kevin Johnson.