From St. Louis Post Dispatch: There’s finally a plan to fix the deadly dam at the Big River’s Rockford Park. Jefferson County leaders voted this week to accept a federal grant to help gradually remove a dam here after repeated drowning deaths in recent years. While the plan’s goal is to help endangered species — […]
Fri., Dec. 26, 2025. Visitation at Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church, 1230 Big Bend Road, Fri., Jan. 9th, 3:30 pm followed by 4:30 pm Memorial Service. To read full obituary, visit www.boppchapel.com
I’ve come to really appreciate the term “Trump derangement syndrome.” I’ve found it incredibly useful, primarily because whenever I hear someone use the phrase unironically, I am comfortable assessing that the conversation with that person will be unproductive and can be ended. It’s a rhetorical device, and not a particularly good one, that is trotted […]
Scott Plocher, president of Plocher Construction Company, Inc., will continue to serve as president of the Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) for 2026. Joining Plocher as SIBA officers for 2026 are Richard Boyer, president of Boyer Fire Protection, as first vice president; Matt Fricke, president of Warning Lites of Southern Illinois, as second vice president; […]
The approval clears a major hurdle for property owners in Westland Acres to turn their wooded, hilly 120-acre site into a neighborhood of roughly 100 homes.
The recently completed expansion and renovation of the Columbia Area Career Center is a clear example of how public investment and industry partnerships can modernize career and technical education to meet evolving workforce needs. Delivered by the Reinhardt Construction–S. M. Wilson Joint Venture as Construction Manager at Risk, the project included a 27,000-square-foot addition and […]
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