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Nicholas Burkhart moves to Polsinelli from the St. Louis office of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, where he became a partner in November 2020 after working five years at the firm as a real estate and finance attorney.

A new study ranks St. Louis as one of the worst major cities for women in technology jobs, with the region ranking near the bottom for pay disparity between men and women in the technology field.

Perfect Game offers top level amateur baseball and softball activities, including tournaments, clinics, and other events to the Chesterfield area.

Every year I spend a few days taking pictures of hummingbirds in our garden. Here is our 2022 hummingbird posing in front of a Rose of Sharon. Such a beautiful little creature.

A maker of waffle products is opening a $35 million, 147,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Hazelwood.

Seth Walker will take the role of SIUE's vice chancellor for university advancement (VCUA) and CEO of the SIUE Foundation, effective Aug. 1.

An employee was shot and killed Wednesday morning near Anchor Tactical Supply on South Campbell Avenue north of Sunset Street. Police took two people into custody nearby.

MERAMEC RIVER - The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the official report about the death of a 25-year-old Collinsville man in the Meramec River on July 4. The report says the man - Uriel P. Ramirez - "jumped off a bluff and could not self-rescue or be rescued by bystanders." Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene. Missouri Baptist Sullivan EMS responded to the drowning and Ranger A. Carlson, Ranger E. Ferrel, Trooper Giesler, Cpl. D. Duffie, Cpl. B. Groves and the Sullivan Fire Department all responded the report said. Cpl. A. Michels directed the investigation into the drowning for Missouri State Highway Patrol. No other information was available at this time.

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This should surprise no one, but Joshua Benton, over at Nieman Lab, has a really fantastically well-reported article about how Facebook basically wants out of the news business entirely. It goes through multiple reasons why this is the case, but a big one is that Rupert Murdoch’s decade-long demands that Facebook and Google simply fork […]

BELLEVILLE - Illinois American Water is encouraging customers who qualify and need financial assistance with their water and/or wastewater bills to utilize the federal assistance program LIHWAP. LIHWAP is a federally-funded program that provides bill payment assistance to help low-income families pay their water and/or wastewater bills. Qualifying residential customers could receive up to $1,500 for their water and/or wastewater bill. The program is available through Aug. 31, 2023, and is open to residential customers only. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is administering the program and assistance is provided by local Community Action Agencies (CAA) throughout the state. “We understand the water bill may be one of the lowest household bills, but it can also be easy for customers to fall behind when household costs continue to rise,” said Illinois American Water Vice President Beth Matthews. “These federal funds can further help

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Today on TAP: Beware the disabling potential of facile comparisons.

KISS is currently in the middle of a 2022 European leg of their End of the Road tour, and while no final date has been announced for the band's farewell trek,…

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As the world emerges from the global pandemic that changed the way we live, work and even play, the world is also adjusting to how needs are changing for the future. One of these concerns is how the aging populations are addressing their futures. The senior housing market is showing signs of stability after COVID-19 stalled some progress. The next few years will be heavily focused on senior living development. In fact, the largest demographic going into senior living is projected to do so between…

Twenty-two years ago this week, on July 5, 2000, a judge awarded $24.5 million to former Blues enforcer Tony Twist in a lawsuit over his likeness.

No filter necessary for this news: The Instagram-worthy sunflower field at the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (801 Strodtman Road) is in bloom. The yearly blossoming of the sunflowers allows you to grab your friends and snag the perfect 'gram photo, but it’s also a chance to take in the beauty of nature. The Missouri Department of Conservation staggered the planting of the sunflowers to keep them in bloom from early July to mid-August depending on the weather; they also planted extra so the flowers will be more visible.

"I was fighting with box-cutters, and razor blades under my tongue, and bats"

Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! Click through and start planning ahead. And as always, here's your obligatory COVID safety warning: Be sure to check with the venues before you make plans to head to any of these shows, as the virus is still circulating and safety measures vary from venue to venue.

St. Louis is one of the most affordable cities in America, with the fourth lowest cost of living compared last year to 73 other municipalities. But affordability nationally doesn’t mean affordability locally. Rents in St. Louis rose 11.3% during the (pre-inflation) pandemic, putting us in the top 30 U.S. cities for growing rental housing costs from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021. While many households can make cost-saving choices, for households with very low incomes,…