CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) -- "I feel like this is a real slap in the face to teachers," retired Paxton-Buckley-Loda teacher Vicki Good reacted to Monday's news that an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan will officially be the only health insurance option for roughly 140,000 retired state workers for the next five or more years. It's [...]
S. M. Wilson & Co. has completed the new $11.2 million R.P. Lumber Center in Edwardsville, Illinois. The state-of-the-art facility provides year-round ice skating, exercise and other recreational activities. The new facility answers the growing demand for “ice time” in the region for hockey, figure skating and recreational skate use. S. M. Wilson served as […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Chabad of Chesterfield, an organization that serves as one of several local hubs for the Jewish community, will break ground Wednesday on a new center. The 15,000-square-foot building, to be built at 15310 Conway Road in Chesterfield, is a $5 million project to be funded by local donors. The organization, […]
ST. LOUIS, MO – Today marks the official kick-off of United Way of Greater St. Louis’ 2022 Community Campaign, celebrating the organization’s 100-year anniversary of helping the St. Louis region. The annual campaign supports programs and organizations across the region that help local people live their best possible lives. Campaign co-chairs Penny Pennington, managing partner of Edward Jones, and Rusty Keeley, CEO of Keeley Companies, and vice chair Arica Harris, director of banking and payment operation at Edward Jones, announced the kickoff. “United Way’s centennial is indicative of its enduring dedication to ensuring that neighbors throughout the St. Louis region have access to the resources they need to succeed and thrive,” said Pennington. “I’ve had the opportunity to meet with some of the organizations and people helped through United Way. The breadth of support they provide to this region is critical, both every day and during
Just a somewhat periodic reminder: publicly-funded colleges are government entities. Almost every public university is. Sometimes, they seem to forget what they are and act in ways governments can’t — not without violating rights. That inability to remember constraints imposed on it by inalienable rights is causing problems for Texas A&M University. And its arguments […]
This article originally ran on RebusinessOnline.com on September 8, 2022. Modern bulk distribution buildings under construction in the St. Louis region hit a historic high earlier this year, approaching 8 million square feet. The record level of construction illustrates the industrial real estate market in the southwestern Illinois and eastern Missouri region continues to expand to meet ever-increasing demand as world […]
Late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins posthumously appears on Ozzy Osbourne's new album Patient Number 9, and according to producer Andrew Watt, there's more where that came from. Watt tells…
The one singular sensation that exhilarated Broadway for over fifteen years returns to STAGES! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 9 Tony Awards,
A pair of local health care providers have inked a sponsorship deal with Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC that involves putting their names and logos on the team’s jerseys and training facility. As part of Thursday's announcement, City SC gave a peek into its training center, located adjacent to Centene Stadium.
The moment that Victor Goines really got into jazz is seared into his memory. He was 13 and had only begun to experiment with the genre, imagining himself as a classical clarinet player instead. But there Goines was with a fellow budding musician — his good friend since kindergarten — who put on a record of John Coltrane’s “Countdown” and played along on his trumpet.
GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. - A mother and daughter died in a crash late Wednesday night in Gasconade County, Missouri. The Missouri State highway Patrol said Cynthia Wolf, 61, was driving a 2005 Buick LeSabre at about 11:30 a.m. on eastbound Missouri 100. She did not stop at a stop sign and drove across Missouri 19. [...]
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