The Sierra Club’s lease was up at the end of August, and has moved out of the old Harper’s Pharmacy spot at Sutton Boulevard and Maplewood Avenue. A staffer said many of the staff members were working from home, which contributed to the decision to leave. Much of the office equipment was given away, but […]
EAST ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Illinois Court in East St. Louis has announced that Mario A. Foster, of East St. Louis, was sentenced on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in federal court to 13 years in prison for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Cocaine. Following Foster’s release, he will spend three years on supervised release. Foster was also ordered to pay $200 in special assessments along with a $500 fine. According to court documents, Foster was stopped and arrested following a call to law enforcement regarding parental abduction. Law enforcement observed a 3-month-old infant sitting in a removable child safety seat. When the infant was removed from the seat, officers discovered the baby had been sitting on a baggy containing fentanyl and a baggie containing cocaine base. “Fentanyl’s deadliness is no secret,” said United States Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “It is unfathomable that this defendant
This morning I got a call from the transplant folks and I now have a date for my CAR-T treatment. I'll do a bunch of testing over the next two weeks followed by a plasma collection in early September. The plasma will then be shipped off to the CAR-T factory, where it will be turned ...continue reading "Good news!"
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Monday tabled the Greenstreet Real Estate proposal resolution. The $400 million redevelopment would line Manchester Road between Brentwood Boulevard and South Hanley Road. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the project, and brings up the flooding. St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Brentwood businesses: Huge development on Manchester is a surprise. And the […]
ALTON - AltonWorks Spokesperson Susan Ryan paid a visit to the new Riverbender.com Our Daily Show! to more elaborately discuss Governor Pritzker’s Monday announcement that $3 million from the Rebuild Illinois Grant will go to the Wedge Innovation Center Project in Downtown Alton. Listen to Our Daily Show! for the full interview with Susan Ryan, a spokesperson for AltonWorks. The show is live daily Monday - Friday from 9-11 a.m. on Riverbender.com. John Simmons is the AltonWorks CEO, and Jayne Simmons is the president. The Wedge Innovation Center will be designed as an accelerator, incubator, co-working space, and digital hub focused on social impact innovation and specializing in livability, clean tech, and climate tech to benefit everyday lives. The Wedge plan is to support early-stage, growth-driven companies through education, mentorship, and financing. It will house startups, space for individuals or teams, and more established companies that want to accelerate
Founding INXS multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Farriss has just released a music video for the latest single from his 2021 self-titled debut solo album, the uplifting "You Are My Rock,"…
From Fast Company: Global warming, wildfires, pandemics: The world is becoming more treacherous for everyone, but this is even more true for people in already hazardous professions. Just ask Wells Bullard, CEO and fifth-generation owner of Bullard, the company that invented the hard hat. For the past 124 years, Bullard has developed head gear and […]
The streaming service will provide local fans a new outlet to watch St. Louis Blues games, but its ability to have St. Louis Cardinals games remains unknown.
Albert Pujols launched a pinch-hit grand slam and drove in five runs, Adam Wainwright pitched seven sharp innings and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Colorado Rockies 13-0 Thursday for a three-game sweep.
Gary Perinar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer (EST) of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, was unanimously re-elected to another four-year leadership term on Saturday by the union’s delegate body. As EST, Perinar oversees operations of a union that represents 52,000 carpenters in 324 counties across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Iowa. Perinar is a third-generation business representative of […]
Ben Brown is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast, where the Washington native talked about his win in the Republican primary for the 26th Senate District.
Brown beat four other GOP candidates in the race to represent a seat that includes part of St. Louis County and all of Franklin, Osage, Warren and Gasconade counties. He will face Democrat John Kiehne in November.
Lindenwood University believes its move to Division I athletics, including for football and hockey, could bring it a bigger fan base and more students. History shows it won't come cheap, though.
SLDC hires former Fashion Fund exec Monique Levy to review management practices and also inks contract with firm headed by Doug Rasmussen, a prominent development consultant.
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