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Godfrey Fire Chief Details Fire On Lewis and Clark Campus At Weber Workforce Center Building

4 months 4 weeks ago
GODFREY - Lewis and Clark Community College canceled all welding classes Tuesday morning, Dec. 2, 2025, after a fire broke out in the Weber Workforce Center building on the Godfrey campus. The fire, reported at 10:29 a.m. Tuesday, involved two acetylene tanks venting and multiple oxygen tanks. Fire departments from Godfrey, Alton, and Fosterburg responded to the scene. Authorities confirmed the fire was extinguished by 10:50 a.m., with no injuries reported and all individuals evacuated safely.

House Republicans Join Democrats in Effort to Repeal Union-Busting EO

4 months 4 weeks ago

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: A group of moderate Republicans teamed up with House Democrats to force a vote blocking President Donald Trump from stripping union rights from federal workers. A majority of House members — 218 —signed onto a discharge petition forcing a House vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550). […]

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Dede Hance

Freer Auto Body Hosts Annual Community Christmas Event

4 months 4 weeks ago
GODFREY — Freer Auto Body will host its annual Cookies and Cocoa for Community Christmas event from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at 4512 N. Alby in Godfrey. The roads and highways around the Godfrey area have dramatically improved since the snowstorm on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Margaret Freer, one of the organizers of this event and one of the owners of Freer Auto Body, said this year's Cookies and Cocoa for Community Christmas is especially important. The event aims to support loca

MBG Progressing Toward Summer 2026 Completion of Vivienne Living Community

4 months 4 weeks ago

Come the summer of 2026 builder MBG will complete 151 luxury townhomes and apartments for Keely Properties’ Vivienne mid-rise luxury living community at 211 N. Meramec in Clayton, Mo. On Nov. 6, 2025, MBG celebrated the progress on Vivienne with a subcontractor appreciation lunch. Designed by Trivers, the 252,002-square-foot mid-rise features nine townhomes and 142 […]

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Dede Hance

Take Flight Forum Showcased Major Growth, New Routes, Infrastructure Advancements and Collaboration

4 months 4 weeks ago

The St. Louis Regional Freightway welcomed leaders from five of the region’s busiest airports on Nov. 13 for the 2025 Take Flight Forum, where airport directors shared significant operational achievements, economic impacts and major capital investments shaping the region’s aviation landscape. Their insights highlighted a unified, collaborative regional ecosystem experiencing growth and preparing for continued expansion. Mary Lamie, Executive Vice […]

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Jerry Vallely

UMSL’s New School of Engineering Helps Meet Demand for Trained Engineers

4 months 4 weeks ago

From UMSL Daily: For as long as he can remember, Sohum Tokekar has been obsessed with motor sports. That love has taken him from a boyhood room filled with toy cars to the Gateway Kartplex inside the World Wide Technology Raceway complex in Madison, Illinois, where he races go-karts that can reach 55 miles per […]

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Dede Hance

The Day We Ate Like Kings

4 months 4 weeks ago

From Bob Clark Beyond: There have been a few moments in my career that marked a massive leap forward for Clayco. In each case, we were probably biting off more than we could chew. But the truth is, all entrepreneurs hit these moments—when you’ve got to put up or shut up, step up to the […]

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Dede Hance

Former Creve Coeur Mayor Harold Dielmann Dies at 96

4 months 4 weeks ago

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Harold Dielmann, who oversaw Creve Coeur’s growth into one of the region’s leading commercial centers during his 28 years as mayor, has died. He was 96. Over two stints, from 1966 to 1985 and from 2003 to 2012, Dielmann helped the city develop commercial projects, create one of the area’s first […]

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Dede Hance

States retreat from covering drugs for weight loss

4 months 4 weeks ago
Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in President Donald Trump’s broad tax and spending law. As of Oct. 1, 16 state Medicaid programs covered GLP-1s for obesity treatment, up from 13 last year, according to a survey of […]
Shalina Chatlani