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SWANSEA - Holland Construction Services has announced the hiring of six new employees for its growing operations team. The new employees include Senior Project Manager Joe Riassetto, Project Manager Andrew Bernard, Assistant Project Manager Ryan Favier, and Project Engineers Andrew Goetz, James Schiber-Arciga, and Paityn Jansen. “Holland will reach several new milestones in 2022 including record revenue and number of new employees,” said Holland’s President Mike Marchal. “We have added 25 new team members since January and will add another 15 over the next several months. A labor shortage in the construction industry does exist, but fortunately, we have been able to attract top talent and we are excited about the future.” Despite construction industry challenges that are being felt nationwide, including material shortages and cost escalation, increasing borrowing costs, and continued subcontractor labor shortages, the company also has a record numbe

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JERSEY - The Jersey County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about a hit-and-run traffic crash that occurred recently on U.S. Highway 67 at Tolman Road that involved the pictured vehicle. If you have any information regarding the crash or recognize the vehicle, contact the Jersey County Sheriff's Office at (618) 498-6881. Any information obtained from the public will be passed on to investigators in the case.

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CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that more than 160 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from his office will be monitoring the primary election throughout Illinois on Tuesday, June 28, to ensure that voters’ rights are protected and polling places are accessible. Raoul is also encouraging voters to be aware that polling places, particularly those located at nursing homes or senior centers, are subject to change due to concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Voters should confirm their polling places with their local election authorities or the Illinois State Board of Elections . Raoul urged voters to call his office if they encounter suspected improper or illegal activity. Chicago and northern Illinois voters can call 1-866-536-3496 (TTY 1-800-964-3013). Central and southern Illinois voters can call 1-866-559-6812 (TTY 1-877-844-5461). Attorney General Raoul reminded voters of some of their basic voting rights: Vot

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The scouts were among 275 passengers who were on the train along with 12 crew members, according to Amtrak.

He grew up in southeast Missouri with a picture of Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina on his wall. Now, he's teammates with them in St. Louis.

It's time to tell you the final chapter of my drone story. The reason I got the drone is because height is the photographer's best friend. At ground level, the perspective is lousy and there are always things in the way: trees, buildings, power lines, and so forth. The best perspective, oddly, is often from ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The Missouri crash came a day after three people were killed when an Amtrak train smashed into a car in California killing three people in the vehicle.

An investigation started after an Amtrak train was derailed due to a crash, resulting in four dead and many injured in Mendon, Missouri.

The metro area offers a range of options, from neighborhood festivals to big-budget festivals with nationally known musical acts.

I had to rewrite this post before it got published. I originally began it with some whimsy in response to the absurdity that copyright cases like these always engender. The idea that people could ever use their rights in previous expression to forbid someone else’s subsequent expression is almost too absurd to take seriously as […]

The Supreme Court has rejected Bayer's attempt to dismiss lawsuits from customers who alleged their product, Roundup weedkiller, causes cancer

The cafe space, which was opened in 2016 after a $5 million build-out, will be converted into an expanded bakery production facility.

One of Elton John's most iconic stage outfits is the sequined and bedazzled Los Angeles Dodgers uniform he wore when he headlined Dodger Stadium for two nights in 1975. It's…

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Two local leopard cubs are lighting up social media. The Saint Louis Zoo posted new pics of Anya and Irina to their social media accounts and the images are going viral. The adorable kittens are in a bucket. The Carnivore Care Team at the Saint Louis Zoo posted this update: "We [...]

Today on TAP: The Supreme Court stripping away bodily autonomy has created a run on Plan B.

Whitesnake pulled out of their performance at the Rock Imperium Festival in Cartagena, Spain this past Saturday because drummer Tommy Aldridge was "under the weather." Now, the band has canceled three…

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Friday’s Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade has left Amileia Ladd and others in St. Louis’ LGBTQ community fearing that their rights are under threat. [content-1] “It's a very scary feeling right now, to live here and be queer, gay — whatever you are,” says Ladd, who identifies as pansexual. “It's so scary, because it's just, they don't care about us right now.”

Somehow, music found Karl Frank. He doesn’t know how. He grew up in Martinsburg, Missouri, a town of 300 people, a place too small for pizza delivery, too small for a stoplight and definitely too small for any sort of a music scene.

Over at National Review, Michael Brendan Dougherty says he's surprised that progressive anger over the Dobbs decision has been relatively modest: There were some loud marches through major cities over the weekend, but hardly the wave of riots, vandalism, and sacrilege promised by the group Jane’s Revenge. I think many of us prepared for our ...continue reading "Have progressives been pretty muted about abortion?"