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From The Peggy Smedley Show:  Peggy Smedley and Ryan McGuire, president, Clayco Compute, talk about data center construction trends. He says this year, which is the same as last year, the company’s revenue in the data center business will represent about 50% of the total revenue of the company, which is approaching $8 billion. They […]

Associated Builders and Contractors reported Tuesday (June 10th) that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.4 months in May, according to an ABC member survey conducted May 20 to June 3. The reading is up 0.1 months since May 2024. View ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index tables for May. View the full Construction Backlog Indicator and […]

Emmet Metzger pleaded guilty on April 7 to the first-degree murder of Alexis Maki. He was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. Senate will spend the next couple weeks defending the party’s “big beautiful bill” against Democratic criticisms and attempting to pass a final version that can win 51 votes. Reconciliation, the name for the process under which the massive bill is being considered, comes with a lot of rules in […]

Catch a close up of the full moon tonight here in St. Louis

From KSDK:  The St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority is moving up the demolition of nearly 200 vacant buildings damaged in the May 16 tornado. Neighbors in the area say they’ve only become more of a hazard since the storm. Many of these buildings were already on the chopping block but were not necessarily a priority […]

Your backyard fruit trees could bring in some extra cash this spring and summer, if you're growing the right kind.

Hawley and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, call for minimum wage of $15 an hour beginning January 2026, with further increases based on inflation

Sentio BioSciences, a vertically integrated pharmaceutical manufacturer for new and generic drugs, announced today that it will expand in Maryland Heights, investing more than $10.6 million and creating 58 new jobs. The company’s expansion will increase its capacity for the domestic manufacturing of generic medicines, including key starting materials, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), and drug […]

A controversial tent city for migrants that never opened will cost state taxpayers $1.3M despite not being used and Gov. JB Pritzker's pledge that the state wouldn't be on the hook.

Bob Buckman, AIA, NCARB has joined Lawrence Group as an Associate Principal/Senior Project Manager, collaborating with the firm’s healthcare and higher education design team. In a social media release the firm stated, “Bob’s design philosophy advocates the highest possible aspirations for a project in terms of functionality, aesthetics, and economics. He has experience with a […]

If you are ready to welcome a bold and bright little boy into your family, Gideon has more than enough energy to go around!

Anthony Tobias-Haywood, a Tennessee man wanted for a 2024 murder, was arrested over the weekend after a brief police pursuit ended in a crash in St. Louis, Missouri.

On Monday, President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration request for the affected Missouri counties during the May 16 tornado, opening applications for federal assistance.

Marquette Catholic High School 2025 Spring Honor Roll/High Honor Roll High Honor Roll Seniors: Ava Albers, Izabela Albers, Lily Berkenbile, Samantha Booth, Sophie Borman, Rose Brangenberg, Matthew Cain, Alyssa Coles, Quinn Copeland, Lily Covert, Payton Crane, Jordyn Dase, Cassidy Eccles, Nola Effinger, Sophia Elliott, Marian Elmendorf, William Fahnestock, Addison Groshans, Caleb Harteis, Carter Harteis, Radley Hoener, Nicholas Koeller, Lucia Lonero, Paul Marturana, Alayiah Misuraca, Karson Morrissey, Addison Pranger, Jackson Pruitt, Brooke Rister, Chloe Roberts, Kel'C Robinson, Tyler Roth, Erin Schwartz, Grace Schwegel, Ania Sneed, Chloe Steele, Maya Stephan, Davin Thomas, Eleanor Tiemann, Claire Varble, James Wacker, Summer Watson, Tyra Wells, Elliotte Williams, Taelor Williams, Andrew Zacha, Rodger Zawodniak Juniors: Carson Bauer, Cali Bequette, Adelaide Bryson, Caroline Cain, Elizabeth Callahan, Karly Davenport, Laila Davis, Isabel Downey, Sharon Dugas, Jessica Eales,

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ST. LOUIS - The outlook for commodities and the barge industry were front and center June 5 during a virtual FreightWeekSTL panel session hosted by the St. Louis Regional Freightway. Ken Eriksen, Managing Member and Strategic Advisor at Polaris Analytics & Consulting, highlighted the economic value of the Mississippi River Ship Channel and its significance to the freight industry and the St. Louis region. Eriksen also provided an overview of the evolving landscape of agriculture and barge transport, underscoring the region’s critical role in global trade. Eriksen provided preliminary insights on the soon to be released Mississippi River Ship Channel market study commissioned by the Big River Coalition and funded by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. He explained the vital importance of the Mississippi River Ship Channel -- which stretches from Baton Rouge into the Gulf of America to the Southwest Pass -- to global trade. Findings show that vessels loaded

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A Bunker, Mo., motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon after striking a vehicle head-on while in a no-passing zone on Highway 21.

Witnesses reported someone setting fire to vacant homes nearby.

There are always the same 24 hours in a day, but somehow when we hit spring, it can seem like we get some extra time. With more daylight and warmer weather, the days can just feel like they’re expanding. And with that shift can come a boost in our energy and motivation to tackle lingering projects on our to-do lists: Rearranging cluttered closets, cleaning out junk drawers and more. But outside of classic spring-cleaning tasks, this can also include some important — and often pretty simple — steps to improve our health. For many of us, health screenings may be the most common items on this list. These tests can help find risk factors and diseases earlier when they’re easier to treat or prevent. They include the types of screening tests that may first come to mind — a mammogram looking for breast cancer, a colonoscopy looking for colon cancer or a CT scan looking for lung cancer. But they also include other types of screenings for conditions that increase

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