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Meeting Owney in St. Louis—and at the Fair

9 months ago
In 1888 a stray dog roamed into a post office in Albany, New York. Perhaps initially attracted to the scent or texture of the canvas mailbags, the free-spirited Owney—a nickname for Owen—started accompanying them onto mail wagons and Railway Mail Service train cars. As Owney traveled throughout the country, Railway Mail Service clerks proudly placed …
Lauren Mitchell

ICE Raids Create Chilling Effect on Already-Stretched Workforce

9 months ago

From ENR Texas and Southeast: Trump administration mass deportation actions are taking a toll on the already stretched U.S. construction workforce, with some workers electing to leave jobsites or to not show up at all for fear of being targeted in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency enforcement actions, say industry worker advocacy groups. Both […]

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Rachel Finan

Office Inventory Being Reshaped by Conversions and Demos

9 months ago

From CBRE: The reduction of total U.S. office inventory through building conversions and demolitions1  is on pace to far exceed new office space deliveries this year, helping to erode record-high availability and support the U.S. office market’s recovery. Among the 58 markets tracked by CBRE Research, 23.3 million sq. ft. of office space is on […]

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Rachel Finan

Adams, Catharine L.

9 months ago
Friday, June 27, 2025. Visitation Wednesday, July 2, 10:00 AM until time of Funeral Service 12:00 PM at Collier’s Funeral Home (St. Ann). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. www.colliersfuneralhome.com

STL leaders convene ward meeting for tornado recovery

9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - City leaders in St. Louis held a special ward meeting at Union Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church to address the ongoing recovery efforts for May 16 tornado victims. Residents from the 9th and 10th wards attended the meeting on Monday evening. Topics included housing concerns, updates on FEMA assistance and youth programs. “Now [...]
Taylor Harris

Heaney, Pirates stay hot with 7-0 win over Cardinals

9 months ago
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Heaney carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Spencer Horwitz powered Pittsburgh’s offense as the Pirates cruised past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Monday night to match a season high with their fourth straight victory. Heaney (4-7) allowed three hits and struck out seven with one walk on 95 [...]
Associated Press

States Need To Mimic Colorado Law Now That HHS Is A Dumpster Fire

9 months ago
At the beginning of this year, the Colorado state legislature introduced HB25-1097, a state law that updated the state’s disease control statutes. Eventually signed into law by the Governor in April, the bill does a whole bunch of things related to public health: repealed the state’s epidemic response committee, set a schedule for reviewing the […]
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