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President Joe Biden has ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in more than a dozen Missouri counties affected by severe weather this past November.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Fourteen new homes are planned for vacant farmland in St. Louis County. Developer Jaime Santos, with J.S. Brothers LLC, is seeking zoning permission from St. Louis County to create a new subdivision in Oakville, in south St. Louis County, that would be called Hillside Manor, county filings show. The development […]

As of Jan. 1, police in Missouri are no longer giving warnings to drivers caught using handheld devices or cell phones; citations will now be issued.

As the nation mourns the tragedy of the New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, ImpactLife mobilized to send emergency blood supplies south as part of its Blood Emergency Response Corps to ensure survivors received the care they needed in the immediate aftermath.

A new year means a new weather pattern for the bi-state region—two systems, in fact, both of which emerge later in the week. Clouds return in the early morning hours Thursday with temperatures in the upper 20s, as a weak clipper system is expected to slide through that evening. As temperatures will be subfreezing, we [...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police. The FBI said it was [...]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A few years back, Sabrina Jones Williams and her husband, Victor, decided to take their children on what they called a “yes” vacation. Yes, we can go to Disneyland. Yes, we can stay in an all-inclusive hotel. Yes, we can buy “fast passes” so we don’t stand in lines all day. […]

Which country invests the most in AI? The United States by a mile. No one else is close. But things look a little different if you adjust for the size of the country: It may not come as a surprise that Israel has a high concentration of AI activity, but Sweden? I sure didn't expect ...continue reading "Raw data: Global investment in AI"

Effective January 1, 2025, Scott Plocher, Plocher Construction Company, Inc., will become President of the Southern Illinois Builders Association. Other officers for 2025 are: First Vice President – Richard Boyer, Boyer Fire Protection, St. Louis, Missouri; Second Vice President – Matt Fricke, Warning Lites of Southern Illinois, E. St. Louis, Illinois; and Secretary/Treasurer – Dave […]

The Southern Illinois Builders Association began offering scholarships in 2012 and since then has awarded 149 scholarships totaling approximately $300,400. On Monday, December 23, 2024, members of the SIBA Education Committee: Gregg Korte, Chairman, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc.; Rachelle Lengermann, Plocher Construction Company; Lyle Simonton, Subsurface Constructors, Inc.; and Scott Korte, Pyramid Electrical Contractors […]

Bags of donations filled the Ferguson Police Department, a testament to a community stepping up for the family of 35-year-old Ashley Hogan.

Former chief says she voiced concerns about pandemic relief spending, unauthorized meetings before sudden termination from development agency