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by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

I have nothing new to say about this. I just want to endorse it 100%. The fact that Biden got 100 times more scrutiny for ending a failed war than any of his predecessors got for continuing it will never cease to infuriate me. https://t.co/FnIoP5vB5Z — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 2, 2025 Read the accompanying ...continue reading "Joe Biden was the only hero of Afghanistan"

There are no winners here. There are only varying levels of losses. The government sustains the most. As it should. When there needs to be an adult in the room, the government bears that responsibility, no matter how irritating the proverbial child might be. That means the most childish person will learn nothing from this […]

A new year brings a new schedule and an extra home game for the St. Louis Battlehawks.

From Missouri Business Alert:  Following a slow year in the U.S. housing market, experts expect that first-time homebuyers in Missouri may have greater access to financing programs and increased housing choices in 2025, though prices and mortgage rates may remain elevated. The U.S. housing market in 2024 experienced its slowest sales since 1995, when the […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI now says the New Orleans truck attack acted alone when he drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers, killing 14 people. The driver had posted videos on social media hours before the early Wednesday carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and…

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The popular four-day St.Louis Auto Show opens next week. Billed as the city’s largest automobile event, it has a long history. This year the Auto Show at America’s Center and The Dome will feature over 25 manufacturers with more than 500 new vehicles on display. But according to Wikipedia it had more modest beginnings. The…

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GLEN CARBON - Glen Carbon Fire Chief Jason Whitaker confirmed that a residential fire on Butternut Lane resulted in a total loss of the home early Thursday morning, Jan. 2, 2025. The fire departments from Glen Carbon, Maryville, and Edwardsville responded to the scene shortly after 7 a.m., with Troy Fire Department covering Glen Carbon's station during the incident. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy flames coming from the garage, prompting an aggressive attack on the fire. "We attacked the fire hard and had it under control in the first 30 minutes," Whitaker said. Fortunately, the occupant of the home was able to escape unharmed before emergency services arrived. No injuries were reported, which Whitaker noted is "the most important part." The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The state fire marshal's office will provide the next step during the analysis, the chief said. Whitaker praised the collaborative efforts of the responding departments, saying,

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From MRN:  Work is underway on two St. Charles County bridge projects scheduled to start in 2024. The Augusta Bottom Road Bridge and Femme Osage Creek Road Bridge projects both entered the design phase in 2022 and both recently received bid purchase approval at the Nov. 12 County Council meeting. The Augusta Bottom Road bridge […]

From Work Design:  Have you ever found yourself in a space you couldn’t wait to get out of? Perhaps it was a noisy, bustling work environments with bold images and vibrant colors but no way to orient yourself. Or perhaps you were assigned to a spot in an open environment that was a sea of […]

Bruce Springsteen is singing the praises of The Bear actor Jeremy Allen White, who is set to portray him in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere.White is set to…

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Television station KSDK plans to leave its longtime home in downtown St. Louis and to relocate elsewhere within the city of St. Louis.

GRANITE CITY - A Springfield man faces multiple felonies in Madison County after a high-speed police chase ended with a stolen vehicle being remotely disabled. Stephen C. Stone, 35, of Springfield, Ill., was charged with offenses related to motor vehicles (a Class 2 felony), aggravated fleeing or attempted to elude a peace officer (a Class 4 felony), and resisting a peace officer (a Class A misdemeanor). On Dec. 29, 2024, Stone allegedly fled from Granite City Police officers who were investigating a stolen vehicle report and attempting a traffic stop, according to a petition to deny his pretrial release. “Officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle. Officers located the vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle,” the petition states. “The vehicle fled from officers going at speeds in excess of 100 mph.” The petition adds Stone “swerved his vehicle in the direction of officers” as police attempted to get closer

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My car has adaptive cruise control and automatic lane keeping. This doesn't allow me to ignore the road, though—far from it. It's not 100% accurate, which means I have to pay even closer attention to the road than usual. But it does reduce stress by taking care of 98% of the driving, and it also ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

As 2025 begins, the National Weather Service has confirmed that 2024 ranked as the second-warmest year in St. Louis history.

A 26-year-old man was fatally struck late Wednesday night by a tractor trailer on Interstate 55 in Collinsville.