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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s surveying and geomatics program has raised $520,000 to market their program to high school students. The four-year bachelor’s program is new to SIUE and is a collaboration between the School of Engineering (SOE) and the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences. John Cabage, PhD, associate professor and Chair of the […]

Here's some more quasi-election related news to while away the hours until polls close. Stock in Donald Trump's scam company behaved very weirdly today: The stock had been trading fairly normally all day and then suddenly plunged nearly six points in the 13 minutes from 2:41 to 2:54 before trading was briefly halted. As I ...continue reading "Trump stock was kind of weird today"

On behalf of the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF), 2024 HBA President Jason Hughes (T.R. Hughes Homes) (second from left) presented a $20,000 donation to Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County’s executive director Michelle Woods (center), director of development Jacquie Vick (left) and grant manager Maddie Fischer (right). The donation will be allocated toward […]

Gray Design Group is pleased to announce the addition of Jessica Schimborski as Comptroller. Jessica brings a wealth of financial expertise and a strategic focus that will play a vital role in guiding the firm’s financial health and supporting its growth objectives. In her role as Comptroller, Jessica oversees general accounting, budgetary planning and financial […]

Cars swept away by floodwaters were the main cause of the deaths, first responders said.

NWS survey crews surveyed damage from Monday night's storms.

Check out a county-by-county breakdown of how Missouri voters broke for Amendment 3, whether to overturn the state's abortion ban

Deadly and historic flooding in south St. Louis County not only closed roads but also flooded homes, leaving residents frustrated with the Metropolitan Sewer District.

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 […]

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least one tornado from Monday’s St. Louis-area storms.

Here’s a final election day story. This time, it’s about an “election integrity” app being used by MAGA folks to spread absolute nonsense about the election, but also to confess their own illegal voter suppression schemes. And thanks to their crap security, it’s now being reported. At a time when the facts-optional GOP likes to […]

According to a lawsuit filed Friday, World Fashions agreed to let Stars Design Group take one of its vendor deals to help pull the manufacturing company out of a financial slump.

Here's a quasi-election related chart to ponder today: The remarkable thing isn't that fewer and fewer people are checking off the box on tax forms that funds the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. The remarkable thing is that anyone still checks it. But six million of us continue to check the box even though no presidential ...continue reading "The ghost of public campaign funding still haunts us"

A business owner in the area saw the SUV submerged and told officers, who had been in the area all morning because of the flooding, police said.