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The city of Hazelwood just unveiled its new US National Handball Center, with ambitions.

In response to the growing mental health crisis affecting workers across the nation, the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW) and its 4,000 partner contractors have launched a  partnership with CredibleMind, a digital mental health platform. This bold initiative marks a significant step forward in addressing mental health challenges in […]

From St. Louis Public Radio:  St. Louis residents who were forced to relocate by the May 16 tornado or who own homes that were damaged may receive some financial support from city government. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen will discuss a bill this week that would make people who fled homes damaged in the […]

From Construction Dive:  Nearly every prime contractor has a story about a nightmare sub. Whether it’s shoddy work or simply failing to show up to the jobsite, suboptimal partners in today’s labor and skills market are an increasingly common reality. Trent Cotney, a partner and head of the construction practice at Tampa, Florida-based Adams and […]

JERSEYVILLE/HIGHLAND - The Riverbend region will welcome Carden Circus today. On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Jerseyville, and Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Highland, community members can enjoy Carden Circus , an international act with motorcycle stunts, archery, aerialists, animals and more fun for people of all ages to enjoy. Performers look forward to sharing their acts with local families. “The circus is fun,” said Arline Carden, the fifth-generation manager of Carden Circus. “They’re really, really, really going to be excited to come and see it. If they come, I promise they’re not going to regret it. They’re going to be enjoying it so much.” In Jerseyville, the show starts at 7 p.m. on May 27 at American Legion Post 492. In Highland, community members can come at 7 p.m. on May 29 to the Madison County Fairgrounds. Carden encourages attendees to arrive an hour before showtime to enjoy all of the preshow fun. Families can check out

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From St. Louis Business Journal:  A Central West End hotel has acquired a neighboring property with plans to renovate it for additional rooms. The West End, a 45-room boutique hotel at 4215 Lindell Blvd., has purchased an adjacent building at 4235 Lindell and plans to add 13 luxury suites there. The building had been the […]

Illinois State Police said Donovan Davis, 27, was charged with first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon.

Hamilton Vagi, head of Papua New Guinea’s National Cyber Security Centre, apparently never learned the first rule of trying to bury embarrassing information: threatening journalists just makes them dig in harder. And quite often leads to Streisanding the very information you were hoping would go away. Back in February, DDoSecrets published around a million emails […]

The closure, impacting both directions, began today and is set to last until late July.

The owner of a St. Louis nonprofit appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted defrauding the Missouri government of millions of dollars that were intended to be used to feed low-income Missouri children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ALTON - As artificial intelligence becomes more popular, a local clinical psychologist reflects on how AI can be useful in therapeutic settings — and how it comes up short. Dr. Ari Lakritz, PsyD, works with OSF St. Anthony’s Psychological Services Department. Lakritz noted that a lot of people utilize AI to help them accomplish tasks, and this technology can be useful as a motivator to finish therapy homework or process emotions in between sessions. But he noted that overreliance on AI might also have downsides. “This was kind of inevitable when they made AI. It’s going to help you with your term papers, it’s going to help you with your homework, and maybe it’ll be your therapist one day,” he said. “It’s all very new and you can’t really make huge generalizations because you don’t really have this longitudinal data that’s three, five, ten years out, but you do have some observations about how people use

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Last year’s highly successful Mental Health in Construction Seminar Series sponsored by Aetna Insurance are returning this summer for the St. Louis Region. The program curriculums and speakers are developed by Missouri Works Initiative Worker Wellness program. Construction Forum is assisting with industry promotion and program delivery on these three hot-topic seminars. The following locations […]

SPRINGFIELD - Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning Illinoisans to keep on the lookout for text message scams claiming to be from the “Illinois State Department of Motor Vehicles” that threaten to suspend vehicle registration and driving privileges. The text messages are phishing attempts designed to trick residents into giving up personal or financial information. Recipients should not respond or open any links found in unsolicited texts and emails. “Phishing scams are unfortunately an increasingly prevalent threat in our modern society, seeking to cheat Illinoisans out of their personal information and hard-earned money,” Giannoulias said. “Please remain vigilant to avoid these scams and report them to protect yourself and others from falling victim to fraud schemes.” The office only sends text messages to remind residents about scheduled DMV appointments. It does not send text messages regarding driver’s license or vehicle registration

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ST. LOUIS - A former tax preparer was sentenced to five years of probation for preparing over 40 fraudulent tax returns for 13 clients, costing the IRS over $300,000. Attorneys say Shasherse Reed, 53, collected over $10,000 in fake expenses. “Reed made up businesses out of thin air and claimed tens of thousands of dollars [...]

EDWARDSVILLE - From a young age, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Michael Denn, PhD, has loved aviation and rocketry. Denn, instructor in the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Mechatronics Engineering, has taken his passion for and years of expertise in the aerospace industry and propelled them into an impressive pedagogy that has caused many of his students’ learning to soar. A recent accolade for Denn’s persistent and consistent excellent teaching is the 2025 Faculty Award – St. Louis Section from the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Denn was recognized at the AIAA annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 22 at Orlando’s Events Centers in Maryland Heights, Mo. “The Faculty Award recognizes faculty members who has provided outstanding support to an AIAA student branch and individual student members at his/her university or provided outstanding education to

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Does your pin oak look like it’s breaking out in little bumps? Those odd, round growths are called twig galls, and they’re more than just a cosmetic nuisance. In spring, tiny gall wasps—no bigger than a grain of rice—lay their eggs just under the bark of new shoots. As each larva grows, your oak responds by building a hard, knobby shell around it. That shell is the gall. When the wasp finally matures, it chews its way out, leaving a telltale hole—and the cycle begins again on fresh twigs. Twig galls form because your tree is trying to protect itself. The chemical signals from the wasp egg trick the plant into redirecting nutrients and hormones to build the gall. Inside, the larva finds both food and shelter. While a few galls here and there won’t kill your tree, a heavy infestation can sap vital resources from young shoots. Over time, your oak’s new branches will be stunted, uneven, or even die back before they mature. The damage goes beyon

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. changed the federal government’s recommendation for the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, saying healthy children and healthy pregnant people no longer need to get it. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic who had to broker several deals with Republican senators to secure confirmation, didn’t explain […]