FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Burlington Stores, Inc. is set to open a new location at 6611 N. Illinois St. at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. This new store is relocating from its previous site at One Plaza Drive. The grand opening will feature a $5,000 check presentation to teachers at William Holliday Elementary School, underscoring the company's commitment to community engagement. In addition, the first 100 customers aged 18 and older on both Friday and Saturday will receive a $10 bonus card to apply toward their purchases. On Sunday, Oct. 20, customers can also receive free Burlington umbrellas, available while supplies last. Michael O’Sullivan, CEO of Burlington Stores, expressed enthusiasm for the expansion in a statement: “We’re continuing to expand our footprint across the country and are excited to be opening a new store in Fairview Heights.” Burlington is a national off-price retailer with more than 1,000 locations nationwide, offering a wide variety
There is a widely believed but totally false claim by Trumpists that the “Biden administration” told Twitter to “censor” the NY Post article about the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop four years ago. Indeed, just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump himself accused the Biden administration of doing as much: Of course, in 2020 Donald […]
From Construction Dive: Construction input prices decreased 0.9% in September due to dips in two of three energy subcategories, according to an analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors. The drop reflects the trend of overall material price stabilization over the past 12 months. Construction input prices are 1.9% lower than a year ago, while nonresidential […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Nearly two decades after buying a two-acre parcel in Wentzville, Central Bank of St. Louis is deploying the asset. The bank is currently constructing its newest branch at 2 Old Williamsburg Parkway at the corner of Wentzville Parkway, marking its fifth in high-growth St. Charles County and 17th in the […]
Chariton County cannot block construction of the Grain Belt Express electric transmission line by refusing permission to cross county roads, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The county can establish rules for how the transmission line crosses its roads, the court ruled as it modified a trial court decision that said the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Global public relations firm FleishmanHillard is leaving its longtime headquarters in downtown St. Louis for smaller offices in Clayton. The agency has spent 70 years downtown and nearly 40 at the St. Louis Place Building at Pine Street and North Broadway, where it has occupied the top four floors as one […]
From Construction Dive: The fourth annual Construction Inclusion Week, a grassroots event conceived by industry leaders to combat hate on jobsites, kicks off Monday, Oct. 14 amid a renewed push to draw workers from a variety of backgrounds into the sector. With 41% of the current construction workforce planning to retire by 2031, creating an […]
ALTON - OSF Moeller Cancer Center ( 2200 Central Ave., Alton) today announced that it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program. The ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards. CoC accreditation is granted to institutions committed to providing high-quality cancer care by demonstrating compliance with the CoC standards. Each cancer program must undergo a rigorous evaluation and review of its performance and compliance with the CoC standards. To maintain accreditation, cancer programs must undergo a site visit every three years. The CoC accreditation standards supply the structure for providing all patients with a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and supportive services either on-site or by referral, including community-based resources. “In the fight against cancer, providing
From St. Louis Business Journal: Workers were busy Monday continuing to prepare the Chesterfield Mall for demolition, which will start Tuesday. As the six-month demolition process kicks off this week, much of what is left behind — including movie theater seats, murals, stray dolls and medical equipment — will be demolished along with the mall. […]
From Leader Publications: Bill Jamison, who heads up the Helping Hands and Horses organization, said he’s happy to again see dirt moving on the organization’s 52-acre site. Jamison, executive director and CEO of the nonprofit therapeutic horseback riding program, began overseeing work to create a veterans park on the organization’s site at 1313 McNutt School […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Six new buildings coming to St. Louis Community College aren’t just for current students, but also for prospective ones. The $450 million STLCC Transformed project to modernize facilities was started after voters passed a bond issue in 2021. First to open this spring are centers for advanced manufacturing and health sciences […]
Joelle Fouse, 57, used the money she could access while working as finance director for Promise Community Homes for trips, clothing, rent and entertainment between 2013 and 2023, charges say.
From Lincoln News Now: Despite the presence of earth-moving machinery and the results of their recent work, ground was “officially” broken at the site of a new 911 Call Center in Troy. While ceremonial in nature, the groundbreaking provided a chance for pictures to be taken with those who made it possible while serving as […]
From Spectrum Local News: A growing number of young people are finding it’s easier to get a job coming out of a skilled trades program than with a bachelor’s degree from a college or university. If you add the fact that the cost of college has doubled since the start of the century — many […]
From Leader Publications: The Jefferson College Board of Trustees recently agreed to spend $153,780 for work on a piece of property on the campus where a burn building for the college’s fire science program will be installed. Board members voted 5-0 Sept. 12 to award the contract to Boyer Building & Design Inc. in De […]
From Construction Dive: Members of Generation Z like me grew up in a world of convenience. We never had to learn how to read a map. We’ve never had to put quarters into our phones to make a call. We created email accounts when we were in elementary school and got cell phones before we […]
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