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Missouri agency accused of illegally steering contracts to well-connected company
Can Kehoe sell Missouri lawmakers on the rest of his agenda? It includes school choice.
Two school-choice priorities remain on new governor’s to-do list: an open-enrollment plan for public school students, along with $50 million in direct spending for the state’s private school voucher program.
Midtown coffee shop to close this month
Stair Climbing for Clean Air and Healthy Lungs
The American Lung Association’s popular “Fight For Air Climb” event designed for every type of climber – from beginners to... Read More
Man Shot in Dutchtown
District 3 is investigating a shooting that happened on March 23, 2025 in the 2700 block of Keokuk.
The post Man Shot in Dutchtown appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Mark Hall of Smithboro, IL
Mark Hall of Smithboro, IL joined the Real Rock Army today
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School boom: St. Charles County district is area’s fastest-growing. ‘So many more people’
The region's fastest-growing school district is nestled among the endless rows of corn and soybeans in eastern St. Charles County.
Chicken on N. Sarah
Where can I get the best, or any Springfiled style cashew chicken? Iykyk
[STL Assessor's Office] Reassessment Inspection vs. Emailing Photos vs. Skipping? (Property Tax Increase)
Shooting in East St. Louis leaves 1 dead Sunday night
Max Streaming ‘Enshittifies’ Further, Removes Classic Looney Tunes
Now that subscriber growth has slowed, streaming TV giants have taken the predictable turn of making their services shittier and more expensive to deliver Wall Street (impossibly) unlimited quarterly revenue growth. That means higher prices, annoying new surcharges, greater restrictions, more layoffs, more cut corners, worse customer service, more limited catalogs, lower quality engagement-bait content, and […]
Leader in People-Focused Management Joins Guarantee as First “Chief People Officer”
Sarah Hannah, the former managing partner of a national consultancy premised on people-focused management, has joined Guarantee Electrical Company (GECO), a 100% employee-owned organization, as its first-ever Chief People Officer. Hannah will spearhead GECO’s comprehensive people strategy and talent development initiatives while strengthening the company’s distinctive employee-ownership culture. Hannah brings more than two decades of […]
Missouri agency accused of illegally steering contracts to well-connected St. Louis company
A longtime state employee is accusing Missouri officials in a new lawsuit of subverting competitive bidding laws in order to steer lucrative technology contracts to a well-connected company, then demoting him when he raised red flags.
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Cole County against the Missouri Office of Administration, Rodney Rice alleges “deliberate bias” toward St. Louis-based World Wide Technology in awarding state IT contracts.
World Wide Technology, which is not named as…
Missouri part of 35-state shutdown of money-transfer firm
The California company shirked its duties to have adequate cash and left customers without millions of dollars they were due, regulators say.
Coffee shop to close at City Foundry
Century Coffee Co., the coffee shop located inside City Foundry in Midtown, will close later this month.
Radio host Brian McKenna killed in pedestrian crash
After a celebrated career as a St. Louis sportscaster, Brian McKenna has died at the age of 61.
St. Louis police said McKenna was found Saturday morning at about 1 a.m., after officers responded to a call for a person struck by a car at Hampton Avenue and Nottingham Avenue.
Police said paramedics pronounced McKenna dead at the scene. Officers said the driver remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. The driver was not injured.
"Nobody wants it to be real," long-time friend Jeff…
Historic “Rock Church” Receives Grant for Stained Glass Restoration Project
From St. Louis Review: St. Alphonsus Liguori “Rock” Church Parish has received a $500,000 grant to go toward preserving the church’s 120-plus-year-old stained-glass windows. The parish was one of 30 Black churches across the country — and the only Catholic church — to receive a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation through its […]
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