From Construction Dive: Amid concerns of a data center slowdown or even a bubble, contractors on the ground are still buried in early-stage activity and navigating more project complexity than ever. Investment has poured into creating new massive data centers in 2025. The sector accounted for more than 70% of the increase in private nonresidential […]
JERSEY - Jersey Community High School’s Marching 100 Band is concluding its fundraising campaign for new uniforms and equipment on Monday, June 23, 2025, after receiving strong community support and donations totaling $18,524.72, which included an $8,000 matching donation. The campaign, led by the JCHS Band Boosters, aimed to raise funds to replace worn uniforms and purchase new instruments for the band’s approximately 90 students, including freshmen through seniors, color guard members, and several other ensembles such as concert, symphonic, and jazz bands. The band is also preparing for a trip to Disney next year. Band director Erin Bittles has earned acclaim for the Marching 100's presentation, which has much innovation involved. Sheri McDuffie, president of the Band Boosters, said the campaign has exceeded expectations. “It has just been tremendous community support and beyond it. We never imagined getting this much support,” McDuffie said. The group set
ST. LOUIS - Locals celebrated the sixth annual Juneteenth festival in downtown St. Louis on Thursday. "When we found out what Juneteenth was and why Juneteenth was significant, we took on a challenge six years ago to make sure that we talk about why it is important to talk about our freedom, to talk about [...]
BETHALTO - The Village of Bethalto and Bethalto Spirit will host their Music in the Park series at 7 p.m. every Thursday this summer through August. Community members are invited to Bethalto Central Park to hear a variety of music every Thursday night until Aug. 21, 2025. Trella, with the Bethalto Spirit nonprofit, explained that Music in the Park started in the 1980s, but “kind of just fizzled out” until she and a friend revived it three years ago. “It’s just grown a little bit every year,” Trella said. “This is the third year, I believe, that I’ve done it, and that has been my goal, to just make it a little better every year.” When Trella and Bethalto Spirit first started talking about restarting Music in the Park, they knew they needed to fundraise. They held a few yard sales to raise money, and Trella’s friend hid the money under her mattress until the time came to pay the bands. These days, Bethalto Spirit has “ver
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The American Red Cross has consolidated some of its shelters after finding success with people getting permanent housing after the May 16 tornado. More progress is expected now with FEMA money starting to go out to residents. "When the tornado came, it's like it picked our building up and slammed it [...]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — An adult male bicyclist was fatally struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon, June 19, 2025, in the 9900 block of Big Bend Boulevard near Grant’s Trail, St. Louis County Police said. Officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct responded at 12:27 p.m.Thursday to a report of a motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival, they found the bicyclist with life-threatening injuries. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died, according to the St. Louis County Police Department Bureau of Crimes Against Persons and Accident Reconstruction detectives. The investigation remains ongoing. Authorities ask anyone with information about the incident to contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210. Additional details will be released as they become available.
Tony La Russa, the winningest manager in St. Louis Cardinals history, continues to honor the team's rich legacy while supporting causes close to his heart.
The Board of Directors at Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) has named lifelong public servant Mark Perkins as CEO to lead the public agency. Perkins, who has been the city administrator for Creve Coeur, Missouri, since 1999, will join the GRG team on August 4. He will be the third leader of the agency, which was […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Wentzville has hired Navigate Building Solutions LLC to serve as construction manager for the city’s new public safety center project at a cost of $686,639. The Wentzville Police Department currently operates out of its facility at 1019 Schroeder Creek Blvd., which has been in use for 20 years. To meet the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pressing him on his recent reckless decisions to slash funding for critical vaccine development. In May, the Trump Administration announced that it would cut off millions of dollars that the federal government had committed to the development of the critical bird flu vaccine, and HHS abruptly ended an over-$250 million program to develop an AIDS vaccine. “This is a grievous mistake that threatens to leave the country unprepared for what experts fear might be the next pandemic – and there appears to be no rationale for this decision other than your ill-informed and dangerous war on vaccines,” wrote the Senators. In January, HHS championed the development of new vaccines to make sure "Americans have the tools they need to stay safe.” Now, the RFK Jr.-led HHS is ripping those tools
From West Newsmagazine: Chesterfield Cares and The Staenberg Group (TSG) are hosting a relief drive for those affected by the recent tornadoes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21. The drive will take place at The District in Chesterfield, 17089 North Outer 40 Road, where residents can drop off essential […]
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon Police have charged a Fenton, Mo., man in a domestic battery case involving an elderly victim. David M. Pace, 46, was charged on June 9, 2025, with a Class 3 felony count of aggravated battery and one count each of domestic battery and violation of pretrial release, both Class A misdemeanors. On June 8, 2025, Pace allegedly threw an object which shattered, causing bodily harm to a 65-year-old victim. Pace was charged with violating the conditions of his pretrial release from a domestic violence case filed earlier this year, as he contacted the protected party and was present at the protected residence. The state’s petition to deny Pace’s pretrial release in this latest case states Pace “began damaging property around the residence” before throwing the object, which struck the victim in the face and shattered. After being placed under arrest, Pace reportedly admitted to throwing the object. The petition notes that at the time
From Construction Dive: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is laying the groundwork for a major expansion in St. Louis, according to a June 5 news release. The Arlington, Virginia-based company tapped Jacobs to deliver design, engineering and environmental services for a 1.1-million-square-foot build-out. The project includes new advanced assembly facilities and a post-assembly operations center, according to […]
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