From St. Louis Business Journal: Plans are underway for a new 100,000-square-foot retail development that’s to include the latest location of a St. Louis-based grocery store chain. The newest location of Chesterfield-based Dierbergs Markets is planned for New Town Boulevard in St. Charles, near the Missouri Route 370 interchange. The 73,000-square-foot store will be the […]
From St. Louis Magazine: Following a three-year, $30 million renovation effort, a century-old apartment complex in DeBaliviere Place has a new name, modern amenities, and a high-profile tenant on the way. The Era Collective Apartments recently celebrated its grand opening, showcasing more than 8,000 square feet of updated amenities across four buildings on Union Avenue just north […]
From Bloomberg: On film, mental health facilities designed for children are too often pale and plastic. Think of the linoleum-floored corridors of Girl, Interrupted, the institutional green trim of It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Behavioral clinics for youth are aggressive in their lack (of color, of amenity, of detail), underlining patients’ separation from the outside world […]
Afew weeks ago, the UK’s regional and national daily news titles ran similar front covers, exhorting the government there to “Make it Fair.” The campaign Web site explained: Tech companies use creative content, such as news articles, books, music, film, photography, visual art, and all kinds of creative work, to train their generative AI models. Publishers and […]
From Construction Business Owner: Construction leaders at all levels must be aware of the rising risks of workplace misconduct. Company principals should be prepared to promptly and effectively investigate all circumstances of misconduct in the workplace. This includes incidents both in the office and on jobsites. In today’s increasingly litigious environment, there can be no […]
From Space News: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is preparing to open the doors to its new “NGA West” campus just north of downtown St. Louis in late September, the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort to modernize the agency’s footprint in the Midwest. The $1.7 billion facility — the largest federal investment in St. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Thursday named a U.S. Air Force colonel as the city’s COO, a key position that oversees government functions. Ben Jonsson, who’s been with the Air Force for more than 25 years, will take over from interim COO Robert Herleth on July 7, the mayor’s office announced […]
From Leader Publications: The Festus City Council has approved a deal involving tax abatements for a developer to build an approximately $16 million, 92-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in the Festus Commerce & Business Center on Shapiro Drive next to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. A similar deal was reached between the city and Crown […]
O’FALLON, Ill. — The St. Clair County States Attorney’s Office has charged 18-year-old Julian G. Holloway of O’Fallon with murder following the death of 17-year-old Cadence Eileen Prince on May 18, 2025. The incident occurred in the 300 block of Kyle Road in O’Fallon, where authorities say Holloway allegedly caused the death of his girlfriend, Prince. Holloway is currently held at the St. Clair County Jail awaiting further court proceedings. The O’Fallon Police Department expressed condolences to Prince’s family and community members affected by the loss. O'Fallon Police Director of Public Safety Kirk Brueggeman said the tragedy serves as a reminder of the dangers associated with teen dating violence and domestic abuse, urging families, schools, and community leaders to engage in conversations about healthy relationships and recognizing signs of abuse. The O'Fallon Police Department also provided resources for those experiencing abuse or
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Naloxone, a nasal-spray drug sold under the brand name Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose. It’s given away by community and health groups, and it can be bought without a prescription at stores such as Walgreens, CVS and Amazon. And if you don’t use opioids, or know anyone who does, having […]
From Bloomberg: When Finnish engineer Ari Kurvi takes a hot shower or turns up the thermostat in his apartment, he’s tapping into waste heat generated by a 75-megawatt data center 5 kilometers away. As its computer servers churn through terabytes of digital information to support video calls, car navigation systems and web searches, an elaborate […]
JERSEYVILLE - Musician Mattie Schell will return to the Riverbend region on her Midwest Express tour with Jackson Stokes. From 7–11 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2025, Schell and Stokes will open the free summer concert series Rock the Block at City Center in Jerseyville. Schell recently released her album “Everything Means Nothing,” and she looks forward to sharing new music with the Jerseyville crowd. “Oh man, it’s been such a cool ride,” Schell said. “It’s called ‘Everything Means Nothing,’ but it means everything to me that I can have that out.” A Jerseyville native, Schell is looking forward to taking her music on the road with Stokes starting next week. They will travel throughout the Midwest on the Midwest Express Tour, with stops in Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The Rock the Block concert is part of the tour. Schell explained that each show will feature an hour of her original music, followed by an
From The Conversation: In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. government embarked on a radical experiment: It quietly became the nation’s largest housing developer, designing and constructing more than 80 new communities across 26 states in just two years. These weren’t hastily erected barracks or rows of identical homes. They were thoughtfully designed […]
From St. Louis Magazine: Following the devastating storms that caused damage across the St. Louis area on the afternoon on May 16, City Foundry has announced that the first of its new series of Live Art Markets at the 15-acre Midtown site will be dedicated to providing relief to affected communities. Tornado Relief Night, scheduled for May 21 from 5:30 – […]
Anger continued to mount on Tuesday. City officials railed against Spencer. Families of those killed in the tornado said they believed the sirens could have saved lives.
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From The Telegraph: McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS), a development company based in St. Louis, has a large impact in the Metro-East area. Its first project in the Metro-East was in St. Louis, converting the Washington Hotel, originally built in 1903, to Washington Apartments, which still stand. This project started in 1979 under the Section 8 program […]
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