From Labor Tribune: The steelworkers of Granite City have a new union leader at a time when their entire future seems to be in the balance. Craig McKey was sworn in as the new president of United Steelworkers Local 1899 on June 6 at the Labor Temple in Granite City, along with returning and newly […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Forrest Miller is the sort of guy who can turn a simple idea into something substantial. When he was a young man playing in a band, he found his calling. Miller grew up on the south side of St. Louis, near Cleveland High School. He played the accordion, then the drums. […]
Rush has paid tribute to their late producer Peter Collins, who passed away recently at the age of 73.Collins produced four Rush albums: 1985’s Power Windows, 1987’s Hold Your Fire,…
From WSJ: Lumber prices have tumbled into building season, a sign that residential construction and home-improvement markets are buckling under high borrowing costs. The price of two-by-fours, which skyrocketed during the pandemic, is a reliable leading indicator for the housing market. Lately it is flashing caution. Lumber futures shed 3% Friday to end at $452.50 […]
From UMSL: This week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed the state’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which includes more than $36 million in capital funding for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The budget calls for $15 million in capital funding to support the launch of the university’s new School of Engineering, as well as $20 million […]
From Construction Dive: The way big construction projects get done continues to evolve. Public projects used to happen via traditional design-bid-build, but today, many states and jurisdictions increasingly allow a range of delivery methods, such as construction manager at risk. That flexibility brings benefits — and potential perils — for contractors. Unlike in traditional design-bid-build, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri American Water is investing $360 million this year to upgrade the water treatment and distribution systems that serve most of St. Louis County and parts of St. Charles County. Much of the treatment equipment and pipes date back to the early and mid-1900s and are being replaced to enhance […]
From The Intelligencer: The construction is part of a $44.9 million complete construction in Phase 1 of the project. Phase 2, the renovation, is slated to cost $49.6 million All construction in the new building is on track to be done by June 2025, which is two months before the centennial celebration of the original […]
From NPR: Ameren has officially taken ownership of its largest solar facility yet. The project near Beardstown, Illinois, is one of three big solar projects the company is adding in 2024. The Cass County Renewable Energy Center will come online later this year and produce 150 megawatts of power, enough to power about 27,500 homes […]
From The Intelligencer: A local attorney and developer seeks to revamp a chunk of Edwardsville’s downtown transition district. Chris Byron with Byron, Carlson Petri & Kalb, LLC, is planning to create Buchanan Street Plaza II that would be bordered by Buchanan, East Park, South Kansas, and East Schwarz streets. Developers plan to spend $7.5 million […]
Shaboozey will headline the last night of the Illinois State Fair it was announced Tuesday. Shaboozey's hit "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" is one of the hottest songs of the summer so it's only fitting that he closes out the state fair. Tickets for his show will go on sale Saturday July 6 at 10 a.m. [...]
Police broke up groups of teens firing gel blasters at each other in Downtown St. Louis Monday night. The incident happened at 6th Street and Locust at around 9:15 p.m. One of the teens had several Roman candles on them.
Japanese people have used silk to create items of clothing and decorative works of art for hundreds of years, ever since the cultivation of silkworms was introduced to Japan from […]
Dallas-based artist Tamara Johnson is known for her witty, hypernaturalistic sculptures depicting ubiquitous household objects, from colanders, hair clips and garden hoses to an array of buffet treats, brought together […]
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