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City Water Division Issues RFPs for Services

1 month 4 weeks ago

The City of St. Louis Water Division has issued RFPs for a variety of services: Mechanical Systems Service Contract The City operates two water treatment plants, an administrative building, a pipeyard facility, two reservoir facilities and a number of remote valve sites which may require service. There is no available equipment list due to the […]

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Tom Finan

OSF St. Anthony's Hospital Receives Highest National Honor for Nursing Excellence

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ALTON - OSF St. Anthony’s has received the highest national honor for nursing excellence, placing them within the top 8% of hospitals in the U.S. The hospital was awarded Magnet Designation with Distinction. St. Anthony’s went above the benchmark for nursing excellence in 14 categories, putting them into the “with Distinction” category, which is even more exclusive. “We went well above, and we’re really raising the bar,” explained Charlotte R. Liley, DNP, CNL, Director of Professional Practice and Nursing Operations. “We couldn't do this without all of the nursing staff being on board and being involved in the care of their patients and everything we have to do.” Liley credits the hospital’s “professional practice model” and “transformational leadership” as two reasons why they achieved this status. She emphasized that none of this would be possible without the hard work of the nurses on

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Real Estate “Vultures” Followed Tornado Destruction

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From St. Louis Business Journal: When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and home made it through unscathed. When he turned […]

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Dede Hance

St. Louis plans $12M for debris removal, housing after tornado

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These funds will be used to provide dumpsters for nonprofits and community groups; consulting services; recovery officer staffing; and repairs to make hundreds of affordable, public, and nonprofit vacancies immediately available for tornado victims in need of shelter.
Taylor Harris

Chesterfield YMCA Celebrates $9.2M Renovation

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From West Newsmagazine: Community members gathered recently at the Chesterfield YMCA to celebrate a $9.2 million renovation that reimagines the nearly 60-year-old facility for a growing and changing community. The project is part of the Gateway Region YMCA’s five-year capital campaign. “The city of Chesterfield continues to experience exciting and explosive growth and development, especially […]

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Dede Hance

Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit

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When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court’s lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up with trying to parse the Supreme Court’s “vibes-based jurisprudence” from its unexplained shadow docket rulings. First, we […]
Mike Masnick

New Development Proposed for Historic Westland Acres Community

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From West Newsmagazine: Doris Frazier, 94, has been fighting to see the Westland Acres community developed for decades. After years of denials, another developer has come forward to try to make that happen. Sterling Engineering, on behalf of Provision Land Development LLC, submitted a request to rezone a 56.31-acre tract of land north of Strecker […]

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Dede Hance

Jefferson Arms Developer Eyes Another Downtown St. Louis Building

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The developer behind the revamp of Jefferson Arms is eyeing the acquisition of another downtown property. An affiliate of Alterra Worldwide has the Syndicate Trust building, at 10th and Olive streets, under contract to buy, the company confirmed this week. The deal is expected to close by the end of the […]

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Dede Hance

Detectives Working to Identify Carjackers

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District 4 Detectives need your help identifying the suspects connected to a carjacking. The carjacking occurred on August 11, 2025, just after 4.am. in the 3600 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The individuals walked up to the victim and demanded his property. The suspects arrived in a red Jeep Patriot that was […]

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Mitch McCoy

JeffCo County Council Approves Police Training Facility Partnership

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From Leader Publications: The Jefferson County Council voted unanimously Monday night to join a regional partnership to build a $50 million law enforcement training facility in St. Louis County. Two council members, Brian Haskins (District 1, High Ridge) and Scott Seek (District 5, Festus), changed their minds and voted for the partnership after voting against […]

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Dede Hance