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Northwest Sports Complex to Replace Porta-Potties With New Restrooms

1 year 4 months ago
From Leader Publications:  Jefferson County Parks and Recreation’s Northwest Sports Complex in House Springs will have new restroom facilities this fall. The facilities will replace the old ones, which were demolished after juveniles set off explosives in the building last July. Integra Inc. in St. Charles will construct the new restrooms for $344,700, Director Tim […]
Kacey Crawley

Affordable High Performance?

1 year 4 months ago
From Offsite Builder:  A promising small-home modular pilot, ZeMod Delaware, has encountered some financial challenges with meeting its energy savings and home price goals, but the staff believe they can eventually reach those goals. In fact, they hope to expand the program and continue it with new funding. The program is a collaborative project and […]
Kacey Crawley

Only a Fraction of Money Sought for Cahokia Heights Has Been Spent

1 year 4 months ago
From NPR:  To date, only 4% of the money sought for projects to help the city of Cahokia Heights address its flooding and sewage crisis has been spent, according to comprehensive project and funding information released by the Environmental Protection Agency this week. EPA Metro East coordinator Beth Murphy has spent the last several months […]
Kacey Crawley

Edwardsville Solar Farm Nears Completion

1 year 4 months ago
From The Intelligencer:  Nexamp is doubling down on solar power in Edwardsville. The company erected one solar array in Edwardsville earlier this decade that generates 2.8 megawatts DC, covers about 10 acres and came online in July 2021. It’s located on the northern fringe of the city, north of New Poag Road and near the […]
Kacey Crawley

American Institute of Architects CEO Accused of Misconduct

1 year 4 months ago
From Bloomberg:  Twenty-two past presidents of the American Institute of Architects signed a letter raising claims of misconduct against the organization’s current leadership, including concerns about misspending, nepotism and retaliation in the workplace. The letter is one of a series of communications from professional architect groups, including state and local AIA chapters, charging that the […]
Kacey Crawley

This Will Certainly End Well: Retailers Are Equipping Employees With Body Cameras To Limit Theft

1 year 4 months ago
Retailers have increased their reliance on cameras over the years to cut down on retail theft. In more recent years, they’ve been adding more tech to their surveillance arsenal, including automatic plate readers in their parking lots and facial recognition capabilities to their existing CCTV networks. And yet, the nation is inundated with (mostly anomalous […]
Tim Cushing

Missouri ranks 4th in the country for flooding events

1 year 4 months ago
Missouri experienced 259 floods in 2023, ranking it as the 4th highest state in the country to experience flooding, according to a LendingTree Insurance study, with Illinois ranking 17th with 128 flood events in 2023.
Kamy Smelser

'Feral swine bomb' impacts Missouri and 35 other states

1 year 4 months ago
Feral swine are causing significant destruction to crops and attacking humans in Florida and across the US, resulting in $1.5 billion in annual economic damage and posing risks to humans, pets, livestock, and other wildlife.
Xavier Walton

Hunter Biden guilty on all 3 felony gun charges

1 year 4 months ago
A jury of 12 Delaware residents found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal gun charges Tuesday, marking the first criminal conviction of a sitting president’s child. President Biden’s son was convicted after roughly three hours of deliberation of three felony counts alleging he lied about his use of illicit drugs when obtaining a gun in [...]
Ella Lee