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SIBA Cash Grants Support Local Voc/Ed Classes

1 year 5 months ago
The Southern Illinois Builders Association is helping support vocational education efforts in Southern Illinois high schools with cash grants. The eight Metro East schools receiving $500 grants are: Alton, Belleville Township for “The CAVE,” Bunker Hill, Carlyle, Central Community, Highland, Triad and Waterloo. About 90 high schools throughout Southern Illinois were invited to apply for […]
Dede Hance

Centene Foundation, St. Louis Developer Forge Housing Partnership

1 year 5 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  St. Louis-based McCormack Baron Salazar and the Centene Foundation have formed a partnership designed to create thousands of affordable housing units across the nation and in the St. Louis area. The foundation announced Tuesday it will provide below market-rate loans to support McCormack Baron’s pre-development design and planning work. That […]
Kacey Crawley

Side Project Brewery to seek rezoning for adjoining lot on Hazel Avenue

1 year 5 months ago
Maplewood Planning and Zoning in June will consider rezoning an empty lot on Hazel Avenue from single family residential to community business district. Side Project Brewery bought the empty lot in December last year from Dan Lesseg. On the other sides are a residence, and parking for JB Smith Funeral Home. On June 11 at […]
Doug Miner

A Visit to Automate 2024 Reveals the Future Might Be Now

1 year 5 months ago
From The Fabricator:  Those that think the future of automation will come in the shape of a humanoid robot might want to think again. For the foreseeable future, at least in the manufacturing space, automation is likely to look a lot like it does now. While many have in mind a future where robots look […]
Kacey Crawley

Students Pitch Award-Winning Ideas for St. Louis Riverfront

1 year 5 months ago
From Fox News:  A riverfront stadium planned to keep the NFL Rams in St. Louis never came to be, and the land once desired for that venue is largely unused. What should St. Louis do with that land? More than 100 college students recently tackled that concept in presentations through the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s […]
Kacey Crawley

Edwardsville Roundabout Project Moves Forward At Esic Drive, Governor’s Parkway

1 year 5 months ago
From Riverbender:  The Edwardsville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a series of resolutions related to the construction of a new roundabout at the intersection of Governor’s Parkway and Esic Drive. The project will be funded through a combination of federal, state, and local funds. The city was awarded Congestion Mitigation and Air […]
Kacey Crawley

St. Louis-Based Architecture Firm Expands to New Denver Office

1 year 5 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A St. Louis-based architecture firm that has worked on several Colorado projects, including the new Denver Broncos training facility, is doubling its presence in the Mile High City. HOK moved into a 5,500-square-foot office space at 1401 17th St. in LoDo Towers, an expansion from its previous 2,500-square-foot space just […]
Kacey Crawley

Commerce Department Wants More Women in Construction

1 year 5 months ago
From Construction Dive:  The U.S. Department of Commerce is trying to bring more women into the construction workforce, with the help of some familiar names in the industry. Several construction companies signed the Million Women in Construction Community Pledge on Tuesday, following a round table discussion led by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. By signing the pledge, […]
Kacey Crawley

What do those odd pulsing shapes on radar mean?

1 year 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- A viewer recently called the station to ask about a video he saw on TikTok. It intermittently shows some odd shapes in the radar. You may have seen these on-air too. Some content creators on social media are making some wild claims about them. American Meteorological Society certified meteorologist Chris Higgins says [...]
Joe Millitzer

Bar, Distillery, Restaurant and More Under Construction in Cottleville

1 year 5 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  On a recent May afternoon, St. Louis natives Stephen and Emily Savage surveyed their newest acquisition: four and a half grassy acres that are the future home of Cottle Village, a development with a restaurant and bar, whiskey distillery and outdoor stage. A former plant nursery, the Cottleville land is rich […]
Kacey Crawley

Federal Judge Says It’s Time To End The ‘Mistake’ Of Qualified Immunity While Handling A Bogus Murder Charge

1 year 5 months ago
Qualified immunity is a mess. It’s a mess the Supreme Court created and, to date, seems largely unwilling to fix (despite the occasional remand). The theory of QI is this: law enforcement officers (and other government employees) should be granted forgiveness for blowing constitutional calls during rapidly evolving situations potentially involving life and death. And […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: The Award-Winning Luminar Neo Bundle

1 year 5 months ago
Luminar Neo is an easy-to-use photo editing software that empowers photography lovers to express the beauty they imagined using innovative AI-driven tools. Luminar Neo was built from the ground up to be different from previous Luminar editors. It keeps your favorite LuminarAI tools and expands your arsenal with more state-of-the-art technologies and important changes at […]
Gretchen Heckmann