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Discount grocer Aldi said Thursday it plans to open 800 more U.S. stores through 2028, including in the Midwest.

From Construction Dive:  Infrastructure builders must shift their thinking as environmental pressures increase and generational needs change, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ new President Marsia Geldert-Murphey. She takes the reins at the country’s oldest engineering trade group amid an upswell in federal infrastructure funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as […]

From Riverbender.com:  New Route 66 experiences will be added along the Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in Illinois with the announcement of over $850,000 in grants from the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau in partnership with the Illinois Office of Tourism and the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity. The grants will fund […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The need to attract and retain employees has led construction giant Clayco to roll out a two-part program to help speed up repayment of workers’ student loans. Last fall, there was some buzz from Clayco’s workforce about the end of the Covid-19 loan forbearance, and some employees approached leadership to […]

From JLC:  Q. Can an intense fire damage a poured concrete or slab foundation? A. Peter Marxhausen, a forensic structural engineer and civil engineering instructor at the University of Colorado Denver and author of “Engineering Evaluation of Fire Damage to Concrete Foundations” (Structure, August 2014), responds: Yes, an intense wildfire or structural fire can cause […]

On Cherokee Street, we’re here for women every day—but are excited to highlight the contribution that women and femmes have made to making our Community Improvement District the thriving St. Louis dining destination, shopping street, and art mecca it is today. Want to show your support for Women’s History Month in St. Louis? Look no […]

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From West News Magazine:  The Chesterfield Family YMCA has requested an amendment to the existing planned commercial district for a 5.6-acre tract of land located at 16464 Burkhardt Place. The Chesterfield City Council took a first reading of the proposed zoning ordinance on March 4. The ordinance would require the hours at the new facility […]

A former Tennessee volleyball player who lost both of her legs in a crash while visiting St. Louis took the stand to testify against the man accused of causing the crash.

I’m super excited to announce our brand new podcast, created in partnership with Ben Whitelaw, who runs the brilliant Everything in Moderation newsletter: Ctrl-Alt-Speech. It’s a weekly news podcast that Ben and I will be co-hosting, exploring what’s happening in the world of online speech. It will cover issues related to trust & safety, content […]

Charles Gragg Jr. is no stranger to schoolyard bullying. Now, decades after his school years, he’s speaking out about his younger brother, Missouri Representative Jamie Gragg (R-Ozark), and the way he’s bullying Missouri teachers and trans students alike.  Gragg introduced a bill last week that would label teachers as sex offenders if they support transgender students by using the name and pronouns that align with their identity.

Jack Maritz was working at Delta Extraction, a marijuana manufacturing facility in Robertsville, in February 2023 when the company’s regular state compliance officer stopped by unannounced. The officer, Heather Bilyeu, wanted to make sure Delta had “accurate counts” in the state’s tracking database of how much THC distillate, or concentrated THC oil, they had in the building. “We weighed every jar of distillate that we had together,” Maritz, the manager of the facility and part owner, said in a hearing Wednesday.

Salt + Smoke, which last Friday opened its fifth location in Ellisville, has signed a lease for its sixth location.

NorthSide strongly opposed the move, passed unanimously last month by aldermen, and indicated it could sue.

Florissant, Midwest Recycling Host Electronics Recycling Day April 6 Mayor Timothy Lowery has announced the City of Florissant along with Midwest Recycling Center (MRC) will host an electronics recycling collection event on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until trucks reach their capacity) in St. Ferdinand Park … rain or shine. […]

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Wolfgang Van Halen has responded to David Lee Roth's multiple shots at him, telling Billboard, "I'm honored he thinks about me as much as he does, I guess."As previously reported,…

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The deadline to submit a nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2024 Business of Pride Awards, now in its fourth year, is just one week away. Recognize and celebrate outstanding LGBTQIA+ business leaders and companies that are advocating for inclusion and equality. Submit your nomination before the March 14 deadline here. In addition, the Business Journal again hopes to recognize those who are not members of the LGBTQIA+ community, but allies leading their teams with an inclusive lens that…

Lawyers for Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose have filed a response to a lawsuit filed in November by former Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila Kennedy, who claimed that back in 1989,…

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Take part in the celebration by attending International Women's Day events or supporting these local women-owned businesses.