From St. Louis Business Journal: Midtown developer Jassen Johnson is wrapping a $7 million project that adds 45 apartments and several restaurants to the neighborhood. Construction on the project, called Oakland, is in its final stages, with residents expected to begin moving into the apartments in October. The development has involved renovating the 42,000-square-foot building […]
ALTON - The Alton Expo will take place at the Alton Amphitheater from Thursday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 8. It will feature live entertainment, rides, games, and fair food. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said: "The Alton Expo is a family-friendly event. Safety and security of the event are always a top priority. The Alton Police Department will have a large police presence at the event as well as private security used at all events at the amphitheater. "Last year, we implemented an additional security protocol for the event. Specifically, anyone 17 years of age and under needed to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian while at the Alton Expo. Those who were not accompanied by a parental figure would have been asked to leave until they could return with one, but no such instances occurred. "This measure helped lead to a great event that was safe for all. Based on the success last year, the positive feedback received about the safety measure, and our desire to provide
From Construction Dive: In fiscal year 2023, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division secured over $35.5 million in back wages for nearly 18,000 construction employees — more funds than from any other U.S. industry. Wage theft can come in many forms, such as not paying overtime, not paying union or pension dues or misclassifying […]
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From West Newsmagazine: In early spring of 2024, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began construction on a roundabout at Route CC (Wild Horse Creek Road) and Hwy. 109. Construction has hit a lull at the moment. Ryan Pearcy, the area engineer for MoDOT West County, said most of the prep work for the first […]
Food Network star and self-proclaimed “Flavortown” mayor Guy Fieri has crisscrossed the country for nearly two decades through his iconic show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges on suspect Patrick Johnson, 70 years of age, of the 800 block of Mclaran, St Louis, MO 63147, for Assault First Degree or Attempt and Armed Criminal Action. A booking photo of Johnson is attached. Johnson is being held without bond. The probable cause statement reads: The victim was discovered face down on his front porch with a lot of blood surrounding him. There was blood splatter on the walls and ceiling of the porch. The victim was determined to suffer a skull fracture and a traumatic brain injury. The day after the victim's injuries were sustained, the defendant, the victim's roommate, was observed cleaning blood from the home. Furthermore, the defendant's cane was broken into two pieces and was found to have blood on it. The victim identified the defendant as the person that beat him with a stick-like object after an argument. St. Louis County Police Department
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded, in Anderson v. TikTok, that algorithmic recommendations aren’t protected by Section 230. Because they’re the platforms’ First Amendment-protected expression, the court reasoned, algorithms are the platforms’ “own first-party speech,” and thus fall outside Section 230’s liability shield for the publication of third-party speech. […]
BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. — Bianca Quintana was just taking a walk in the early morning dark near her mother’s house on South Coors Boulevard. There, the city streets of Albuquerque give way to feed stores and irrigation ditches, and the sounds of chickens and crickets mingle with high-speed traffic noise. Quintana, a 31-year-old mother of […]
Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen has shared a clip of a previously unreleased song he wrote with his late brother, Eddie Van Halen. The rocker just shared a snippet of the…
OAKVILLE, Mo. -- A vehicle fire on Interstate 55 has closed lanes of traffic for over an hour Tuesday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that the multi-vehicle collision happened in the northbound lanes, just south of the Meramec Bottom Road overpass. There is a significant traffic backup in the area. One vehicle was fully [...]
ALTON - Les Rubin, founder and CEO of Main Street Economics , appeared on Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to debunk some recently raised economic myths while exploring the root causes of inflation and more. While Rubin said much of Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s economic policies remain vague, he did note her focus on lowering housing and grocery costs, but denied her claims of “price gouging” by grocery stores. “I’m not sure what she means by that because there’s really no evidence that the Fed has found that that’s happening,” Rubin said of price gouging. “If she’s talking about fixing prices, of course, that’s debunked by virtually everybody from all sides. That has never worked and will never work, all it does is create shortages and black markets - it doesn’t solve the problem.” Rubin sees Harris’s current platform as full of “populist ideas” which,
A U.S. District Court judge last month struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban a large swath of companies from using noncompete agreements. A Clayton-based attorney discusses the implications of that ruling.
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