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Paw Paw Towing organized the procession, which was the company Wade Bivins worked for since April of this year. The company says it's like "losing a family member."

A state senator will not be running for re-election next year because she has been chosen to lead Missouri's education department.

The latest incident happened Friday night as a woman and her husband were walking across the street.

The man who served as the head of St. Louis Lambert International Airport for more than two decades was laid to rest on Tuesday.

Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recently got into a high-profile dispute with fellow Republican statewide — Attorney General Andrew Bailey. It was over a fiscal note the auditor’s office wrote about several initiative petitions that would legalize abortion. The Missouri Supreme Court sided with Fitzpatrick. In this excerpt of the Politically Speaking podcast with STLPR’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum, Fitzpatrick defends his actions, reflects on one year in office and more.

It will likely open in early February.

Tickets go on sale Monday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore on Tuesday cited statistics he said showed improvement in the prosecutor’s office. When he was appointed to the role in June by Gov. Mike Parson, replacing Kim Gardner, who resigned, the office had: — 6,700 cases that police sent to prosecutors that weren’t even looked at – including rapes, assaults and nine homicides. — 250 pending homicide cases – when there should be about 100 to 150 at any given time. — 25 attorneys – when the office has…

Our friends at National Review point us today to Matthew Dickerson's recent review of the federal government's improper payments rate: The Biden Administration has reported a total of $764 billion in improper payments in just three years The improper payment rate has averaged 5.9 percent during President Biden’s administration. The pre-pandemic historical average was a ...continue reading "Raw data: Improper payments by the US government"

The St. Louis president and CEO said the deal came together "because both firms saw an opportunity to come together from positions of strength; not necessity, but from a strategic vision that both firms had to grow our Midwest presence."

From St. Louis Business Journal:  AltonWorks, which was founded in 2019 as a social impact company designed to help revitalize Alton’s downtown business districts, aspires to transform the city’s riverfront into “the front door” of the nation’s next national park. But don’t expect it to happen anytime soon; receiving national park status is a years-long […]

From Construction Dive:  Sam’s Club announced Thursday plans to open two new distribution centers outside of St. Louis and Minneapolis early next year. The upcoming St. Louis facility will serve as a distribution and fulfillment center while the facility serving the Minneapolis area will be a multi-purpose center. Sam’s Club now has three distribution centers planned […]

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]

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From RiverBender:  The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Energy has announced $2,909,890 of grant funding available for the development of local strategic energy plans as well as energy efficiency audits and local government building upgrades. Under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG), grant awards ranging from $200,000 to $249,900 will aim […]