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Outrage Erupts Over Claimed Watering-Down of 2024 Model Energy Code

2 years 2 months ago
From ENR:  Sustainability advocates are censuring the International Code Council after the ICC’s board of directors removed mandatory provisions relating to building decarbonization readiness from its draft 2024 International Energy Conservation Code, and placed them in the optional appendix. The board action on March 18, motivated by appeals and taken against the recommendations of ICC’s […]
Kacey Crawley

Rawlings Opens Immersive Retail Concept, Completes HQ Move

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Rawlings Sporting Goods on Friday opened The Rawlings Experience, an immersive retail concept that marks a significant step in the completion of the sporting good brand’s move to its new headquarters, as well as in Lodging Hospitality Management’s ongoing effort to breathe renewed life into Westport Plaza. Rawlings’s Chief Marketing […]
Kacey Crawley

Dillard’s to be Included in Redevelopment of Chesterfield Mall

2 years 2 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  It’s official. Dillard’s will be a part of the Chesterfield Mall redevelopment project. The Staenberg Group (TSG) had planned the project around Dillard’s, which had been closed since 2016 due to a flooding issue. However, Dillard’s claimed it intended to reopen the store all along. In 2022 Dillard’s sued the city regarding […]
Kacey Crawley

St. Charles Hostage Situation Began With O’Fallon Man Lying in Wait

2 years 2 months ago
In the moments before Terrence D. Mahone engaged in a two-hour standoff with police in a St. Charles parking garage, he lay in wait in his victim's vehicle. According to court documents filed this morning, Mahone, who is in his early 40s and lives in O’Fallon, Missouri, hid in the back of the car directly behind the driver's seat in a parking garage near several government buildings, including St. Charles’ City Hall and Courthouse. When the unidentified female victim got into her car, she started screaming, presumably upon realizing Mahone was in the vehicle.
Ryan Krull

Construction Jobs Soar by 39,000 in March

2 years 2 months ago
From ENR:  Construction employment jumped in March as the industry added a robust 39,000 jobs during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The figure marked construction’s 12th consecutive monthly increase. Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) officials said difficulties filling positions are making it more more challenging for contractors to take on new […]
Kacey Crawley

Investor in Grove Apartments Claims Green Street Founders Owe Him $2.9M

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A Colorado businessman says he invested in St. Louis developer Green Street’s Union at the Grove apartment project, but hasn’t been paid what he’s owed. Colorado Springs resident Kevin O’Neil said in a lawsuit filed March 25 in St. Louis County Circuit Court that he contributed $2.5 million in exchange […]
Kacey Crawley

Blame Silly Politicians For Google Starting To Block News Sites In California

2 years 2 months ago
That thing is happening again, where politicians are pushing a bad law that will benefit Rupert Murdoch, while harming the public. Rather than blaming Murdoch or the politicians pushing the law, they’re blaming “big tech” for actually responding to the law accordingly. Because that’s easier. But it’s wrong. In this case, it’s California’s terrible attempt […]
Mike Masnick

Wrong-Way Driver Busted in Downtown St. Louis Is 8 Years Old

2 years 2 months ago
An East St. Louis woman is in custody after her eight-year-old was stopped by police driving the wrong way in downtown St. Louis, with his mom passed out in the backseat. Police say that Latonya Mayes-Gale, 28, was driving with her child in the car yesterday, but at some point told her young child to take the wheel. When police stopped the vehicle near 4th and Walnut streets, Mayes-Gale was unconscious in the backseat.
Ryan Krull

Riverfront clean up at the Gateway Arch

2 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- There's a national treasure sitting right along the Mississippi River, and it's beautiful, especially if we keep it clean. The Gateway Arch Park Foundation's Riverfront Clean Up is happening this weekend. Ryan McClure, Executive Director of the Gateway Arch Park Foundation, shows how you can get involved. More information: Archpark.org