ALTON - There was an elephant in the room of the last Alton Committee of the Whole meeting - in fact, there’s been one since May 24, when Alderwoman Betsy Allen proposed several items to be added to the agenda which were never added. Expressing her frustration with the committee seeming unwilling to discuss any of her proposed items, committee members tried to clear up the confusion Monday night before deciding to discuss the items in future meetings. Allen, her fellow aldermen, Mayor David Goins, and the city attorney attempted to clarify a miscommunication that occurred while the city attorney was away. Someone had asked her whether Allen’s proposed items needed to be added to the agenda. The consensus at the time was that they didn’t need to be added because they were items to be discussed, not voted on. However, Allen specifically stated in her initial letter about the items: “To begin discussion, I am requesting these items be placed on the agenda
Ruth’s Chris Steak House — located downtown on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency at the Arch — has re-opened, following a $1 million investment that will make the restaurant better suited to a post-pandemic landscape, officials said.
St. Louis Alderman Michael Browning on Tuesday sought to reassure businesses and residents after two people were killed and one injured in a shooting near The Grove business district.
Eight assistant U.S. attorneys will soon be working alongside city prosecutors to help prosecute some of the city's most serious cases as St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore's administration continues to dig out from the backlog of cases Kim Gardner’s administration left behind.
The group of eight federal prosecutors include some former city prosecutors who worked during Gardner’s administration as well as her predecessor Jennifer Joyce. Some of them also once worked in the St. Louis County…
One of Elon’s big promises when he took over Twitter was that he would get rid of spam bots. So far that’s been a huge fucking failure. That’s from the Wall Street Journal, which has been generally supportive of Musk’s tenure at Twitter. But, the article makes it clear that Musk has totally failed to […]
Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner has announced a new signature guitar in collaboration with Gibson. The Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom is a personalized take on the famed model, complete with…
A former hockey coach at Lindenwood University and youth clubs in the area is accused of sexually abused at least two children, including one on a team he coached, between 2007 and 2021.
ST. LOUIS -- A groundbreaking for a project to help connect more waterways in Forest Park was held Tuesday morning. This project will continue through the 2023 summer. It will restore several features including the Seven Pools waterfall, Round Lake, Bowl Lake and add a pavilion on its shoreline. This is the final phase of [...]
The family-owned company that had long been based locally, moved its headquarters earlier this year from St. Louis to Sparks, Nevada, where this month it opened a new 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
From Contractor: Construction input prices fell 0.6% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices declined 0.5% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 3.7% lower than a year ago. […]
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