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The city is turning to recreation centers in an effort to combat gun violence among teenagers in St. Louis.

The 9-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to his kneecap area, police said.

Some more great reporting based on public records has emerged from ProPublica. This one shows how willing cops are to exploit the system they’re supposed to be protecting and upholding. Now former officer Jeffrey Kriv certainly isn’t one of Chicago’s worst cops. There’s simply too much competition, given the PD’s long history of internal corruption […]

David Tomasula has joined Alberici Constructors, Inc. as director, design integration. Tomasula brings expertise in the design-build delivery method with a focus on cost effective building shell design and value engineering. Alberici is one of the largest privately-held companies in St. Louis and one of the nation’s largest construction firms. Alberici reported revenue of $3.1 […]

A family is now mourning the loss of their loved one after an explosion left one man dead at the Olin Corp. Winchester ammunition plant in East Alton on Thursday afternoon.

The man was a convicted felon caught with an AR-15-style rifle in St. Louis after someone allegedly shot at a police officer in Illinois.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and community leaders held a meeting to discuss youth outreach on Thursday.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum will be carrying the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular […]

St. Louis Alderman Shane Cohn will step aside from future hearings on short-term rentals after the FOX Files discovered that Cohn currently has properties available for rent on Airbnb.

Construction Management Partners, LLC (CMP) has hired Luciana Carrillo Barba as Project Engineer. As a member of CMP, her responsibilities will include project management support, construction audit advisory, and diversity program management services. Luciana graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering with a minor in mathematics from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She […]

Highway traffic will be routed all weekend through the exit and entrance ramps at Cave Springs cn the St. Charles-St. Peters border.

The current bid for 50,000 face masks sits at $102.

Complying with an order to certify the fiscal summary on 11 abortion petitions would be an “affirmative irreversible action” that he is entitled to refuse until an appeal is heard, Attorney General Andrew Bailey argued in a court filing Wednesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ordered Bailey on Tuesday to issue the certification to […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  City officials have given developer Lux Living an ultimatum: Stabilize its crumbling buildings on South Kingshighway or the city will bill Lux for the work. The long-vacant row of buildings just south of Interstate 64 has continued to fall into disrepair since St. Louis officials denied Lux Living’s request to demolish […]

On June 6, Missouri’s State Board of Education suspended the teaching license of a Hazelwood preschool teacher. It’s an action that school districts are increasingly seeking: Under a 2016 law, districts are empowered to file for financial penalties as high as $10,000, and to suspend a teacher’s license, if a teacher decides to break their contract. Mark Jones, the communications director of the Missouri National Education Association, says this policy is bad for both teachers and school districts.

An O'Fallon, Missouri, mother is desperately trying to find her 14-year-old son, who she said escaped with two other juveniles from the Missouri Hills Youth Center Tuesday.

Authorities say the victim was identified as 28-year-old Anthony D. O'Harver of Farmington.

Dive into a good beach read this summer with recommendations from two St. Louis librarians, Tammy Albohaire and Maryann Brickey.