From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The 150-year-old Concord Farmers Club will transform into a modern agricultural learning center for students in the Lindbergh School District if voters pass a ballot measure in April. Proposition R would cover $150 million in bonds for the district to renovate the site and make other improvements to schools including secure […]
The underdogs continue to rack up wins in St. Louis Inno Madness. Of the eight companies advancing to the Inno Madness quarterfinal round, six have seeds of No. 25 or higher.
From West Newsmagazine: The Gateway Region YMCA is moving forward on an $8.5 million expansion and renovation of the Chesterfield Family YMCA at 16464 Burkhardt Place. The facility is on land that Executive Director Tim Peters described as sitting in the middle of a cornfield when the Y opened in 1989. Today, however, it is […]
From Bluebeam Blog: The lack of data and insights has long been a challenge for the green building industry. The inability to track the impacts of green construction methods and materials has made it difficult to determine how successful those efforts actually are and demonstrate those benefits to stakeholders. But today, technology is revolutionizing the […]
Black students across the country have the aptitude for careers in science, technology, engineering and math, but they do not pursue them because they are most likely not exposed to the industry, according to a new report.
NASA says that it is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to using our phones to capture the eclipse. Smartphones are valuable devices, and exposing them to direct sunlight during such an event can cause irreversible damage. This caution extends to our eyes as well – staring directly at the sun, even through a phone's camera lens, can lead to serious eye damage.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Aldermen on Tuesday refused to grant tax breaks for a proposed hotel near the Wells Fargo campus in Midtown, likely killing the project. Developer Midas Hospitality boasted plans to spend $126 million building a higher-end hotel at Jefferson Avenue and Market Street. City projections said it would create dozens of new […]
From Riverbender.com: Madison County officials announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that after receiving a new letter from the Salvation Army it will be indefinitely deferring its application of the $2.5 million grant for a proposed 48-bed homeless shelter in Alton while a new location is sought. The non-profit organization sent a letter requesting that […]
Magdalen Pike is founder and executive director of Passback, a nonprofit seeking to “upcycle” used sports equipment, starting with soccer gear. Here's what she plans for the future of the organization.
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Loehrer has a popular Instagram account where he recolors vintage photos of people and places in St. Louis. He works at a history museum and colorizes the photos to change the way people think of St. Louis. He has been doing it since 2019 and each photo takes around four hours [...]
What the fuck is wrong with state lawmakers? It seems that across the country, they cannot help but to introduce the absolute craziest, obviously unconstitutional bullshit, and seem shocked when people suggest the bills are bad. The latest comes from California state Senator Steve Padilla, who recently proposed a ridiculous bill, SB 1228, to end […]
The Rolling Stones are getting their fans hyped up for their upcoming tour. The band is set to kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour in a month, and they just revealed on…
Last Friday evening, scores of artists, academics and community members filed inside the intimate, narrow halls of Webster University’s Hunt Gallery for the unveiling of an art show centered on St. Louis’ tumultuous racial history. Ferguson and Beyond: Artistic Responses to a Decade of Social Upheaval, open now through April 26, is at once a glimpse back in time and a mirror of the present moment. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Ferguson Uprising, the exhibition urges viewers to contemplate the fatal shooting of Michael Brown Jr. by police officer Darren Wilson and the outpouring of protests and social activism that ensued as a result, both locally and around the world.
Authorities on Thursday referred eight more teenagers to family court and recommended they be charged with assault in connection with a March 8 after-school fight that hospitalized one teen girl.
Earlier this week, eight additional juveniles were referred to St. Louis County Family Court for possible charges related to the brutal assault of Kaylee Gain, a beating captured in a viral video that shocked the conscience of the region and beyond. The assault on Gain occurred after school on Friday, March 8. Video of the incident shows Gain and another teenage girl appearing to square off against each other in a residential street near their high school.
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