This week Forum drone videographer/photographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, captured images of work on the West Port Apartment project at West Port Plaza in Maryland Heights. The owner of West Port Plaza is building 254 apartments at the office and entertainment district, Lodging Hospitality Management — which owns St. Louis Union Station […]
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has teamed up with Epiphone, and the result is a sleek new guitar: the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Axcess in Ruby. “This is a stunning guitar, it’s beautiful and it…
After announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate over the weekend, State Senator Karla May (D-St. Louis) held her first campaign event downtown this afternoon. She used the opportunity to explain exactly why she felt called to run and take a few shots at incumbent Republican Senator Josh Hawley.
On July 11, Hearth & Soul will host Shawket Barwary, the acclaimed bellman of The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, who will sign his new book, The Bellman. Filled with heart-warming stories,
EDWARDSVILLE/GLEN CARBON - “If you knew Matthew, you loved him.” That’s what Matthew Butler’s loved ones want people to know about the former attorney who slept on the steps of the Madison County Courthouse. Butler died on Friday, July 7, after he was hit by a car the week before . Now, his family and friends are hoping to change the way people think about mental illness and homelessness by telling Butler’s story. “The thing about Matthew is that his heart was always good. I mean, his whole life, he was a sweet kid,” Chuck Youchoff said. While Youchoff and Butler were technically cousins, they were only 6 months apart in age and considered each other brothers. Youchoff explained that Butler was raised in a religious home by a single mother in Springfield. Butler rooted for the Cubs and debated baseball with Youchoff, who was a Cardinals fan. They collected baseball cards together. By high school, Butler already stood out for hi
National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.06 trillion. Spending declined on a monthly basis in nine of the 16 nonresidential subcategories. Private nonresidential spending fell 0.3%, while […]
The new startup, McClintock LLC, launched in May 2022 and focuses on providing artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to help agriculture firms with plant breeding. It was founded by CEO Hongjie Guo, who formerly worked as a scientist at Benson Hill.
Two recent storm-related deaths call attention to delayed 911 response times in St. Louis and St. Louis County. Researcher Karishma Furtado shares what data reveals about the region’s overwhelmed emergency response network.
It’s been nearly four years since an Illinois law opened the door for nonbinary residents to mark “X” for gender on state IDs, but the change has yet to occur.
Innovative, resourceful and safety-minded are just a few ways to describe the contractors executing the construction projects selected as finalists for the 2023 Construction Keystone Awards. Finalists include sports and art facilities, medical and research complexes, apartment buildings, commercial projects, road, bridge and dam work, as well as a broad range of rail infrastructure, and […]