In October, Robert Plant performed the Led Zeppelin classic “Stairway to Heaven” for the first time in 16 years at a charity event in Oxfordshire, England, and it sounds like it was quite an experience for…
ST. LOUIS - Fans hoping to see Taylor Swift show up at the parade in Kansas City to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce will be disappointed. The pop-star just landed in Australia, according to a TMZ report. She got in around midnight, local time. The Super Bowl parade to honor the Kansas City Chiefs [...]
It never ends. We just wrote about Ohio having its “parental consent/age verification” bill tossed out as unconstitutional, and pointed out that it is the latest in a long series of similar bills being declared unconstitutional. The internet/kid bills are a bipartisan mess, as legislatures dominated by both parties have passed similar bills, and all […]
Have you struggled to find the right mentor or are you just looking for a guiding hand to get you through the next phase of your career? The St. Louis Business Journal is again putting together its annual Mentoring Monday event with some of the region's highest-achieving women leaders.
You'll get the chance to meet the perfect mentor during our in-person event with nearly 50 mentors in attendance at Third Degree Glass Factory on Monday, Feb. 26, at 8 a.m.
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Creve Coeur-based food technology firm Benson Hill has divested its soy processing business in Creston, Iowa, while also paying off some debt and naming a new chief financial officer.
COLLINSVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss the study for the proposed improvements on U.S. 40 from Formosa Road to Bethany Drive in Madison County. The meeting will be held: Wednesday, March 6 4-7 p.m. CA Henning School 520 U.S. 40, Troy IDOT, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, has initiated the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Study of U.S. 40. This section of U.S. 40 is located in the city of Troy as well as unincorporated Madison County. The Phase 1 study will look at options to address traffic capacity and mobility through the study area. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce the project and obtain public input. Handouts and display boards will be available for public review, as well as information regarding engineering, land acquisition and environmental processes. Representatives from IDOT and the project consultant, Volkert, Inc., will be available to discuss the project
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EDWARDSVILLE - On Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, Kellsie’s Hope Foundation will host their eighth and final Bad to the Bone Party for a Cure. Starting at 5 p.m. at the Edwardsville Moose Lodge, attendees can enjoy a silent auction, raffles, a catered meal from Fire and Smoke and music by City Heat. All proceeds benefit osteosarcoma research through Kellsie’s Hope Foundation, an organization that funds trips and gifts for children with cancer. “We’re just having a party,” explained Dawn Merkel, who organizes the event. “It’s very important to us because we lost our son to osteosarcoma in December of 2015. And he, like most kids do, he loved having a good time and he loved food and loved to be around friends and family. So this is our way to celebrate him and do what he really loved to do. It just makes everybody feel good. It’s a night just for Sam.” Merkel started the Bad to the Bone Party for a Cure in honor of her son. Eight year
Ownership is transitioning back to the president of the firm, which will now operate under a new name and is searching for a new headquarters somewhere with the city of St. Louis or St. Louis County.
As has become common this winter, another day of highs well above average is in store Wednesday. A closer look at exactly how far above average it's been.
EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Central Committee overwhelmingly passed a resolution last week that denounced anonymous mailers. The resolution read, in part, “….disclaimer laws (which are in effect in all 50 states), are intended to foster transparency and accountability in the political process and provide voters with accurate and useful information about who is behind the political advertising…” Ray Wesley, the Madison County Republican Chairman, is echoing the Central Committee’s resolution, and urging Republican voters to beware of some of the campaign materials they may be receiving. “It is at the core of the Republican ethos to promote accountable, lawful elections,” said Wesley. “Therefore it is very concerning that there have been some reported instances recently where anonymous mailings have been sent to Republican voters in support of (or attacking) certain Republican primary candidates, with no group or person taking responsibility