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Chesterfield Sports Complex Celebrates Grand Opening

2 years 5 months ago
Chesterfield Sports Association (CSA) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the new Chesterfield Sports Complex, the largest indoor volleyball and basketball complex in the region. The state-of-the-art facility, located at 150 N Eatherton Road in the Chesterfield Valley area of St. Louis County, is anticipated to attract an estimated 900,000 visitors […]
Dede Hance

Trump hit with 34 felony counts of falsifying New York state business records

2 years 5 months ago

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 New York state felony offenses related to what prosecutors say were hush money payments to an adult film star. In a brief but historic appearance in a Manhattan trial court, Trump, the first former president to face criminal prosecution, learned he was charged with falsifying […]

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Jacob Fischler

Holland Construction Services Unveils New Missouri Office in City of St. Louis Amid Significant Regional and Company Growth

2 years 5 months ago
Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Services, one of the top construction companies in the St. Louis area, is opening a regional office in Missouri to support the company’s continued state-wide growth and employee recruitment efforts. Offering full-service construction management, general contracting, and design / build services, Holland’s new 6,500 square foot Missouri office is located in […]
Dede Hance

Public Comment Sought On Proposed Improvements For Joe Page Bridge Over Illinois River

2 years 5 months ago
HARDIN – The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public informational meeting to discuss the study for the proposed rehabilitation or replacement of the Illinois 16/100 bridge over the Illinois River (Joe Page Bridge). The meeting will be held: Thursday, April 20 5-8 p.m. Calhoun High School 102 Calhoun Ave., Hardin IDOT, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, has initiated the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Study of the Joe Page Bridge, which carries Illinois 16/100 over the Illinois River to connect Calhoun and Greene counties. The Phase I study will look at options for the rehabilitation or replacement of the existing bridge. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce the project and obtain input. Handouts and display boards will be available for public review, as will information regarding engineering, land acquisition and environmental issues. Representatives from IDOT and the project consultant, Hanson Professional

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KNOWiNK Tripling the Size of HQ in Move to Creve Coeur

2 years 5 months ago
St. Louis-based election technology firm, KNOWiNK, known for its flagship product Poll Pad®, is tripling the size of its office in a new headquarters in Creve Coeur, Mo. The new 16,000-square-foot office has debuted with the renovation of the former American Heart Association building at 460 North Lindbergh Boulevard. It is designed to support KNOWiNK’s […]
Dede Hance

The real reasons long trains keep derailing

2 years 5 months ago
Trains are getting longer. Railroads are getting richer. But these “monster trains” are jumping off of tracks across America and regulators are doing little to curb the risk.
ProPublica

Jerseyville Public Library Embarks On Expansion Project

2 years 5 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Expansion is, at long last, on the horizon for the Jerseyville Public Library thanks to the generosity of the City of Jerseyville. The Board of Trustees began work on their vision for expansion of the library facilities by exploring grant opportunities as far back as 2010. In 2012, the Library’s architects quoted an amount which would be sufficient for the expansion plans and that amount was requested via a grant through the Illinois State Library. After seven years of applying, the library was finally awarded the grant in 2020. Also notable about that particular year was the onset of the COVID Pandemic. Due to the pandemic’s far-reaching impact on the economy, particularly construction costs, supply chain issues, etc., the grant amount became insufficient to see the expansion through as it was originally envisioned. The Board of Trustees began trimming away at those initial plans and eventually came up with a project that would maintain the integrity of the

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‘There is nothing that I would change about being trans’: One family’s story of gender affirming care

2 years 5 months ago
What is gender affirming care? As officials and lawmakers seek to restrict it in Missouri, often lost is an explanation of what it entails. STLPR health reporter Sarah Fentem discusses her latest reporting on the facts behind gender affirming care. Susan Halla and her 22-year-old son Joey Borrelli share their experience obtaining gender affirming care at Washington University’s gender clinic — and react to accusations against the clinic by former case manager Jaime Reed.

Techdirt Podcast Episode 349: Link Taxes Are Bad, Canada Edition

2 years 5 months ago
Legacy media operations really, really want tech companies that send them traffic to pay them as well. From Rupert Murdoch’s link tax in Australia to the very bad JCPA in America, these requirements are nonsensical and run directly counter to the core functioning of the internet. Currently, one of the biggest pushes for such a […]
Leigh Beadon