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A former hockey coach at Lindenwood University and youth clubs in the area is accused of sexually abused at least two children, including one on a team he coached, between 2007 and 2021.

ST. LOUIS -- A groundbreaking for a project to help connect more waterways in Forest Park was held Tuesday morning. This project will continue through the 2023 summer. It will restore several features including the Seven Pools waterfall, Round Lake, Bowl Lake and add a pavilion on its shoreline. This is the final phase of [...]

The heat index could hit 105 or higher on Thursday and Friday, according to the NWS.

Commuters at the downtown garage have driven around metal shoring for a year. St. Louis officials say a fix is finally coming.

The family-owned company that had long been based locally, moved its headquarters earlier this year from St. Louis to Sparks, Nevada, where this month it opened a new 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.

A former inmate at a Missouri prison says the state’s solitary confinement policy discriminates against individuals with HIV and is unconstitutional.

Kansas City Chiefs fans had just minutes to snag tickets to the team's first game in Germany after they quickly sold out on Ticketmaster.

From Contractor:  Construction input prices fell 0.6% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices declined 0.5% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 3.7% lower than a year ago. […]

Where: North Grand near Fairground Park When: Thursday, June 22 at 12:30 p.m. What: The lowest-effort mural in St. Louis

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Subsidies aimed at kickstarting two big downtown development projects cleared their first hurdle at the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, moving through committee without a single dissenting vote. The bills offering tax breaks to developers looking to revamp the old riverfront industrial area south of the Arch and refill the vacant […]

On the eve of the NHL Draft, the St. Louis Blues have completed their first trade of the 2023 offseason.

A Missouri woman was placed in solitary confinement after being sexually assaulted by a cellmate in 2015 — and was kept there for six years. That's the shocking allegation at the center of a lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court's Western District against Missouri Department of Corrections Director Anne Precythe and 11 staffers at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman identified only as "Jane Roe," who the lawsuit describes as a Black, transgender woman who is HIV-positive.

From Construction Dive:  Dive Brief: Total construction starts continued their 2023 roller coaster ride, jumping 8% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.11 trillion due to strong gains in manufacturing and infrastructure, according to Dodge Construction Network. After an unexpected 68% drop in manufacturing project kickoffs in April dragged down all starts, manufacturing starts more than […]

EDWARDSVILLE – Dorothy McCoy, an entrepreneur and Army veteran from Illinois began her journey with Metro East Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in May 2022. With the guidance and support of the SBDC, she successfully launched her business, Mo’z Sweet Treats. McCoy received guidance from the SBDC about her business registration process, mentorship, guidance on health department regulations, assistance in obtaining a micro loan for her business, as well as opportunities for networking and sponsorship. “SBDC has helped me a lot dealing with regulatory and even some personal issues while managing the business,” McCoy expressed. Mo’z Sweet Treats is a non-motorized pedal ice-cream tricycle business that specializes in selling Artisan homemade ice cream popsicles and fresh fruit lemonades on the go. McCoy offers vegan popsicles as well as her Famous Fried Chicken ice-cream. McCoy has faced numerous challenges

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This week, 150 stores representing nearly 3,500 workers are on strike across the nation, including four in the St. Louis area.

A key to attracting more female students is breaking down the stigma that technical career fields are male-dominated environments, said Cheryl Werkmann, a data specialist at Ranken.

Nearing the halfway point of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals are in a pivotal spot where the team will soon need to decide if they're contenders or pretenders for the 2023 season.

Here's a bunch of new housing information for you today. First up, supply of new single-family homes is down but demand is up: This should mean a bump in selling prices, but not really: The mean (average) price of a new home is down -1.8% from last month while the median price ticked up 3.3%. ...continue reading "Raw data: Home sales in the United States"

From Edwardsville Intelligencer:  After a multi-year waiting period, construction started on the Edwardsville Township Hall expansion and revamp in December. Township officials vacated the offices on Nov. 23, 2022. Temporarily, the staff has relocated to 900 Hillsboro Ave., or Illinois Route 157, in the Madison County Farm Bureau building, just north of Mark’s Muffler Shop. […]