Veronica Place for 55+ Residents Unveiled in Florissant July 26 Representatives of the City of Florissant, STRAQR Investment Funds, the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce, PMR Companies LLC and Rev. Lijo Kallarackal, incoming pastor of St. Ferdinand Catholic Church in Florissant, will unveil Veronica Place located at 1425 N. New Florissant Road Florissant’s newest […]
Increased production capacity as part of the expansion will be fully operational by the end of 2025 and is expected to create 100 new jobs, officials said Monday.
For electrical contractor Kay-Bee Electric, the company’s milestone 75th anniversary this year is also a time of transition and change, as a third generation of the company takes over for the first time and the company looks to future trends in electrical infrastructure. Kay-Bee Electric founder John Kohnen poses with one of the company’s first […]
Here is a mystery: Attempted suicide among teens has stayed the same since 2000, but the number of successful suicides has gone up by a third. Why? Are teens getting better at committing suicide? Maybe it's a problem with the data? The numbers for attempted suicide come from a survey and they show that about ...continue reading "Teen suicide is up, but attempted suicide isn’t. Why?"
Reddit CEO’s insistence that the protests from Reddit would simply “pass” certainly hasn’t come to pass just yet. While increasing pressure from the company against protest mods has resulted in some backing down, many are continuing to engage in malicious compliance, making it clear they’re still protesting. And, a few days ago, after many threats […]
Eric Greitens, the disgraced former Missouri governor whose Senate campaign cratered last year under allegations of domestic abuse, tip-toed back onto the political stage this week with a column for a pro-Trump news site declaring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential hopes dead. In the column entitled “Accept It, Already: DeSantis is Done,” Greitens writes that […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. —The discovery of an invasive tick species could mean trouble for Missouri cattle farmers. Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine have discovered invasive longhorned ticks in Boone County. Rosalie Ierardi, a clinical instructor at the MU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) and doctoral student at the MU College of [...]
Few seats left for Hawthorne’s The Color Purple musical on Florissant stage Hawthorne Players’ outstanding production of The Color Purple begins this Friday at the Florissant Performing Arts Center, located at Parker Rd. and Waterford Dr., and seats are going fast. The Tony-award winning revival of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
From NextSTL: The remnants of the Liberty Bell Oil Co building on Vandeventer in the Botanical Heights neighborhood were demolished Saturday July 8th. Owner Green Street submitted a demolition permit application May 5th which was issued July 6th. It was in a preservation review district, so the Cultural Resources Office reviewed the demo application and approved it. It didn’t go […]
From Construction Dive: Despite signs the broader economy is improving, as the Associated Press reported, and seed capital still entering the sector, the storm that the tech industry weathered this year has not been kind to the sector, including contech firms. Startup tracker Crunchbase’s layoff database paints a grim picture for the tech industry this year. As […]
JOPLIN, Mo. — Three numbers are saving lives, one year after their launch. The 988 suicide and crisis lifeline has been operational for a year now. Missouri has gotten about 4,000 "988" calls in the last year. Locally, Joplin's Ozark Center takes roughly 8 to 9 thousand crisis calls a year, and about a thousand [...]
MISSOURI (KSNF/KODE) — Everybody has a dream job when they are growing up and making their way through school. Some of those dream jobs, however, appear more attainable than others. So what the odds are of you landing your dream job? One website decided to crunch the numbers by analyzing job data from the Bureau [...]
October will mark the 50th anniversary of Steve Miller’s classic album The Joker, and to celebrate, he’s releasing a new box set with plenty of extras for the Miller fan. J50: The Evolution of…
There is a strong cause-and-effect relationship between the high concentrations of poverty within our under-resourced communities and the greater St. Louis region’s many challenges. A wealth of studies published by Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Greater St. Louis Inc., and others clearly show that what happens in our under-resourced communities impacts […]
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 Board recognized the high school’s drama club during their board meeting on Monday, July 24. The Edwardsville High School (EHS) drama club was recognized for its successful production of “SpongeBob the Musical” last spring. The club won six awards and performed at The Fabulous Fox Theater through the St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards. “I think Emily and I both knew that this show was special, and it just became something more special when others recognized how special we believed it was,” Ashley Melton, EHS drama teacher and director, told the school board. The drama club received nine nominations and took home six awards, including recognitions for the ensemble, costume design and musical direction. They also won “The Outstanding Musical Production (Level 1) Award.” As part of the St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards, the cast of “SpongeBob th
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