ALTON - Melissa Skinner, center, of the Family Care Pharmacy, who is Alton Memorial Hospital's March Employee of the Month. Melissa received the honor March 6 from pharmacy manager Andrew Kramer, left, and AMH President Dave Braasch. Melissa has worked at Family Care Pharmacy for 15 years. The nomination from co-worker Amanda William says that Melissa “is an amazing role model and co-worker. All of the clients love her and it’s easy to see why. Melissa is always positive and caring. She will stop whatever she is doing to help anyone she can. I am a fairly new member of the pharmacy team, and she didn’t hesitate to show me the ropes and immediately help me to feel at home. Melissa is always smiling and cheerful. She has so much knowledge and will willingly share it. She is also a very selfless person. Melissa is not only an asset to this pharmacy but to this entire hospital. We are all very lucky to have her.”
The automotive industry is entering into its own subprime crisis. Even before the COVID pandemic led to supply chain issues that vastly inflated car prices, lenders were starting to extend loan periods to make things easier for underfunded purchasers, moving on from the industry standard 3-5 year loans to 84-month baselines that ensure people could […]
St. Louis CITY Soccer Club has made it clear after two matches in Major League Soccer that it is ready to compete, perhaps like no other team in league history. CITY started its inaugural MLS season 2-0, becoming just the fourth expansion team in league history to do so.
AHM Group is proposing what would be their third new construction development along Morgan Ford in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. The four-story apartment building would be at the corner of Morgan Ford and Juniata. The architect is JEMA who were the architects for AHM’s other two developments nearby, MoFo and Yio. AHM already has […]
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI -- One drive down Market Street in St. Louis and the view is unforgettable. At 630 feet tall, the St. Louis Arch is an imposing tribute to America’s westward expansion. The story of the construction of the steel behemoth wouldn’t be complete without the ingenuity of an Iowa man. Gordon Warner not [...]
Missouri will no longer participate in a voluntary system aimed at helping states combat voter fraud by maintaining accurate lists of registered voters. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Monday afternoon that Missouri, along with Florida and West Virginia, were withdrawing from the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. The system was established in 2012 […]
ALTON - Two Marquette Catholic High School sophomores were seriously injured in a crash around 11:30 Friday night on Fosterburg Road near the Drexelius Lane intersection and the Dollar General store. A 44-year-old man was also injured in the crash in another vehicle. The two students are ages 16 and 15 and are juveniles, so their names will not be released at this time. Marquette Catholic Principal Tim Harmon issued this statement about the two injured in the crash: "I wanted to share a brief update with everyone about the students that were involved in the car accident on Friday evening. Thanks be to God, I can share that we are seeing improvements with both students, but continued prayer for their healing is being asked for. I will continue to be in communication with the families and ask for you to give your support in prayer. "Beyond that, to try to help support this part of our Marquette Catholic family, I am also going to ask that if anyone would like to donate a gift card, pleas
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Detectives with the St. Louis County Police Department have identified a pedestrian who was struck by a car and killed last week along New Halls Ferry Road.