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From Brookings:  Place-based economic challenge grants offer regional leaders the potential for transformative local investments totaling tens of millions of dollars over several years—if their application is selected. But with hundreds of regions competing for these funds, any individual place has a relatively low probability of winning. This dynamic characterizes the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) […]

Start your summer with a bang with a trip west to the City of Fountains, Kansas City, Missouri.

From Bob Clark Beyond:  Clayco and Lamar Johnson Collaborative are using our integrated approach to support higher education! Our teams are working on a joint venture with Poettker Construction and Christner Architects to develop the new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s (SIUE) 176,000-square-foot health sciences building. The facility will accommodate the School of Pharmacy and the […]

From LinkenIn:  The drab lab is dead. Today’s scientists demand workplaces that are vibrant, collaborative, healthy and sustainable. So do we. At HOK, our Science + Technology experts are pioneering new approaches to lab design that make labs as innovative as the science occurring within them. Below are but a few of the things we’ve […]

Investigators are seeking the public's help in identifying the individuals suspected of perpetrating the mass shooting that killed 17-year-old Makao Moore and injured 11 other teens this past weekend at a party downtown that turned violent. This morning the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department released images of multiple individuals carrying weapons in the halls of the office building where the shooting occurred around 1 a.m. Sunday.

With the help of ten truckloads of sand, The Magic House’s backyard will be transformed into a beachfront park.   Visitors can take a stroll along the boardwalk, search for

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The company that is spending tens of millions of dollars to remake wine country here is running into some stumbling blocks as it works toward redeveloping these rolling hills and valleys. The Florida-based Hoffmann Family of Companies, which started buying land and wineries here about three years ago, now says plans […]

Police are searching for several suspects and potential witnesses to a weekend shooting that left one teenager dead and ten others juveniles hurt.

As summer heatwaves loom and farmworkers take to the fields, an in-depth report highlights massive gaps in regulations, especially around pesticide use and exposure.

The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms

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Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, will plead guilty to tax crimes in a plea deal with prosecutors, and he reached a diversion agreement relating to unlawful possession of a weapon, according to court papers filed Tuesday. The plea deal, which must be accepted by a judge, likely would keep Hunter Biden out of jail. Biden, [...]

The second annual Brewed Arts Festival will bring good beer and art to all corners of Cherokee Street — with even more in store than ever before!   At the

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Dumpster Watch Location: Shaw neighborhood

While a student in Saint Louis University's cannabis science and operations certificate in 2019, Ashanti Hasam, 41, started to learn the true power of cannabinoids. "I was learning different ways to help relieve [pain in] people without them having to take actual medication," she says, adding that in addition to business classes, the program also teaches about the holistic benefits of weed.

Two St. Louis police officers injured in the line of duty last year will be honored at the annual St. Louis Police Awards Luncheon Tuesday.

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