From New York Intelligencer: For months, the world’s largest economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse because America’s latter-day robber barons can’t comprehend that workers sometimes get sick. Or so the behavior of major U.S. rail companies seems to suggest. Since last winter, railroad unions and the managers of America’s seven dominant freight-rail carriers have been […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has waited more than three years for the chance to argue the innocence of Lamar Johnson, who was convicted of murder in 1995.
From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction input prices declined 0.8% in November compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis, due in part to improvement in supply chains that were battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the monthly decline, nonresidential construction input prices remain 11.5% higher than a year […]
From UMSL Daily: Ken Cella wouldn’t change anything about the education he received at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Cella is the principal overseeing branch development at financial services firm Edward Jones and the new president of UMSL’s Chancellor’s Council. He reflects fondly on friends he made at UMSL, relationships he built with faculty members and the […]
Getting tickets to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s upcoming U.S. tour wasn’t easy. If you didn’t snag any, you’ll at least be able to listen to what you missed. …
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is requesting $2 million in state tax credits to provide to donors who assist in the $100 million renovation and expansion of the orchestra’s venue, Powell Hall.
Updated with information from Thursday morning press conference.
St. Mary's High School, the 91-year-old, Catholic boys' school that had been slated to close after this school year, has found new life.
The school has inked a three-year lease with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, found a new religious sponsor and chosen a new name as it becomes an independent Catholic school.
The Archdiocese said in September that it would close St. Mary's, as well as Rosati-Kain High School, an all-girls school in…
There are some paving concerns on I-55 northbound. It appears that the bridge has been reduced to a one-lane road. Police are on the scene, and there appears to be a hole.
Yesterday in federal court attorneys representing the city of St. Louis called into question the motives of a 68-year-old woman alleging police used excessive force against her during a 2017 protest. The civil suit being brought by Laura Jones centers on what she says was officer misconduct on September 15, 2017. That day, former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder charges stemming from the shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith.
Robert Tracy, the police chief in Wilmington, Delaware, was recognized for reducing gun violence there, but was also criticized for racial tensions and a lack of diversity in the department.
By Dana Rieck and Austin Huguelet St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Are you a fan of baking contests on Netflix and think it's about time to see your fellow St. Louisans put their sugar skills to the test? Well, this is your chance.
When I first signed on to check out Karen’s Diner, I had no clue that I’d be called upon to put my pantomime skills to the test, let alone on a stage for the amusement of the entire restaurant. Yet there I was, halfway through my time at the new pop-up operating out of the old Lemmons building, being goaded by an exceptionally rude red-haired woman to play charades in front of an assembled crowd. The pressure was on — another unwitting customer who was serving as my rival in the impromptu competition had just wordlessly conveyed that he was Pennywise the clown, the Big Bad from Stephen King’s It, in a remarkably rapid fashion.
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