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One construction worker died and two others were injured Wednesday when a bridge under construction in northwest Missouri collapsed, officials said.

The first time St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones publicly spoke about the tragic shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, it was just hours after a shooter took …

Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.

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Signal ensures its users’ security and privacy by encrypting their messages and refusing to collect a bunch of data governments or malicious hackers might find useful or interesting. That hasn’t made it many friends in governments (except with government officials who utilize the service to dodge public records requests). An FBI official once compared Signal […]

On Oct. 23, St. Louis Police responded to the 4000 block of Broadway for a case of road rage that turned into a shooting.

Tom Shaw Realtors, a Chesterfield real estate agency, opened its doors 100 years ago. “We’ve outlasted two depressions,” John Shaw, owner and broker, said, referring to the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939, and the Great Recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009. Since Shaw took over the company around 1980, he’s experienced first-hand the recessions of the early 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Now the company is operating in a volatile post-Covid landscape plagued by high inflation,…

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting free virtual workshops as part of its continuing Building Blocks of Success series for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise firms interested in strengthening their skills, growing their business and bidding on state projects. New and existing DBEs, as well as firms interested in becoming certified in the program, are invited. […]

“Pick-one” systems often lead to vote-splitting, which empowers fringe voices and leads to dysfunctional, unaccountable government. Square co-founder Jim McKelvey offers a solution he says produces accountability among elected officials by favoring consensus.

Raising Cane's, a popular fast food chain, will soon expand its footprint to Wentzville.

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Several Kirkwood residents aired traffic and parking concerns at last week’s city council meeting concerning a new apartment building proposed for 300 N. Kirkwood Road. The Kirkwood City Council on Thursday, Oct. 6, held a public hearing for Kirkwood Apartments, a 60-unit building with street level retail space planned for the northeast corner […]

From RiverBender:  The new Mini-Pitch Soccer facility in Alton at 2116 College Avenue had a well-attended celebration and ribbon cutting on Saturday afternoon. The new mini-pitch was led by Damian Jones and Student-Athletes Leading Tomorrow or SALT, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation. The Alton-Godfrey Rotary, the Simmons Hanly Conroy Firm, and many others contributed to […]

The first time St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones publicly spoke about the tragic shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, it was just hours after a shooter took the lives of a 15-year-old student and a health teacher.  Jones was so visibly shaken with grief she could barely get out the words. Now […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Centene Corp. has backed out as the naming sponsor for the new Major League Soccer stadium here, just eight months after striking the deal. St. Louis City SC’s stadium will now be called CITYPARK, the team said Tuesday, and it is searching for a new naming sponsor. The Clayton-based health insurer’s […]

From Forbes:  Non-residential construction will shrink as the economy drops into recession sometime in the next year or so, due both to the higher interest rates by themselves and the reduced spending that will lead to. The decline won’t be devastating, but it will be significant. The sector’s current position is puzzling today, with the […]

From Construction Dive: A large majority of safety managers and coordinators have trouble ensuring workers wear their personal protective equipment, according to a recent survey conducted by PPE provider J.J. Keller Safegear. Employees most often didn’t wear PPE because they simply didn’t want to, according to the survey. Over 70% of those surveyed indicated employees had communicated that […]

From JASUPRA:  After months of analysis, the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) recently published its long-awaited Summary of Incentives Analysis and Draft Future Incentives Framework (the Framework). The Framework, developed in conjunction with the City’s Economic Justice Action Plan (the EJAP) is intended to provide guidance to developers seeking incentives for projects located in the City. […]

Legendary guitarists Robby Krieger of The Doors and Rush's Alex Lifeson teamed up to perform at a charity event held Monday at the club Bogie's in Westlake Village, California. As reported by…

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A small-town police chief in Eastern Missouri, accused in two overdoses in his town, now faces six felonies in Pike County.

From St. Louis Business Journal: A plan to construct four infill buildings with 20 apartments in a historic district in the city of St. Louis is moving ahead. Developer Mayo Aiyelokun of Beulah Properties LLC is seeking city approvals to construct a 3-story brick complex at 1812-1820 Geyer Ave. in McKinley Heights. The St. Louis Preservation Board […]

From Construction Dive:  Dive Brief: Total construction starts declined 19% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.02 trillion, according to a Dodge Data & Analytics report. The September decline follows August’s 9% drop in total construction starts, marking two consecutive months of decline following July’s 48% surge. Nonresidential building starts dropped 23%, […]