From River Bender.com: State Senator Kris Tharp joined officials Monday to announce a combined $7.6 million to support restoration projects in Alton, Collinsville and Edwardsville. “Take a walk or drive down any Main Street in the Metro East, and you’ll be met with character, historic buildings and cultural history,” said Tharp (D-Bethalto). “For those of us […]
From Labor Tribune: The assurance of continued unfettered construction peace in the St. Louis region is again assured as the only three major unions with contracts expiring this summer have completed new contracts: IBEW Local 1, Iron Workers Local 396 and Elevator Constructors Local 3. Substantial wage and benefit gains for their members were made in […]
From City Scene STL: Two proposals are looking to break the mold of new development in the Forest Park Southeast (Grove) neighborhood. One is at 4100 Manchester and the other is at 4210 Manchester. In recent years, development in the Grove has focused on larger multi-family developments consisting of over 60 apartment units. Even Green Street’s […]
From City Scene STL: For roughly 2.5 years, construction workers have been hard at work delivering a long-awaited facility to the St. Louis sports scene – Centene Stadium. Soccer fans and normal St. Louisans alike have waited, and continue to wait, in anticipation of the new stadium to open so they can see their new hometown […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Bass Pro Shops' Big Cedar Lodge is opening the newly expanded Thunder Ridge Nature Arena with a performance from Garth Brooks on October 1 at 7 pm. The Thunder Ridge land was set aside as a not-for-profit foundation, so all proceeds from the event will go to further enhance the area and [...]
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School is off and rolling with the 2022-2023 school year. Students, faculty, administrators, and support staff appeared excited to be back as classes started on Wednesday. Edwardsville High School Principal Dr. Steve Stuart said they are glad for this year to start and a continued return to a more normal setting after a few years of confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic. "The staff has been working hard over the summer to get programs like our PLC (Professional Learning Communities) in place to help our professional growth which will translate into better instruction within the classroom. "We are working closely with our Student Counsel and planning fun events for the kickoff with a Senior Sunrise next week and events leading up to our homecoming football game and dance."
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on August 15, 2022. This year we celebrate the fifth anniversary of 39 North, our 600-acre innovation district located in the heart of agriculture. Anchored by the Danforth Center, BRDG Park, the Helix Center Incubator, Bayer Crop Science, Benson Hill and the Yield Lab accelerator, 39 North sits at the center of it all: agriculture, bioscience, big data, […]
Back in the spring of 2021, we wrote briefly about yet another Steven Biss SLAPP lawsuit. This one was filed by the brother of disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Jack Flynn, arguing that CNN defamed him by showing a video of both Flynns and other family members, repeating the QAnon slogan “where we […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Liberty Middle School has a theme set for the school year for everyone to be “legendary.” If the start is any sign of the year to come, the Liberty School year will definitely fit that theme. Students were greeted by excited administrators, teachers, support staff, and students on Wednesday morning for the first official school day in the Edwardsville District. Liberty Middle’s veteran Principal Allen Duncan said he felt a great atmosphere was set for opening day and there was indeed “great excitement.” “We wanted to make the first day of school special for everybody and want them to come back tomorrow and continue to be fired up,” he said. “We want an atmosphere that is fun, and we want the kids to feel safe, welcome, and comfortable.” Principal Duncan said Liberty has a tremendous cast of students and he knows they will do great things this year. “We are going to have a good school year,” the 18-yea
Missouri could be the first in the nation to pass a voter-led effort to require automatic legal forgiveness for some past marijuana crimes. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize adult recreational marijuana use.
In 2013, while six months pregnant, Julie Douglas lost her job with a technology company. She didn’t wallow in her circumstances. She instead decided to get into business herself, launching Dealer Pay LLC, a provider of payments and point-of-sale software for automobile dealerships. The company is now poised for major growth, after being acquired earlier this month.
A Mexican restaurant in Florissant has closed its doors for good — just four months after opening, according to a post on its Facebook page. The restaurant opened its doors at 3407 Dunn Road in April.
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