Mayor Dan Borgmeyer and City Councilman Tom Besselman were the top 2 vote-getters in St. Charles' mayoral primary and advance to the April 4 runoff election.
A St. Louis County man who claimed he was nearly 2,000 miles away from the quadruple homicide for which he was convicted was executed tonight at a Missouri prison in Bonne Terre. Leonard Taylor, 58, died by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m.
What's the best way of comparing violent crime between countries, as I did yesterday? Lots of people are asking me this—in Twitter's usual polite fashion—so maybe you'd be interested in a brief primer. The short answer is that it's really hard. The two biggest problems are both ones of measurement: Different countries put different sets ...continue reading "Murder vs. violent crime: Which is more reliable?"
WINCO Window Company announces the retirement of Bill Krenn, president of WINCO. Krenn has been with WINCO since 1996 and has served in various capacities, including director of human resources, treasurer, vice president, and chief financial officer before being appointed as the company’s president in 2017. As WINCO’s president, Krenn ensured that the overall direction […]
The recent topping out milestone of the University of Missouri Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital in Columbia keeps the construction project on schedule for substantial completion this fall and for opening next year. A PARIC-Barton Malow joint venture, with teams in St. Louis and Kansas City, was selected to build the facility. The seven-story structure […]
Cohen Architectural Woodworking announces Alan Turner has joined the company as Plant Manager. An experienced leader in plant operations, Turner will oversee the production and manufacturing team for all of Cohen’s woodworking products. Turner has over two decades of experience in plant management and supervision. Most recently he served as Operations Manager with Tacony Corp. […]
Celebrate legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim at Side by Side by Sondheim, which revisits almost 30 of the most poignant, powerful and witty songs in the American musical theatre