From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Millennium Construction may get the go-ahead to build the the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Edwardsville after the administrative and community service (ACS) committee voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the company’s lowest bid of $378,900 for the project. Other submitted bids included Stutz Excavating at $406,012 and Berco Construction at $485,464. Pfund Construction […]
Couples names: Zachary & Stacy City: Godfrey Date met or started dating: August 3, 2017 Date married: February 23, 2018 What makes your relationship special? What makes our relationship so special is that he found me when I was at my lowest and he made me who I am today. The happiest I’ve been. Share a memory you have made together: The day we got married. It wasn’t the wedding we wanted but we were both ok for not spending a lot on a wedding. We just wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.
Couples names: Stephanie & Zachary City: East Alton Date met or started dating: July 6, 2014 Date married: October 17, 2020 What makes your relationship special? We are each other’s best friend. Share a memory you have made together: When Zach and I first started dating he lived in Springfield, Illinois and I in Wood River, Illinois. One time I planned to take the Amtrak to see him, I ended up missing my train and there were no more schedule to go that day. That didn’t stop us from seeing each other. Zach took a chance with his beat up, one head lighted intrepid and came and picked my up. Our relationship has continued to defy all odds and it may be us against the world but we are sure that with each other and our love for one another we can conquer what ever obstacles may come.
From the St. Louis American: A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week, and among the historic building’s improvements, will be new exhibit galleries that focus on Dred and Harriett Scott’s legal fight for freedom. Exhibits will examine how their cases, both state and federal, still impact America today. Other topics will include the post-Civil War era […]
Couples names: Kevin & Kris Blumenberg City: Hardin Date met or started dating: March 17, 1984 Date married: September 23, 1989 What makes your relationship special? He’s type A and I’m type B. Complete opposite personalities but we compliment each other. Share a memory you have made together: Our 30 year anniversary trip. We went on a road trip with no reservations or plans. We ended up in Tunica - Memphis - Lynchburg TN and ended in Nashville. A week of open roads and so many memories.
From Construction Business Owner: Trying to interpret which way the economy will go is confusing and uncertain, even for those whose primary responsibility is doing so. There are many competing views on whether we’re in a recession and how long it will last. One thing we are confident in is that 2023 looks quite challenging. After […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis-area developer has hired an executive away from Greater St. Louis Inc. Neal Griffin began work Feb. 1 as the general counsel for Creve Coeur-based Bamboo Equity Partners, a real estate developer and private equity firm. He previously served as vice president of real estate for Greater St. Louis […]
Experience a beloved tradition in a brand-new space as the annual Orchid Show returns in its new home in the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center’s Emerson Conservatory. For most
Breathe is a collection of large-scale abstract paintings created through the unconscious combination of bold colors and free movement. Artist Lauren Younge uses acrylics to design irregular patterns that could motivate
From West News Magazine: Gateway Studios is creating an expansion of its complex to include amenities on the north side of North Outer 40 Road. As such, Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc, has submitted a request for a zoning change from the Planned Industrial District to Planned Commercial District for the 77.8-acre parcel. The […]
From Heritage Daily: Cahokia was the largest urban settlement to develop from the Mississippian culture, a mound-building pre-Columbian civilisation that developed in the Midwestern, Eastern, and South-eastern United States. The area was first inhabited as early as the Late Archaic period around 1200 BC, but the original builders are believed to have settled in the region […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer plans a revamp of a St. Louis County extended-stay hotel into apartments, citing declining demand in that hotel category. Churchwick Partners of Woodmere, New York, in June purchased the Sonesta Suites ES extended-stay hotel at 1855 Craigshire Drive in Maryland Heights for $4.17 million, according to St. Louis County […]
From RiverBender.com: State Senator Christopher Belt will serve as chair of the Senate Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee in the 103rd General Assembly. “In my new role I want to ensure taxpayer dollars are being used wisely during budget negotiations,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “As the southernmost Democrat, it’s important that downstate Illinois is not forgotten. I […]
A former clerk admitted yesterday in federal court in St. Louis that she stole almost a half-million dollars from the small, cash-strapped north county municipality where she was employed. Maureen Woodson, 68, pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud. From February 2016 to April 2022, Woodson and then-assistant city clerk Donna Thompson wrote more than 600 checks to themselves without the knowledge of other city officials, whose signatures they regularly forged on the checks.
One person has died and several others are hurt, including three firefighters, after a large blaze Tuesday morning at home in Cahokia Heights, Illinois.
Student educators lead interactive tours of the permanent collection designed to prompt discussion and reflection on the power of place in relationship to works by such artists as Jaune Quick-to-See