Aggregator
Central Illinois Builders of AGC Names Ryan Poettker as 2023 President
Ryan Poettker, President of Poettker Construction, was nominated and named the 2023 President of Central Illinois Builders of AGC. CIB is a local chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, founded in 1955. The organization represents contractors in 46 counties throughout Central Illinois. CIB-AGC held its annual meeting in Champaign on January 20 in […]
Former Jefferson County prosecutor sentenced after sexual misconduct
Ferguson voters recall councilwoman in special election
Residents petitioned to remove J. Toni Burrow last fall.
St. Louisans urged to plan for earthquakes in wake of Turkey, Syria disaster
Earthquakes don’t just happen on the West Coast. East of the Rocky Mountains, the New Madrid seismic zone, just south of St. Louis, is the most active.
SITE Improvement Association Board Elects New Leaders For 2023
The SITE Improvement Association Board of Directors has elected Steve Roden as its new President, Kurt Unnerstall as Vice President and Kevin Klette as Secretary/Treasurer for 2023. Immediate Past President Pat Moriarity will continue to serve on the board’s Executive Committee. Roden is President of Roden’s Landscaping, Inc., and previously served as the board’s Secretary/Treasurer. […]
House fire in Cahokia Heights kills 2 people, injuring others
Two people are dead and several others, including firefighters, are injured after a Cahokia Heights house fire.
'We have closure': Missing man, car found submerged in St. Elizabeth's Hospital retention pond
Bret Michaels, Queensrÿche headlining 2023 RockTember festival
Watch out, October: September's coming for your Rocktober title with the RockTember festival. The two-day event takes place September 8-9 in Hinckley, Minnesota, and features headliners Bret Michaels and Queensrÿche.…
Ex-Jefferson County prosecutor gets 18 months for pressuring defendant into sex, lying to FBI
A former Jefferson County municipal prosecutor was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday in a case that included video evidence of him coercing a woman he was prosecuting into sex acts using money and reminders of her pending charges.
S. M. Wilson & Co. Promotes Three Project Team Members
S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has promoted Emily Echele and Ayo Ojolola to Project Managers and David Rall to Assistant Project Manager. As Project Managers, Echele and Ojolola are responsible for subcontractor procurement and management, schedule and budget maintenance and collaborating with the design and engineering teams […]
Second man charged with fatally shooting pizza deliveryman in Black Jack
Charges accuse a 23-year-old Florissant man of shooting a pizza delivery driver in December.
What's your favorite bowling alley around the city?
Biden State Of The Union Will (Again) Blame The Internet For Harm To Kids
Tonight is President Biden’s State of the Union address, and according to notes released from the White House, he will (for the second year in a row) throw in something blaming the internet for harming kids’ mental health, and pushing for things like a ban on targeted advertising. He did the same thing last year […]
Why St. Louis County removed a racist memorial to ‘white colonists’
In 1955, a sign was erected in Clayton, Missouri. It recounted the history of the founding of St. Louis County. According to the sign, that history began when the county was “first visited by white colonists” in the early 1700s. Then, in November 2022, the sign was quietly removed — but Geoff Ward, a professor of African and African-American studies at Washington University, says the removal was a missed opportunity to publicly confront white supremacy.
Roanoke Construction Adds Kevin Wagner as Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Buchek, President and founder of Roanoke Construction, a St. Louis-based general contractor, announced today that Kevin Wagner has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. Kevin Wagner brings more than 20 years of construction and management experience to Roanoke. Most recently, Kevin served as Chief Operating Officer at The Vecino Group, a real estate […]
House budget panel unanimously backs 8.7% raise for Missouri state workers
Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, called for the raises last month, citing a severe recruitment and retention problem. “We must do better,” he said.
Governor, lawmakers removed from plan to hike pay for Missouri state workers
Neither Gov. Mike Parson nor legislators should get a proposed pay raise for state workers, the Missouri House Budget Committee decided Tuesday. Parson asked lawmakers to approve an 8.7% pay hike, the biggest in living memory, to stem the loss of state workers to the private sector. No state department is fully staffed and some […]
The post Governor, lawmakers removed from plan to hike pay for Missouri state workers appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Democrats push back on Republican plan to limit jobless benefits in Missouri
People would only get eight weeks of unemployment benefits when the unemployment rate is low.
Science, history and sound art coalesce in ‘Botanical Resonance’ exhibition
A Missouri Botanical Garden exhibition that examines the relationship between sound and plants will close at the end of March. Nezka Pfeifer, the curator of “Botanical Resonance: Plants and Sounds in the Garden,” discusses how the exhibition reveals important things about how we interact with our environment.
stLouIST