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The White House announced Tuesday that Kate Brubacher, a native of Kansas, is the nominee to replace Duston Slinkard, who has been acting U.S. Attorney for Kansas since January 2021.

From Construction Dive: Plan for market conditions to get worse before they get better. Despite battling supply chain issues since late 2020, the construction industry will see continued material price escalation over the next couple of years, according to industry sources. The forecast for year-over-year price escalation in 2022 remains between 9% to 12%, said Michael […]

After months of agonizing, the wait is finally over. We now know where the St. Louis Savage X Fenty store will be located. And the answer is ...

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Even with the colder temperatures and a dusting of snow, construction continues in Glen Carbon. Work continues unabated at Orchard Town Center, Meridian Plaza and at Magnolia Commons.Orchard Town Center’s first tenant to likely open will be the Chick-fil-A restaurant on the Troy Road side of the development, across from the Steak […]

The weather in the Midwest has been wild as hell lately, and it seems like that won’t stop soon. After setting record-high temperatures in St. Louis just a few weeks ago, we were just about to feel settled into chilly winter weather until today when the temperature could hit as high as 62 degrees again.

The district superintendent said there were no reports of any threats being made.

From Construction Dive: Whether it’s a cry of frustration or an angry complaint, the phrase “people don’t want to work anymore” seems to have permeated social media as businesses of all types and sizes lament the great resignation. Construction is no stranger to labor shortages. Over several decades, funding that advocates for higher education as the […]

Rick Wakeman is ready to release some new music. The Yes keyboardist just announced his brand-new concept album, A Gallery of the Imagination. He says it was inspired by his first piano teacher, Mrs. Symes, who taught him a…

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Venue owners don't expect as large of crowds as Friday's US match against England, during the Thanksgiving weekend, but say the must-win game Tuesday will still draw many supporters.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School field hockey star Avary Osborne had a dream of playing field hockey in college and also studying archaeology. With her signing a letter of intent recently with Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Ind., she has accomplished that dream. Avary is an iCAN Clinic Female Athlete of the Month for Edwardsville. “This is super exciting and almost a little nerve-racking going up a level,” she said. “I really like the team members at Earlham College. I will start there this summer with training. This means a lot to me because I can continue to play field hockey which I really love. I think it will be a great experience.” EHS head field hockey coach Jaimee Henderson coached Avary all four years. She said Avary has been “wonderful to work with and someone we could always depend on.” “It seems like she has been on the team forever,” Henderson said. “She is a defender and there is a

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We’ve been somewhat critical of Elon Musk‘s tenure as Twitter owner and CEO (I think for fairly good reasons), but he does have a few good ideas. Lead among them, wanting to enable encrypted direct messages (DMs). He’s mentioned it before, but also had this slide in a recent internal presentation he gave: There’s not […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A local developer is seeking approval to demolish a former Wells Fargo office in Midtown to make way for two hotels. 2601 Market Hotel Investors LLC — an entity affiliated with St. Louis-based Green Street Real Estate Ventures — is scheduled to go before the St. Louis Preservation Board on Dec. […]

From Construction Dive: It looks like all the talk of recession is finally being reflected on architects’ planning boards. After 20 months of positive growth, the Architecture Billings Index faltered significantly in October, posting a score of 47.7, its first fall since January 2021, according to a release from the American Institute of Architects. Any number below […]

There are still 19 cards available for the Queen of Hearts drawing that took place last night, which has a current value of $768,837.

Tommy Lee's home in Calabasas, California, is probably feeling a bit less sweet after it was reportedly burglarized. According to TMZ, the house was broken into last week and was…

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer’s plan to build apartments at a high-profile intersection has been rejected by city of St. Louis staff. St. Louis-based developer Lux Living last year pitched a seven-story mixed-use apartment building at the intersection of Kingshighway and Highway 40. Lux’s plan for 1070-1092 S. Kingshighway Blvd., which is owned by Lux-affiliated entities, […]

Forecasters warned of the potential for strong tornadoes that could stay on the ground for long distances in parts of the South on Tuesday, as well as flooding rains and hail the size of tennis balls.

From St. Louis Post Dispatch: Local apartment developer Lux Living is petitioning to have a city board overturn a decision that has kept the company from moving forward with a new project on South Kingshighway near Highway 40 (Interstate 64). Lux Living wants the St. Louis Preservation Board to reverse a decision by the Cultural Resources […]

There will be quite the spectacle to be witnessed tomorrow outside the Moolah Shrine Center in west county, courtesy of PETA. The animal rights organization has stated that fez-hat-wearing "circus performers" will chain up and then beat "giant inflatable crying elephants" outside the Shiners building near Maryland Heights. PETA is protesting Moolah Shrine Circus, which a statement from PETA says is "among the last remaining shows that still use wild animals who are confined to small crates, kept in shackles, and deprived of any semblance of a natural life."

From KMOV4: A billion-dollar development project is promising to transform downtown St. Louis, the Mississippi riverfront, and the global construction industry. In an exclusive story with News 4, the development group shared new details, including what companies are expanding to St. Louis to be a part of the project. “Right now, it’s a desolate, vacant area. […]