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The proposal to disarm traffic police drew harsh criticism from the incumbent aldermen who described the idea as dangerous for officers.

Hundreds of people gathered inside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Tuesday to celebrate the life of local automotive icon Frank Bommarito.

This week, Construction Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle LLC, captured video footage of a mixed use apartment/retail building near Busch Stadium. 1014 Spruce is a mixed-use development located on an approximately 0.72-acre vacant lot at the southeast corner of Spruce Street and South 11th Street within the historic Cupples Station district […]

TSA announced today that it confiscated a record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2022. TSA discovered 6,542 firearms in 2022 compared to 5,972 in 2021. But wait! There were a lot more people flying in 2022 than in 2021. Let's look at firearm confiscations per passenger: So 2022 wasn't really a record, just ...continue reading "TSA Gun Seizures Set a Quasi-Record in 2022"

A St. Louis man was sentenced Tuesday for several armed robberies committed in the summer of 2020.

A 3-year-old boy was rushed to a local hospital after being shot Tuesday afternoon.

From REJournals:  City officials joined developers recently at an official groundbreaking and rendering reveal for The Saint Grand, Streeterville’s newest mixed-use development. The project is a joint venture between Mavrek Development, GW Properties, Luxury Living, and Double Eagle Development. The 21-story property is being constructed at the corner of Grand Avenue and St Clair. Office […]

A decade or so ago there was a wave of warnings by privacy advocates about how modern toys had become major surveillance devices. Makers of voice recognition toys in particular had a nasty habit, researchers warned, of collecting everything your child says, poorly “anonymizing” the data (a meaningless term), then failing to secure that data […]

Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, has long targeted the tax.

From Leader Publications:  After three hours of public comments and discussions, the Herculaneum Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to recommend approval of two requests from the Love’s Travel Stops company to build a truck stop west of I-55 and north of McNutt Street and Providence Way. The P&Z Commission advises the Herculaneum Board of […]

A new apartment complex and subdivision are being proposed at an existing retail-focused development in west St. Louis County.

Brian R. Kelly, 26, was charged in St. Louis Circuit Court with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of tampering with a motor vehicle.

Nearly three months after a deadly school shooting, students and staff at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School returned to campus.

Police on Tuesday announced they've arrested a man they believe shot and killed another man who was breaking into his car at a gas station in Soulard.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The city of St. Louis has condemned and boarded up the historic Railway Exchange building downtown in a bid to encourage its out-of-state owner to maintain the property. After the city was granted an emergency condemnation Jan 4, police officers swept the entire 1.2 million-square-foot building at 615 Olive St. […]

A controversial Missouri bill to ban "unauthorized" sleeping and camping on state-owned land is now now. Advocates for the homeless say it turns peoples’ survival into a crime. But, what does “unauthorized” sleeping mean, and how are homeless people supposed to avoid state-owned land? We talk with St. Louis attorney Stephanie Lummus, who is representing seven homeless clients in a new federal lawsuit seeking to strike down the law, and Phil Telfeyan, the executive director of nonprofit Equal Justice Under Law, who is co-counsel on the lawsuit.

A college education is often touted as the means to a successful and comfortable life. For students who take out loans, the burden of debt puts brakes on wealth building for them and their families. Faith Sandler, executive director of Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis has helped students and their families navigate student aid for 34 years. As conversations about debt continue and debt forgiveness plans remain on hold in the court system, Sandler talks about the rising cost of higher education and what it tells us about economic and racial inequalities.

25-year Construction Industry veteran Kurt Steinmann recently joined Holland Construction Services as Project Executive, bringing a diverse portfolio of multi-family project management experience from across the country to the team. We sat down with Kurt to get to know him better and understand what he brings to the team. Holland: Kurt, welcome aboard! Tell us […]