WEBB CITY, Mo. — It was a chilly night for Southwest Missouri's last Christmas parade of the holiday season. However, the cold didn't stop people from attending the Webb City Christmas parade tonight (12/14). 52 entries, including Santa, made their way North along Main Street in downtown Webb City. One of the parade floats was [...]
Techirt has long discussed how in the modern era, the things you buy aren’t actually the things you buy. And the things you own aren’t actually the things you own. Things you thought you owned can be downgraded, bricked, or killed off entirely without much notice. That game console with backward compatibility? It no longer has backward compatibility. That smart home […]
From Compact Equipment: The Associated General Contractors of America recently released a series of video public service ads that feature real industry professionals who have felt the impact of suffering with mental health issues while trying to maintain the normalcy of day-to-day life and work. These videos are part of the association’s ongoing efforts to combat high suicide rates and […]
From ReJournal: Tarlton Corp. broke ground Dec. 7 on the SSM Health Outpatient Center in O’Fallon, Missouri, after being selected as construction manager for the two-story 66,000-square-foot destination ambulatory center and outpatient facility in southern Greater St. Charles County. The center will serve as the premier source for the needs of a growing community – one […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A developer has filed plans to turn a struggling Maryland Heights hotel into apartments, city documents show. New York-based Churchwick Partners told the city of Maryland Heights that its 106-room Sonesta ES Hotel, at 1855 Craigshire Drive, is losing out to competing hotels and that the tight labor market is making it […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: As construction continues on the $130 million project to convert the historic Butler Brothers building into more than 300 apartments, the massive project in Downtown West has a name and a target opening date. Memphis-based developer Development Services Group could finish construction on the first phase of transforming the 735,000-square-foot building […]
From New York Intelligencer: For months, the world’s largest economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse because America’s latter-day robber barons can’t comprehend that workers sometimes get sick. Or so the behavior of major U.S. rail companies seems to suggest. Since last winter, railroad unions and the managers of America’s seven dominant freight-rail carriers have been […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has waited more than three years for the chance to argue the innocence of Lamar Johnson, who was convicted of murder in 1995.
From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction input prices declined 0.8% in November compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis, due in part to improvement in supply chains that were battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the monthly decline, nonresidential construction input prices remain 11.5% higher than a year […]
From UMSL Daily: Ken Cella wouldn’t change anything about the education he received at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Cella is the principal overseeing branch development at financial services firm Edward Jones and the new president of UMSL’s Chancellor’s Council. He reflects fondly on friends he made at UMSL, relationships he built with faculty members and the […]
Getting tickets to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s upcoming U.S. tour wasn’t easy. If you didn’t snag any, you’ll at least be able to listen to what you missed. …
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is requesting $2 million in state tax credits to provide to donors who assist in the $100 million renovation and expansion of the orchestra’s venue, Powell Hall.
Updated with information from Thursday morning press conference.
St. Mary's High School, the 91-year-old, Catholic boys' school that had been slated to close after this school year, has found new life.
The school has inked a three-year lease with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, found a new religious sponsor and chosen a new name as it becomes an independent Catholic school.
The Archdiocese said in September that it would close St. Mary's, as well as Rosati-Kain High School, an all-girls school in…
There are some paving concerns on I-55 northbound. It appears that the bridge has been reduced to a one-lane road. Police are on the scene, and there appears to be a hole.
Yesterday in federal court attorneys representing the city of St. Louis called into question the motives of a 68-year-old woman alleging police used excessive force against her during a 2017 protest. The civil suit being brought by Laura Jones centers on what she says was officer misconduct on September 15, 2017. That day, former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder charges stemming from the shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith.
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