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Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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KAI Design is excited to announce the hiring of William Ritter, AIA, as Senior Project Architect at its St. Louis headquarters. Ritter has nearly 40 years of design expertise, which has included roles as a Discipline Lead, Project Manager, Planner, Director of Design, Chief Architect and Interior Designer. His extensive portfolio includes projects of varying […]

A Cedar County judge Wednesday ordered Agape Boarding School to be shut down after years of allegations of sexual and physical abuse of students — though the order remains on pause until after a hearing Thursday afternoon.

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ALTON - Illinois American Water workers have been busy on a large area - estimated at 15 feet deep and at least 50 feet wide - next to the Riverbender Building and Mac's in Downtown Alton at Belle and Third streets this week. The work is part of the large-scale sanitary sewer project across Alton. Thursday morning, rock is being added to a deep dugout area after water line work has been accomplished. The Third and Belle part of the project has been more difficult because of the traffic in the area and there are many abandoned utility lines. Karen Cotton, an Illinois American Water spokesperson, said even an old brick cistern was recently recovered in the project work. She said there will be an update on the progress of the project coming by this weekend.

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Elizabeth Savage's new work is a story of connection, forgiveness, and dreams "during a time of colony collapse–both for bees and humans.”

Poettker Construction Company has been selected as Construction Manager for Parkway School District’s 2022 no-tax-rate-increase Prop S bond issue. The responsible fiscal policies of the Parkway School District community have resulted in this opportunity to secure the largest single bond issue in Missouri public school history totaling $265 million. The program will provide funding over […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 2021 version of the Survey of Consumer Expenditures today. It's not complete, but it has all the major categories. The chart below shows the growth of consumer expenditures in 2019, 2020, and 2021: Income was down 1% in 2021 while total expenditures were up 4.2% Both figures are ...continue reading "In 2021, income was down 1% while expenditures were up 4%"

The terrorists won. And it wasn’t a small victory. It was one that managed to make the American way of life significantly worse for anyone attempting to fly. Flying is how we get around in this sprawl of a nation that encompasses 50 states and ~3,000 miles between the coasts. And that’s just 48 of […]

Music at the Intersection is bringing an embarrassment of riches to St. Louis–based music lovers this weekend. For the second annual festival, organizers tapped more than 50 acts to play across four outdoor stages over two days, with top-notch performers including Erykah Badu and Gary Clark Jr. topping the bill.

The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF) held a juried international photography contest collecting submissions from talented artists from all around the world.

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The photographs in the Silver Seas exhibit are an extraordinary result of an exceptional career. Ernest H. Brooks II, often referred to as the Ansel

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Brandyn S. Hargrove was charged in a Feb. 15, 2022, carjacking attempt of a newspaper carrier in Ladue.

An officer shot the man after he lunged at him with a knife. The man later died at a hospital.

Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed incomes. Across the country, seniors who until recently …

GLEN CARBON – In early 2022, Girl Scouts of the USA sponsored the “Girl Scouts to the Moon and Back” essay contest to give Girl Scouts a chance to win a Space Science badge that’s actually been to space on NASA’s Artemis I. That mission is NASA’s first step toward the goal of sending the first woman and the first person of color to the moon. We’re excited to announce that two local Girl Scouts – who are also sisters – were named winners of the contest. Girl Scout Daisy Isabelle Bates and Girl Scout Senior Evania Bates, both from Belleville, were selected as winners in the essay contest. Each girl will get one of the special badges that have literally been out of this world! In her essay, Evania wrote, “There are three things I would instill in my new community. The first would be to instill honesty. Honesty because I would want my community to feel comfortable in coming up to me to tell me the truth and admit any mistakes

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