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The IAM filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election for about 50 employees at LMI's St. Charles facilities.

The Wall Street Journal points out today that our ongoing yield curve inversion is getting worse and worse: Judging from this, we were already due for a natural recession to start sometime in the first half of 2023. Then, a few months ago, the Fed started jacking up interest rates, which will put downward pressure ...continue reading "Two recessions are barreling toward us next year"

A fortunate Missouri Lottery player was able to win a $50,000 Powerball reward after purchasing a ticket for the drawing on November 5 at On the Run in Wentzville, which is located at 42 W. Highway N.

One person is in custody after attempting to bring a gun into East St. Louis High School on Tuesday morning.

The St. Louis Alumnae Chapter (SLA) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has announced the cheerful return of its Annual Breakfast with Santa event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts Middle…

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 by the captain or a

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From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  The Edwardsville City Council unanimously approved a plan for rezoning two parcels on East Schwarz Street. This comes despite a 2-1 vote at the Nov. 26 Administrative and Community Service (ACS) committee meeting. Alderman SJ Morrison initially voted against the request last month. At ACS, petitioner Keith Moran unveiled a plan […]

A St. Louis woman is accused of fraud, money laundering, and other crimes while acquiring a $291,000 loan from a COVID-19 pandemic relief program.

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 […]