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Happy Birthday to the Gateway Arch! Friday marks 57 years since crews put the finishing touches to the St. Louis staple.

One Illinois department accounted for 11 of the state's highest-paid employees. Here's a look at the top 25 from fiscal 2021.

A Canadian-based agriculture firm has raised $70 million in a Series C funding round, with plans to use the capital to finish construction on a new facility that will start operations soon in north St. Louis.

To date, Elon Musk has shown very little inclination to actually understand Twitter and why it has been such a useful platform to many. His understanding of free speech and content moderation hasn’t just been generally lacking, but ridiculous. And that’s not even getting into his apparently purposely obtuse misunderstanding of spam/mDAU issues. And, so, […]

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The time has come, St. Louis. Shania Twain is coming to Riverport Hollywood Casino Ampitheatre (14141 Riverport Drive, thehollywoodcasinoamphitheatre.com) next summer and you’d better start getting ready now. Break out your sequined cowgirl boots and your shiny tops and get ready to step on some hearts because Twain's tour is scheduled to stop in St. Louis on June 4, 2023.

One more thing for chart day. I mentioned yesterday that 30-year fixed mortgage rates had broken the 7% barrier, so this is a good time to update my chart showing the average monthly mortgage payment on a newly purchased house in the United States. Buckle your seat belt: These are annual figures through 2021. For ...continue reading "Average monthly mortgages have increased 71% since last year (so far)"

Who you gonna call? Studio STL ghost busting crew!

ST. LOUIS — A 15-year-old boy was shot early Monday in St. Louis' Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.

Dr. Hassan Jafri went on a medical mission trip to Iraq.

The second of two individuals facing charges related to the robbery of a St. Louis Blues prospect on the Arch grounds in September of last year pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court. As part of her plea agreement, Kaniya Sloan, 18 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory after the fact of a robbery on federal territorial jurisdiction. Prosecutors dropped a charge of aiding and abetting a robbery.

Adam Wainwright will pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals next season, choosing to return for an 18th and final year with the club even as longtime teammates Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina head off into retirement.

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, known for his dynamic singing, piano playing and wild performance style, has died at age 87. Lewis' passing was announced Friday in a…

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GLEN CARBON - After eight years of work, the Edwardsville Township Board voted Wednesday evening 5-0 approving the bid to move forward with the renovation and expansion of Edwardsville Township Hall at 300 West Park Street in Edwardsville. At the bid opening on Tuesday, three bids were submitted with the approved low bidder being Millenium Construction for $1,385,000. “Since being elected to the Township Board in 2017, this project has been a weight around the Township's neck,” said Kevin Hall, Edwardsville Township Supervisor. “To finally be moving forward and seeing an end in sight; a date where we can better serve the taxpayers of Edwardsville Township with an accessible, modern office is a relief.” The project will bring many improvements and upgrades to the building from the late 1980s. It will include an increase in space, updating to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements, upgraded HVAC, plumbing, electrical, lighting and more modern standards.

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A $300 million family resort and entertainment district is in the works for the Lake of the Ozarks region.

As long as we're collecting up all the spending and income statistics this morning, here is the newly released Employment Cost Index from the BLS: This is an important number because it tells us how much employers spend on workers. Obviously wages and salaries are the main component, but it also includes other expenses like ...continue reading "Worker comp is down. Corporate profits are up. Imagine that."