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Infill Apartment Complex, Townhouses Proposed Near Interstate 55

3 years ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: A plan to construct four infill buildings with 20 apartments in a historic district in the city of St. Louis is moving ahead. Developer Mayo Aiyelokun of Beulah Properties LLC is seeking city approvals to construct a 3-story brick complex at 1812-1820 Geyer Ave. in McKinley Heights. The St. Louis Preservation Board […]
Shruthi Beedu

Construction Starts Fall Again

3 years ago
From Construction Dive:  Dive Brief: Total construction starts declined 19% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.02 trillion, according to a Dodge Data & Analytics report. The September decline follows August’s 9% drop in total construction starts, marking two consecutive months of decline following July’s 48% surge. Nonresidential building starts dropped 23%, […]
Shruthi Beedu

Poll: Illinois Democrats maintain large leads in race for governor, U.S. Senate, Sec Of State, Comptroller, Treasurer

3 years ago
With less than two weeks left in the campaign, the Democrats running for Illinois statewide offices and U.S. Senate hold commanding leads over their GOP opponents, a new WGN-TV/Emerson College/The Hill poll found. Although likely voters seem poised to pick Democrats for the state’s top offices, they are divided on the direction Illinois is headed. [...]
Tahman Bradley

Illinois State Police Arrests Suspect In East St. Louis On Aggravated Battery/Criminal Sexual Assault Charges

3 years ago
EAST ST. LOUIS – A 20-year-old Cahokia Heights man has been arrested on a variety of charges from Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X Felony), Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault/Weapon (Class X Felony), Aggravated Unlawful Restraint (Class 3 Felony), Aggravated Battery/Great Bodily Harm (Class 3 Felony) and Aggravated Battery/Use Deadly Weapon (Class 3 Felony). Illinois State Police (ISP) and East St. Louis Police Department arrested the man after they were called at 5:29 p.m. on Sunday, October 23, 2022, to a stabbing and criminal sexual assault report in the 3000 block of Market Place, East St. Louis. The East St. Louis Police Department requested the ISP Public Safety Enforcement Group (PSEG) respond to a reported stabbing and criminal sexual assault. ISP said the victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of her injuries. The suspect left the scene prior to the arrival of law enforcement. After a thorough investigation, PSEG identified Elijah Harper as a suspect.

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10 Names for St. Louis' Soccer Stadium That Are Better Than 'CITYPARK'

3 years ago
St. Louis' shiny new soccer stadium hasn't even hosted its first game yet, but it's already making headlines. Specifically, the new pride of the city made the news earlier this week due to the fact that it's been unable to operate at full power for the last two months on account of flooding and a broken electrical pipe, which together fried some of the stadium's main breakers and resulted in the place running off of a generator. Then, just yesterday, the St. Louis Business Journal reported that managed care company and alleged medicaid fraudster Centene has backed out of its 15-year naming rights deal, rendering the stadium an underwhelming "CITYPARK" for the foreseeable future in what feels eerily similar to a South Park bit.
Daniel Hill

New League Brings Late Night Basketball to Wohl Center

3 years ago
On Friday evening at 10 p.m., when most people are watching TV, partying or sleeping, the air in the Wohl Community Center is sticky and stuffy. Sweaty bodies run up and down the court. Old timers pile into a corner, arguing about the NBA back in 1995.
Benjamin Simon

Here's How You Can Support St. Louis Shooting Victims

3 years ago
On Monday, the lives of countless families changed as a teenage shooter entered Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and fired shots at students and staff. The shooter killed two people 一 teacher Jean Kuczka, 61, and student Alexzandria Bell, 15 一 while several more were injured. Police have since identified former student 19-year-old Orlando Harris as the shooter.
Monica Obradovic

Lunchtime Photo

3 years ago
When I visited Paris I naturally decided I wouldn't take pictures of the Eiffel Tower. I mean, why bother? There are millions of them out there and the world hardly needs a few more. But wherever you go in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is always there and always begging to be photographed. So I did. ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum