Marquita Chapman began her career at the Department of Defense in 2004 as an intern within the Defense Contract Management Agency, and eventually rose to become the lead program manager of user facing services for the Next NGA West Program, a $2 billion construction project located in the historic St. Louis Place neighborhood.
ALTON - Retired Alton Fire Department Deputy Chief Mark Harris died Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Alton Memorial Hospital. A dedicated member of the Alton Fire Department, Mark began his career on April 17, 1991, and quickly advanced through the ranks becoming an Engineer on January 4, 1995. Mark advanced to the Captain position on May 20, 2000, Assistant Chief on December 4, 2005, Deputy Chief on May 28, 2009, Battalion Chief on May 26, 2013, and Deputy Chief again on September 1, 2013. He finally ended his career with the Department on May 5, 2018. Alton Fire Chief Jesse Jemison said visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Gent Funeral Home in Alton in the chapel. The Gent Funeral Home is located at 2409 State Street in Alton. Funeral services will immediately follow. A Fire Department Walk-Through will be conducted at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, led by the active and retired members of the Alton Fire Department with surrounding fire departments following in honor of Deputy Chief Harris.
Since joining Poetkker Construction Co. in 2007, Jon Carroll has grown his own leadership and management skills while smashing records for the general contractor.
Provisions in the proposed constitutional amendments in Arkansas and Missouri would give established medical marijuana licensees a leg up in the new recreational marketplace.
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Elizabeth Bleier leads a network of more than 600 educators and education advocates in nearly 140 schools across St. Louis in her role as executive director of Teach For America St. Louis.
Alejandra Berra, lead strategy analyst for digital assets and cryptocurrencies, joined Commerce Bank in 2009. Since then, she has expanded her portfolio and kept pace with fiscal innovation.
ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals may not be in the World Series, but St. Louis baseball fans still have something to cheer for this November. His name is Matt Vierling. "That's his senior year right there," CBC Head Baseball Coach Mason Horne says as he points to a photo in his office. The team in [...]
In a move highlighting a growing divide among Black leaders and organizations in Missouri over a push to legalize marijuana, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Tuesday announced she would oppose the measure appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot as…
In her role as vice president, finance and investor relations, Robyn Bradbury led Core & Main’s initial public offering and the issuance of $800 million of equity to the public market.
Santa needs a vacation after all his hard work at the North Pole, so he’s trading pine trees for palm trees. Escape the cold and join him at this festive
Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.
Chef Nick Bognar’s food keeps earning national acclaim from the likes of Food & Wine, Esquire, and GQ magazines. He opened his first restaurant — a Southeast Asian establishment called Indo — in the Botanical Heights neighborhood in 2019. Bognar had already been working at his parents' restaurant, Nippon Tei, prior to opening Indo.
Die-hard Cardinals fans who love to spend exorbitant amounts of money on largely useless things, your time has come — Albert Pujols' 700th home run ball is currently up for auction and already going for a small fortune. St. Louis' favorite Dominican dinger dispenser blasted that ball into the stratosphere in LA back on September 23, whereupon it was caught by a fan who turned down multiple offers for it on his way out of the building. Ultimately his decision to keep the piece of MLB history was a wise (if temporary) one, as it's now up for auction on the website for the New Jersey-based sports memorabilia company Goldin Collectibles — and going for a staggering $160,000.
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