From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When a deadly tornado hit St. Louis last month, it left an unprecedented amount of debris in its wake. The wreckage of destroyed homes spilled onto the streets. Uprooted trees blocked roads. Pieces of torn roofs blew off and landed blocks away. In the five weeks since, city crews and contractors […]
From St. Louis Magazine: If a tree falls outside a forest, does anyone care if it’s found? A longstanding North City business is proving that the answer is decidedly yes, as it turns trees felled by last month’s tornado into furniture-ready wood. For the past 21 years, Lumber Logs has carved out a niche by […]
From ESG Dive: Companies canceled $1.4 billion in new clean energy factories and projects in May, as Congressional Republicans work through a reconciliation bill expected to dramatically pare back clean energy tax incentives, according to a report released Monday by clean energy nonprofits E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. Nearly $15.5 billion in new factories […]
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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: As President Donald Trump sends mixed messages about immigration enforcement, ordering new raids on farms and hotels just days after saying he wouldn’t target those industries, he has hardly mentioned the industry that employs the most immigrant laborers: construction. Nevertheless, the Trump administration is going after construction workers without legal status […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Wentzville Rotary has partnered with St. Charles County’s Habitat for Humanity to help build the nonprofit’s 100th home in the Wentzville area. The house is a part of Habitat for Humanity’s Haven Pointe project, a 46-home community of townhouses that began construction last year. The site of the new community is […]
A Maryland Heights man accused of child molestation missed another court date Thursday after being picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
From St. Louis Business Journal: The nonprofit conservancy for the Gateway Arch National Park envisions the park grounds one day expanding to Illinois, its leader said this week. An expansion into Illinois would likely be years, if not decades, away, but creating a bi-state park is a pursuit of Gateway Arch Park Foundation, said Executive […]
Technicolor Dreams, the newest immersive popup by Hidden Gems, runs Thursday through Saturday from May 22 through June 28. The disco dive bar’s back room has been transformed into a […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A $32.4 million renovation is planned for the former Liggett & Myers Tobacco building in St. Louis’ Botanical Heights neighborhood. The project would transform the 105,000-square-foot vacant warehouse building into 73 apartments and 14 artist studios, according to city documents. The city’s urban renewal board, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment […]
More than a month after the May 16 tornado struck parts of the St. Louis region, two more FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers are opening in the city to help tornado victims for those affected.
The Cardinals undoubtedly enter the second half of the season in a much-better situation than many teams, but the next half will prove even more critical than the first. If not for postseason chances, then at least for a handful of players whose futures in St. Louis still seem up in the air.
From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis County lawmaker and union official took issue Tuesday with the administration’s pick to do significant traffic calming work in North County. The bidding process for the work in Castle Point, an unincorporated municipality, drew criticism from Councilwoman Shalonda Webb and Laborers Local 110 Government Affairs Director Clint […]
ALTON — Early Thursday morning, June 26, 2025, Alton police apprehended a suspect following a vehicle burglary and subsequent standoff at a local residence. At approximately 2:44 a.m. June 26, officers from the Alton Police Department responded to a report of a vehicle burglary in progress at the Hampton Inn, 1904 Homer Adams Parkway. Upon arrival, officers saw a male matching the suspect’s description fleeing on foot toward the Kohl’s parking lot. The suspect entered a white Toyota Camry and fled the scene at a high rate of speed. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to yield and evaded police. The car was later found abandoned and empty in the driveway of a residence at 2707 Judson Avenue. Police secured the home and obtained a search warrant. Because of the suspect’s known criminal history and propensity for violence, the Metro East SWAT team was called in to assist. After several hours, SWAT officers located the suspect hiding
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online […]