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College announces new DEI leadership appointment, disbands Antiracism Transformation Team
More than a year after Columbia’s academic DEI director resigned, the college has named a new special advisor for DEI initiatives, creating a new leadership role for Rosita Sands, the former dean of the now defunct School of Fine and Performing Arts. Sands was the last of the four...
Mueller Furniture & Mattress Warehouse Showroom celebrates first anniversary
Mueller Furniture, a fourth-generation, family-owned business, recently announced that its fourth location located at 51 Commerce Lane in Fairview Heights, Ill, is turning one. Mueller Furniture & Mattress Warehouse Showroom opened on Aug. 25, 2023, and has the largest mattress gallery and premium clearance section in the St. Louis and...
Turnbridge, Dune Bring Newly Built Canarsie Warehouse to Full Occupancy
Turnbridge Equities and affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners secured a 60,000-square-foot lease with Otto Environmental Systems at their newly developed 807 Bank St. project in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood. This lease increases occupancy to 100% just two months after delivery. The 172,000-square-foot project was 65% pre-leased to two tenants.
Granite City 4th-grader brings life to his school’s hallways months after a life-saving liver transplant
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A fourth grader in the Granite City School District is happy to be back at school eight months after he underwent a life-saving liver transplant. Orlando Bairfield, 9, is a fourth grader at Frohardt Elementary School. It’s been a long year for the...
Cahokia school district delivers supplies to students ahead of first day
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Staff with the Cahokia Unit School District #187 delivered school supplies to students Thursday ahead of the first day of school on Monday. “A lot of parents cannot afford to purchase certain items for these babies,” said Sharon Davis, who has a niece...
Granite City’s Isaiah Ford Optimistic For Solid Season: He Is A Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete Of Month
GRANITE CITY – Isaiah Ford in a senior returning defensive back for the Granite City football team, and is anxious and determined to help the Warriors come back from the 2023 season, where the Warriors had a difficult time in a 0-9 campaign. The Warriors open up the 2024...
Owner of Missouri medical testing lab sentenced for $4 million in federal fraud
(The Center Square) – The co-owner of a health care company was sentenced to 20 months in prison and fined $100,000 for submitting $3.8 million in fraudulent claims to government health care benefit organizations. Carlos Himpler, 44, plead guilty earlier this year to a felony conspiracy charge and was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk. Dr. Franco Sicuro, Himpler’s partner and co-defendant, pleaded guilty in November 2022 and agreed to forfeit $3.1 million in assets. ...
Injured Ferguson officer shows ‘small but significant’ signs of progress
A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death is showing “small but significant signs of progress” from a severe brain injury. That's according to a statement on a GoFundMe page set up to support the officer and his family.
Florissant man charged after 1-year-old child tests positive for methamphetamine
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man from Florissant was charged Wednesday after his 1-year-old child tested positive for methamphetamine. According to a release, Christopher Woodard, 40, of Florissant, has been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Unlawful Use of a Weapon. A probable cause...
Maryland Heights police release dashboard footage from Nelly's arrest
Maryland Heights police released dashboard camera video this week showing St. Louis rapper Nelly’s arrest but said there is no body-cam footage because the officer’s camera battery ran out. The dashboard footage from Aug. 7 essentially shows an otherwise uneventful ride in a Maryland Heights police car after...
Heat is likely killing more people in the Midwest and Great Plains than what’s recorded. Here’s why
In the St. Louis region, heat has killed at least one person this year. In Omaha, Nebraska, a child died last month after being left in a hot car. Outside of Chicago, a person died in a hot prison in June. Heat is the deadliest climate-driven disaster in the U.S....
Police: Armed woman shot, killed in officer-involved shooting in south St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A woman was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in south St. Louis Friday. According to St. Louis Police, the shooting took place Friday morning at W. Iowa Avenue and Gasconade Street in the Dutchtown neighborhood. Police say an armed woman was shot and killed but no officers were injured.
Remaining Schedule Makes Cardinals Postseason Hopes Grim
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the toughest remaining schedules in Major League Baseball. The team is already in a skid, and a gauntlet of postseason-contending teams coming up makes their chances of making it to October look like a long shot. Remaining Schedule Makes Cardinals Postseason Hopes Grim.
St. Louis All Local AM: Francis Howell bathroom bill, Ferguson protestors' message to injured officer
Aldermen split on Ferguson protestor on police oversight board, group of Ferguson protestors offer well wishes to Officer Brown, Francis Howell to vote on bathroom policy tonight, STL Public school transportation and budget issues still an issue
Doug Armstrong Has Stirred the Pot, but He May Lick the Spoon
St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong tendering offer sheets to two players was bold. It now makes him a marked man. Armstrong tendered offer sheets to Edmonton Oilers defenceman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway. The Oilers have less than seven days to match the offer. If they do not, Broberg and Holloway will be Blues.
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