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Nomination deadline extended for 2024 Most Influential Business Women Awards

10 hours 25 minutes ago
The deadline to submit your 2024 Most Influential Business Women Awards program has been extended to Sunday, May 12. This program recognizes remarkable women who excel in their careers and make a big impact in their organizations and St. Louis communities. You can submit a nomination by clicking here. When making a nomination, describe in detail the nominee's career accomplishments, as well as her involvement in the community using tangible results. While many nominations include personal endorsements…
Veneta Rizvic

Missouri governor signs $468M education bill that boosts teacher pay, expands charters

16 hours 26 minutes ago
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Tuesday that boosts the minimum salary for teachers, changes the formula for funding public schools and expands a tax-credit scholarship for private schools. It also allows charter schools in Boone County and requires a public vote for districts seeking to go to a four-day school week. When fully implemented, the legislation is estimated to cost roughly $468 million a year. Parson signed the bill a day before the constitutional deadline to take action.…
Annelise Hanshaw

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones will seek reelection, campaign says

1 day 7 hours ago
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is expected to announce her campaign for reelection in the coming weeks, sources confirmed to KSDK on Tuesday. Jones will officially announce her campaign at an event May 16 at the Third Degree Glass Factory, an art studio on Delmar Boulevard, according to Christopher Camie with Meyers Okohson Political Consulting. Doors to the event will open at 5:30 p.m. "Mayor Jones does have a number of office-side events and engagements, with the most exciting of course being…
Hunter Bassler

Buc-ee's picks Midwest market for expansion

1 day 9 hours ago
The chain is known for its absurdly large number of gas pumps and restroom stalls as well as beloved products such as Texas barbecue, homemade fudge, kolaches, jerky, fresh pastries and "Beaver Nuggets," which is a sweet corn puff snack.
Andrew Vaupel

Sullivan bar 'destroyed' by tornado during severe storm Tuesday morning

1 day 15 hours ago
One More Pub & Grub was destroyed by a tornado during severe weather Tuesday morning. Officers with the Sullivan Police Department are responding to calls of damage. The department confirmed that One More Pub & Grub was heavily damaged by the storm. The bar was previously known as Hilltop Lounge. The storm struck the building at around 4 a.m. Bar owner Jane Epperson said she also rents out a home near the bar. She had heard from her renter, and no one was injured in the storm. "My neighbor, who…
Sam Clancy and Mercedes Mackay