U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, and Roy Blunt, a Republican, don't usually agree on much of anything -- but they can come together for Stan the Man. And thus the rare press release yesterday quoting both Missouri senators, who are championing the unanimous passage this week in the U.S. ... More >>
Elected officials in Missouri don't always get along and sometimes aren't great at compromise -- but when it comes to the late, great Stan Musial, everyone can agree, right? As we've reported, the debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge heated up in the aftermath of the passing of the ... More >>
The debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge is back in full swing this week with yet another suggestion -- and one that some Illinois officials say everyone can support. The idea? The "Veterans Bridge." The proposed name, voted unanimously in St. Clair County, Illinois last night, ... More >>
As we've reported, the most popular thing for Missouri elected officials to do this week is to propose bills and send out press releases in support of naming the Mississippi River bridge the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge" in honor of the late, great Cardinal. A lot of regular folks support the idea, ... More >>
The death of Stan Musial is one of those rare occasions that prompts elected officials from across the state to send out press releases with virtually the same message -- one of praise and gratitude for the late Cardinal and Missouri icon. The latest incarnation of press-releases-honoring-Musial is ... More >>
This is an easy one. Lawmakers are now proposing that the Mississippi River bridge be named after the late, great Stan Musial, because, well, duh. "It's obvious," says Senator John Lamping, a Republican who introduced the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge bill, full version on view below. "He strikes ... More >>
Even 900 years ago, big cities had suburbs. The biggest city in North America then was Cahokia, and its suburbs stretched westward across the Mississippi River and north across most of what is now East St. Louis. We know that the Cahokians had a nasty habit of using their suburban neighbors as human ... More >>
The body of carpenter Andy Gammon, 35, was found in the Mississippi River late yesterday by a diver. Gammon was still tethered to the aerial man lift that he was working on at the time of his fall. The St. Clair County Coroner's office will perform an autopsy.Gammon is the first fatality associat ... More >>
Authorities identified the worker who fell from the new Mississippi River Bridge as Andy Gammon, 35, a carpenter from Park Hills. Gammon was on an aerial man lift that was on a barge upriver from the bridge construction site when he went into the water around 10:30 a.m. yesterday morning. Rescuer ... More >>
Search crews from the St. Louis Fire Department and the Coast Guard are working the river looking for a crane operator who reportedly fell in from the New Mississippi River Bridge construction site. Various outlets are reporting that the man's life jacket has been found, but not the man himself. ... More >>
Black workers feel they should get half the labor jobs for new, $700-million bridge.Unemployed black construction workers who planned to shut down progress on the Mississippi River Bridge today have put their protest on temporary hold. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and representatives of the M ... More >>
"I myself don't choose to be a third generation welfare mother. I want to work in the field that I'm trained in," says Dent.Tiama Dent is a single mother of two children and a graduate of the Illinois Department of Transportation's Highway Construction Preparatory Training program. The eight-w ... More >>
Mississippi River Bridge stirs controversy.Work on the new $700 million Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis could come to a halt next week. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and the Metro-East Black Contractors Organization announced their plans for a protest on Friday, September ... More >>
Cards-Cubs Bridge?Although we're still in favor of selling the naming rights to the new Mississippi River Bridge going up north of downtown St. Louis, state senator John Lamping (R - Ladue) might have the second-best suggestion. This week Lamping offered an amendment to a current bill that would ... More >>
John NationsFresh off his April victory as the leader of the Proposition A campaign to renew funding for Metro, John Nations now has a new job overseeing St. Louis' transit agency. Nations -- the current mayor of Chesterfield and an attorney with the Clayton firm Armstrong Teasdale -- will report ... More >>
mhmvoices.orgFreeman Bosley Jr.Just hung up the phone with Freeman Bosley Jr., St. Louis' 43rd mayor (1993-1997).As you may have read, Bosley, now an attorney in private practice, filed suit yesterday against Bi-State (a.k.a. Metro) claiming that the transit agency failed to meet its minority par ... More >>
citytoriver.orgLook at this "gaping wound" of a highwayKeegan, there's a reason why smoothing access between Downtown and the Arch appeals to a bunch of smart people at: the Partnership for Downtown St. Louisthe Post-Dispatch Editorial Boardthe City to River organization the National Park Service ... More >>
Chesterfield Mayor John Nations, the man leading the charge for Proposition A campaign, spelled out the dire consequences that could befall the entire metropolitan region if the transit tax fails to get a thumbs-up from St. Louis County voters next month. "If it is defeated," warned N ... More >>
The Chain of Rocks rolls on
Three exhibits honoring architect Tadao Ando shine a light on the man who designed the new Pulitzer museum
New Mississippi River bridge
In Monroe County, Ill., some visitors are more welcome than others
