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AC Hotel in Clayton expected to be finished by spring 2024

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The AC Hotel in Clayton is on track to be completed next spring.To celebrate, Midas Construction is holding a 'topping out' party. The $50 million project started last year. Little boy at the center of pizza coupon scam in Illinois The 11-story hotel will have 207 rooms, including a rooftop bar and restaurant open to the public. It's Clayton's first ground-up hotel development in 20 years.

Enterprise opening new car and truck rental branch in Chesterfield today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Enterprise will be opening a new car and truck rental branch in Chesterfield on Tuesday.It's at 17909 Chesterfield Airport Road. The new 5,000-square-foot facility will have 18 employees to help meet rising demand for seasonal car and truck rentals. Little boy at the center of pizza coupon scam in Illinois The grand opening for the facility is at 10:00 a.m.

St. Louis Blues hosting free flu clinic ahead preseason game against Columbus Blue Jackets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS - BJC Healthcare and the St. Louis Blues are hosting a free flu shot clinic at the Enterprise Center during Tuesday night's preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Flu shots are first come, first serve for ticket holders. No appointment is required. It's from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Cloned voice, fake bondsman target St. Louis woman If you can't make it Tuesday, there will be another flu clinic on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Siteman Cancer Center in south county and at BJC at the commons.

MidAmerica Airport emergency exercise taking place today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS - If you see emergency crews at the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Tuesday, don't panic.The facility is conducting a full-scale emergency exercise Tuesday afternoon. It's to help crews respond to a potential airplane hard landing or crash. Little boy at the center of pizza coupon scam in Illinois MidAmerica says access to the airport will be restricted from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the exercise.

UMSL holding forum on creation of 'heat islands' today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The University of St. Louis-Missouri is holding a forum on how urban areas create "heat islands".Researchers say having a dense concentration of buildings and paved surfaces causes cities to absorb heat, which contributes to air pollution and rising energy costs for air conditioning. The forum will look at the impact heat islands have had on St. Louis' ecology and ways to try and lower the effects. Cloned voice, fake bondsman target St. Louis woman The forum starts at 6:00 p.m. in the 'Living World' at the St. Louis Zoo.

Missouri Botanical Garden hosting EV 'Ride and Drive' event today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Ameren Missouri and the Missouri Botanical Garden are teaming up for an EV 'Ride and Drive' event.Anyone can come test drive a variety of electric vehicles. It's for National Drive Electric Week, which raises awareness of the benefits that come with driving electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. Little boy at the center of pizza coupon scam in Illinois The event is from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

RiNo hot yoga studio flames out after two years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

Allumen Yoga, an infrared hot yoga studio at the edge of RiNo, closed this weekend after two years of business.Founder Madeleine Page said the studio at 2590 Lawrence St. hosted its last class Sunday, Sept. 24.“It’s tough for small businesses always, but especially these days,” Page said.Allumen, originally named Third Space Yoga, opened in the 3,000-square-foot space within the S*Park condominium complex in 2021. But, soon after opening, Page said she was hit with trademark infringement for the Third Space name.“That left us without being able to put the word out about operations – dealing with the rebrand, and the after fact of the pandemic, it was slow growth,” Page said.Page said the studio didn’t rebrand as Allumen until last November, and in between that time her founding partner left the business.“We faced a lot of hurdles that in the end with this space we just weren’t able to overcome,” she said.She said business was good after rebranding as Allumen, but she still owed back...

Cherry Cricket owner submits plans for office building next to original restaurant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

The plans are in for an office building slated to go up next to the Cherry Cricket restaurant in Cherry Creek.The restaurant’s Denver-based parent company Breckenridge-Wynkoop LLC, along with local developer Alpine Investments, plan to construct a building that will top out at eight stories, according to a concept plan submitted to the city last week.The structure would have about 97,000 square feet of office space starting on the second floor. The first floor would feature about 4,600 square feet of retail and restaurant space. There would be three levels of underground parking, with 98 spaces. Tryba Architects drew up the plans.The building would fill the space between the Cherry Cricket, at 2641 E. 2nd Ave., and The Clayton Members Club & Hotel. Two small structures would be demolished. One houses a tailor and some other space, while the other is home to a cocktail bar.Cherry Cricket has operated at the corner of 2nd and Clayton since 1950. The restaurant was purchased in 200...

Xcel Energy’s winter forecast: Heating bills up in October, but 35% lower than last year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

Xcel Energy’s winter forecast is for higher heating bills starting in October, but about 35% lower than last winter, when high natural gas prices and cold weather led to the doubling and tripling of some Coloradans’ monthly charges.Xcel customers will see an increase in gas bills heading into October due to rising fuel prices, the company said in a statement. The average residential monthly bill will be about 15% higher October through December.The average small business will pay roughly 16.7% more per month starting in October.If the temperatures are normal October through December, Xcel said the average residential natural gas bill is expected to be $85.82 per month, compared with $130.90 for the last three months of 2022.The average small business customer’s monthly gas bill for October through December is expected to be about $356.50, compared with $564.57 for the same period in 2022, a decline of 37%.Xcel Energy said it has submitted its proposed quarterly fuel pric...

Broncos Mailbag: From too much time for Tua to Taylor Swift, airing out the grievances after a disastrous football weekend in Colorado

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:13 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.I guess we no longer have to worry about winning those one-score games.— Peter Campbell, HotchkissBam. That’s an appropriate way to get this week going, Peter. Indeed, the Broncos came up a mere six touchdowns short of getting back within a score against Miami. The thing about that game that keeps coming to my mind is just how many different ways the preposterous nature of the score and what Miami did can be sliced. And no matter how it gets sliced, it’s still incredible. At some point we’ll mostly stop talking about it, but it will never fully go away. It’s one of those games that’s on the resume of everybody involved for both Denver and Miami. The latest rendition of boggle-the-brain stats that comes to mind is that the Dolphins scored 10 touchdowns in 51 minutes, 59 seconds of gametime.That’s one touchdown every 5:12 on the clock. The Dolphi...