Mark Schlinkmann

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A tornado "likely" touched down in the Wildwood-Chesterfield area Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service said. However, Brad Charboneau, a Weather Service metorologist, said Wednesday night that there had been no indication of any major damage. He said there had been some reports of downed trees and damage to siding on some homes.

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — James Brown, St. Louis Lambert International Airport's lobbyist in Washington for 45 years, is poised to continue in that role for at least three more. The city Airport Commission on Wednesday voted to keep contracting with Brown's firm, Brown and Associates, through June 2028. A deal worked out with the company calls for it to be paid $150,000 a year for each of the next three years, beginning July 1.

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — An effort is underway at the Board of Aldermen to bar an online car-sharing service from using garages or lots within walking distance of St. Louis Lambert International Airport’s passenger terminals. A bill introduced Friday by Alderman Shane Cohn also would make it illegal for the online platform, Turo Inc., to operate anywhere at Lambert without signing a concession agreement with the airport. Such a deal would give Lambert a share of the revenue.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — A field of five candidates will compete in a July 1 special election to fill the 8th Ward aldermanic seat given up by Cara Spencer when she became mayor in April. The city Election Board said Friday that two additional candidates had qualified to be listed as independents on the ballot — Jami Cox Antwi, a banker and former Missouri House candidate, and Alecia Hoyt, who has a photography studio. The board verified that the two gathered enough signatures on petitions to qualify.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

St. Louis County officials are holding off further exploration of MetroLink expansion and new rapid bus lines in North County. “The pause is indefinite,” Stephanie Leon Streeter, the county’s director of transportation and public works, said in an email this week. None of the routes reviewed by a consulting firm would meet minimum federal ridership, cost-effectiveness and other requirements, Streeter said. Federal money is needed to cover most of the cost, with a county sales tax covering the rest.