BUSINESS Express Medical Transporters, a for-profit, non-emergency transport company based in Missouri, recently opened its first Illinois location in Collinsville. Stephen McGoff and his son, Paul, are the entrepreneurs behind Metro East EMT, which serves all of Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties.
Dean Ponder named Bolivar’s kindest citizen (Bolivar Herald-Free Press)
Dean Ponder was recognized as the 2010 Kindest Citizen of Bolivar during the annual Kindness is Contagious banquet Thursday afternoon. The Kindness is Contagious program and Kindness Week are supported by a grant through Advocates for the Bolivar Community.
Make your smaller home more livable with a new bath (The Marshfield Mail)
(ARA) – “Maximizing livable space” is how the American Institute of Architects (AIA) describes this new trend, a by-product of a down new-housing and real estate market.
Merck, Sanofi combining animal medicine businesses (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
TRENTON, N.J. — Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday they are uniting their animal health businesses in a deal to become the top dog in the veterinary industry.
Church continues traditions in heart of suburbia (Suburban Journals)
When the Rev. Louis Edward Nollau missed a wagon train going west, he instead started a church for German immigrant farmers south of St. Louis.