Richmond Heights News

Noise is a top concern among homeowners who live near the new stretch of I-64. Missouri's Department of Transportation installed sound walls, but do they work, now that the interstate has re-opened? MODOT says it will gauge the sound levels in January, when traffic patterns begin to stabilize.

For the first 35 years Jason Fowler's family operated the service station at Big Bend Boulevard , westbound Highway 40 was a pipeline, providing an unending supply of gas-thirsty automobiles and trucks.

Loree Phelps thought she had the recession beat. The accredited Richmond Heights child care center she runs catered largely to professionals, and she had an eight-month waiting list for the infant room.

Richmond Heights businesses have waited two years for this day, when I-64 would be completely reopened to drivers and drivers could easily access them.

While commuters may be glad the highway is reopened, businesses in Brentwood are jumping for joy.

The daily bobbing and weaving of traffic turned Highway 40 into an unforgettable chokepoint at Hanley Road and Interstate 170.

We are just three days and counting from the opening of the new Interstate 64. While the Missouri Department of Transportation puts the finishing touches on the project, you might say the folks who live and work along the highway are already celebrating.

The Big Bend Boulevard bridge over Interstate 64 will open to traffic by evening rush on Friday.

Another major milestone today for the Interstate 64 reconstruction project. The Big Bend bridge of the new highway will reopen Friday morning.

Phillip D. Ziolkowski and his wife, Kristen, bought a three-bedroom, 1.5-bath home at 1023 S. McKnight Road in Richmond Heights from Thomas M. Schenk and his wife, Katherine, for $329,000 on Nov.

UPDATED 2:15 They don't know how four peacocks ended up on the roof, but the staff at St.

You can get a makeover from Paula Dorf at Soft Surroundings in Richmond Heights across from the Galleria, on Saturday November 14th from 10am-4pm. The address is #33 The Boulevard.

Updated: 10:36 a.m. Friday RICHMOND HEIGHTS -- Highway 40 will reopen Dec. 7 -- nearly a month early and under budget.

After a morning announcement that Highway 40 will reopen ahead of schedule on Dec.

A sampling of chain restaurants' third-quarter results shows consumers were still skittish about spending on dining out.

St. Louis County health officials say they have received a shipment of H1N1 flu vaccine, and will begin vaccinating the public against the illness.

School child gets the flu shot. AP The H1N1 flu shots are finally beginning to show up in the St.

County smoking ban A partial smoking ban in St. Louis County is one of several area ballot questions to be decided by voters today.

After three months of detours, drivers trying to get between Hanley and Eager roads will have a new connection to use starting Thursday.

The Parkway School District estimates that last year it saved 1,304 tons of trash from a landfill, or the equivalent of taking 244 cars off the road.