ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 7 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP has advised a fund managed by long-standing client Resolution Property on their sale of the Hyatt Place London City East Hotel to Sun Venture (a Singapore-based investment firm) by way of a business sale, which completed on 26 February. The former office at the site at 45 Whitechapel, London was turned into a 280-key hotel. BCLP acted on the full lifecycle of the building: the acquisition in  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 8 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * After Republicans in the state legislature eliminated Missouri's state-run presidential primary, the Missouri Democratic Party worked to design the best party-run process possible given the barriers of the new law and is ready to announce the locations that will serve as in-person voting sites for the Party-run presidential primary election scheduled on Saturday, March 2  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 8 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Greg Edwards A researcher at Missouri S&T who aims to revamp how the power grid is planned for the future will now have his work powered by the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. "This project should help change electric infrastructure planning for our modern society," says Dr. Rui Bo, associate professor of electrical and compute  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: Students at the Missouri School of Journalism are traveling to research conferences this week, where they will present graduate and undergraduate work on a variety of topics related to journalism and strategic communication -- some representing undergraduates' first forays into academic research. "Our students' presence in these conferences, at all academic levels and re  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he filed a petition of quo warranto to remove Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers from office. He has secured an order to remove the sheriff from office during the pendency of the trial. "I will always work to protect Missourians," said Attorney General Bailey. "As Attorney General, it is my duty to hold acc  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 8 -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission issued the following news on March 7, 2024: During its regular meeting on March 6, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded the following contracts for two bridge replacement projects in the Northeast District. * A $861,268 contract was awarded to E & C Bridge, LLC, for a bridge replacement project on Route C, over Goodwater Creek, 1.8 miles north of Route T, near Centralia in Audrain Co  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, March 8 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: A Northwest Missouri State University student will test his musical performance skills this month in a nationally selective competition with hopes of furthering his music education. Gabe Roller, a senior instrumental music education major from Muskogee, Oklahoma, has been invited to compete in the semifinal round of the 2024 Naftzger National Young Artists Competition March 16-17 at Wichita S  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 7 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: Colorectal cancer rates in adults under age 50 have been increasing in the U.S. and globally. The risk of developing such cancers has been rising with each generation since the 1950s, but scientists have not been able to explain why. Understanding the underlying causes will help design prevention strategies for future generations. Yin Cao, ScD, an associate professor of sur  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 8 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Matthew Martens, interim provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri, and Sarah Dubbert, president of the Columbia market for Commerce Bank, today awarded a 2024 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence to Amy Knopps. Knopps is an associate teaching professor for the School of Music in the College of Arts and Science as well as th  more