Herculaneum /tags/herculaneum Herculaneum en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 21 Jan 2022 23:12:32 GMT ‘Don’t stay quiet’ — and other lessons Herculaneum’s cleanup offers decades later /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-21/herculaneums-environmental-cleanup-offers-lessons-for-today Steve Mahfood, former director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says Herculaneum’s not-so-distant past stands as a compelling reminder of how community members and state officials can band together to hold a polluter accountable. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 23:12:32 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-21/herculaneums-environmental-cleanup-offers-lessons-for-today Evie Hemphill Doe Run: no new plant to replace Herculaneum lead smelter /health-science-environment/2012-06-29/doe-run-no-new-plant-to-replace-herculaneum-lead-smelter View Larger MapDoe Run announced today that it will not build a new lead processing plant in Herculaneum.In 2010, the largest lead producer in North… Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:56 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-06-29/doe-run-no-new-plant-to-replace-herculaneum-lead-smelter Production to halt for weeks at fire-damaged Doe Run smelter /economy-business/2012-03-29/production-to-halt-for-weeks-at-fire-damaged-doe-run-smelter View Larger MapThe Doe Run Co. says production of primary lead at its smelter in the eastern Missouri town of Herculaneum will be suspended for four to… Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:05:38 GMT /economy-business/2012-03-29/production-to-halt-for-weeks-at-fire-damaged-doe-run-smelter Doe Run assessing damage after early morning fire /2012-03-20/doe-run-assessing-damage-after-early-morning-fire View Larger MapSeveral Jefferson County fire departments responded to a blaze early Tuesday morning at the Doe Run Company’s primary smelter in… Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:54:42 GMT /2012-03-20/doe-run-assessing-damage-after-early-morning-fire Plan seeks new uses for Doe Run site in Herculaneum /health-science-environment/2012-03-16/plan-seeks-new-uses-for-doe-run-site-in-herculaneum View Larger MapAn eastern Missouri lead smelter scheduled to close next year could eventually make way for commercial and industrial uses.Doe Run Co.… Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:18:17 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-03-16/plan-seeks-new-uses-for-doe-run-site-in-herculaneum $320 million in punitive damages awarded over Herculaneum, Mo. smelter /2011-07-29/320-million-in-punitive-damages-awarded-over-herculaneum-mo-smelter View Larger MapA St. Louis jury has awarded $320 million in punitive damages in the lawsuit against the former owners of a lead smelter in the eastern… Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:02:33 GMT /2011-07-29/320-million-in-punitive-damages-awarded-over-herculaneum-mo-smelter Jury awards $38.5 million in Herculaneum smelter suit /2011-07-28/jury-awards-38-5-million-in-herculaneum-smelter-suit View Larger MapA St. Louis jury has awarded $38.5 million to 16 residents of Herculaneum who alleged negligence by the former owners of a lead smelter in… Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:51:21 GMT /2011-07-28/jury-awards-38-5-million-in-herculaneum-smelter-suit Morning headlines: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 /2011-05-17/morning-headlines-tuesday-may-17-2011 Akin Expected to Announce Challenge to McCaskill TodayMissouri Congressman Todd Akin may soon be joining the Republican race to challenge Democratic U.S.… Tue, 17 May 2011 14:22:38 GMT /2011-05-17/morning-headlines-tuesday-may-17-2011