SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Most people don’t know that a Missouri boy died of what is now believed to have been AIDS more than a decade before the virus was officially identified. In late 1968, Robert Rayford, a shy 15-year-old Black boy from St. Louis, arrived at the city hospital with swollen legs and genitals, severe [...]
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is rkhalloran with a comment about keeping kids safe online: The correct answer is ACTUALLY PARENT YOUR KIDS. This is the digital version of finding “nudie mags” under your kid’s bed then trying to sue Playboy/Penthouse/… for the kid getting ahold of them (yes I […]
Council-wide, the St. Louis area Boy Scouts collected 1,866,748 items of food for local foodbanks, according to a press release from the Greater St. Louis Area Council. The Pathfinder District, which includes Maplewood-Richmond Heights, collected 88,174 items; 12 percent more than last year. The breakdown of our local areas.- Clayton – 10,132 food items – […]