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'Relatively normal flight schedule' at Southwest Friday

2 years ago
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) officials on Friday were hoping to close out 2022 this weekend with near-normal flight operations at airports across the country. FlightAware reported early Friday that Southwest had just 39 canceled flights nationwide, and the Associated Press Friday afternoon reported a "relatively normal flight schedule" at the airline. That’s considerably different from passengers’ experience over the course of the past week. The airline has been operating at just a…
Alex Fees

Where 3 disgraced St. Louis aldermen will serve their prison sentences

2 years ago
The federal Bureau of Prisons has determined where three disgraced St. Louis aldermen will serve their sentences after they pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from a north St. Louis gas station owner-turned-undercover FBI informant. Former aldermanic President Lewis Reed, who was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on two bribery-related charges, will serve his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution Forrest City, a low-security prison in Forrest City, Arkansas. Reed also was fined…
Jacob Kuerth

St. Louis Character: Tom Huck on why art is 'not a normal business model'

2 years ago
Tom Huck, a printmaker known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts, is among the most prominent artists from the St. Louis area. When Chris Ryan and Jim Harper co-founded Fine Print Small Press as a “creative company with the goal of creating compelling necessities,” they wanted to do a book capturing nearly the first three decades of Huck’s work.
James Drew

St. Louis County judge to join Missouri attorney general's staff

2 years ago
St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Bill Corrigan will leave the bench to serve as deputy attorney general in the office of Andrew Bailey, who will be sworn in as Missouri's attorney general next month. Corrigan, formerly a partner at Armstrong Teasdale, was appointed to his current position by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in 2020. He previously served as one of the youngest presidents of the Missouri Bar Association, and in 2010, he won the Republican primary election for St. Louis County executive.…
Jacob Kirn

St. Louis mayor signs 'guaranteed income' bill into law Wednesday

2 years ago
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Wednesday signed the Working Families Bill into law, establishing Missouri's first guaranteed income program. Using $52 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, BB116 aims to support about 440 St. Louis families living in poverty, expand health care access and create new opportunities for local youth. The St. Louis Board of Alderman earlier this month approved the bill, which includes $5 million to establish monthly direct cash payments from the city of St.…
Jennifer Somers