The government of Turkey, headed by exceedingly thin-skinned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has devolved into a corrupt, anti-democratic state that still respects the freedom of the press in theory, but, in practice, only respects the freedoms of its favored press outlets, which are free to write anything the government allows them to write. Journalists who […]
A trip to Ohio stopped short on August 24 when authorities in St. Peters stopped a man transporting undocumented immigrants in his van on Interstate 70. Francisco Ibarra-Hernandez was headed east on I-70 in a Toyota Sienna when St. Peters Police stopped his vehicle and found 11 undocumented immigrants inside, including Ibarra-Hernandez. Prosecutors have accused Ibarra-Hernandez of taking money to take the illegal immigrants from Phoenix to job sites across the country.
Editor’s Note: This week Construction Forum Drone Pilot Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC captured progress on Expo at Forest Park, a massive, transit-based residential/commercial project located across from the north boundary of Forest Park. Construction is nearing completion on Expo at Forest Park, a commercial and apartment complex with 287 market rate luxury apartments […]
From CBS: After about 10 years as a New York City barista, Desiree Camacho decided it was time to nail down a new career path — construction. “Even my own mom when I told her I was interested in doing this, she’s like, ‘Why would you want to do that? That’s a man’s job,'” Camacho […]
David Bowie's estate has partnered with NFT marketplace OpenSea and the We Love the Arts venture for the "Bowie on the Blockchain" sale, which will feature a series of unique…
A smaller-scale restaurant concept by the owner of chess-themed Kingside Diner opened its first location Tuesday, and another two locations are still planned in the future.
This is off the beaten path, but this tweet reminded me of something: horoscopes are obviously BS, Meyers-Briggs is silly, I don't even understand what the enneagram is, but shared generational characteristics are as real as gravity — Suderman (@petersuderman) September 1, 2022 The Myers-Briggs personality test gets a lot of abuse, and mostly for ...continue reading "What can a popular personality test teach you?"
GRANITE CITY - When the Labor Day Parade officially rolls through Granite City, Mayor Mike Parkinson ranks as one of the proudest participants. The Granite City Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 5 was well-attended as the community marked the holiday again. “What a great day for Granite City to honor the working man and women of our region," Mayor Parkinson said afterward. Parkinson said his reason to get into the political race for mayor was simple: “I want to be a voice for the city. It’s important to me to mark this holiday. I was born and raised here; I am a third-generation in Granite City. Granite City has always been about supporting labor and the working man. That is why we are geared up to support the steelworkers in their fight right now for jobs at U.S. Steel.” The mayor said the U.S. Steel situation doesn’t have a short-term solution and it will be a “long-term battle” to preserve the jobs. The parade had a little of everything
In one of his latest open records requests, the Missouri Attorney General and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Eric Schmitt, is diving into the emails of the University of Missouri's student paper. The open records request, filed in June, targets three years worth of emails between the Columbia Missourian and PolitiFact.
WASHINGTON — New COVID-19 boosters aimed at fighting currently circulating variants of the coronavirus will be widely available this week, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, adding that the vaccine is moving closer to an annual jab, as with flu…