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RFK Jr. Cut Funding For FoodNet, Making It Harder To Figure Out Why You’re Shitting Yourself Uncontrollably

1 day 10 hours ago
Are you currently pooping yourself uncontrollably and want to know why? Well, the CDC made that slightly more difficult last year, but you might just have cyclosporiasis, the unintentional weight loss craze that is gripping parts of the country. The disease — cyclosporiasis — is a foodborne illness caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora. […]
Timothy Geigner

Glen Carbon Approves $885,000 For 2026 Street Program

1 day 11 hours ago
GLEN CARBON – Multiple streets in Glen Carbon are set for improvements later this year. Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 to accept the lowest bid of $884,899.06 from Christ Brothers Asphalt for the village’s 2026 Street Rehabilitation Program. Their bid was the lowest of five bidders and came in $344,228.94 below the village engineer’s estimate of over $1.2 million. According to a memo from Public Works Director Scott Slemer, this year’s program include

2026 Jersey County Fair Parade Also Celebrates America's 250th

1 day 12 hours ago
JERSEYVILLE – Several community members flocked to downtown Jerseyville for the 2026 Jersey County Fair Parade, with a patriotic theme tying the event to the nation’s 250th anniversary. With over 100 entries in this year’s parade, attendees saw plenty of red, white, and blue across multiple creative floats. The theme for the 2026 parade and fair is “Party Like It's 1776: Happy Birthday America!” Each year, a panel of judges awards plaques and prize money to the

Elite chess players head to St. Louis for national titles

1 day 14 hours ago
St. Louis is hosting some of the nation's top chess competitors this week for the U.S. Senior Championship, U.S. Junior Championship and U.S. Girls' Junior Championship for 2026. These tournaments, taking place in the Central West End, also include the newly added U.S. Senior Women's Championships and are set to run through July 25.
Patrick Clark

Paramount Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger

1 day 15 hours ago
Paramount is now threatening California regulators that they’ll be taking their ball and going home (to Texas? Israel?) after California and 11 other states filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company’s unpopular $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers. Paramount leaked word of the nonexistent move to Semafor, which dutifully parroted the empty threat: “Ellison’s confidantes […]
Karl Bode