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Wikipedia used to confirm that my favorite proverb is "Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics," but I guess somebody must have removed it. Nonetheless, it still is my favorite, and it's apparently something that the Russian military should have paid more attention to: Thread: on why the Russian advance into Ukraine has bogged down—their logistics ...continue reading "Professionals study logistics. Apparently the Russian army isn’t very professional."

“This is just the love of words,” said Jan Shayne, one of the spelling bee judges.

The Illinois attorney general has been asked to take action against a pipeline operator after the release of about 165,000 gallons of oil near Edwardsville.

As most of you know I have been running a series of posts that have been supplied from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley.  This is number eight.  The collection included a large number of images of friends and acquaintances of Emma’s, one has to assume.  Many of these had nothing written on them […]

The parade was canceled in 2020 and was held virtually in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The slain teen was identified by St. Louis police as Terrion Smith of the 4700 block of Newberry Terrace in north St. Louis.

Police said they consider the crash "a criminal matter" but provided no other details.

The New Life Evangelistic Center wants to buy 100 homes for people who've fled the country since Russian forces first invaded in late February.

Joseph Ritter died in 1981 while fighting a house fire.

ST. LOUIS--After a two-year hiatus, the St. Patrick's Day Parade in St. Louis got the green light to celebrate in person. was given the green light to take place in person Saturday. The 53rd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade was quite the party, especially for a group of friends who have made a tradition of coming out [...]

Their names: Officer Brian Hayes, Officer Colin Ledbetter, Officer Delvion Mitchell, and Officer Nathan Spiess. All could have been lost in the same week in January in a pair of incidents.

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI)--We're learning more about how technology helped authorities track down a seven-year-old girl who was taken by her mother during a supervised visit on Monday. Valerie Baker is accused of taking her daughter, Piper Johnson, from Boone's Trail Branch Library in Wentzville. Automated license plate reading cameras manufactured by Atlanta-based Flock [...]

Stephen Aylward, 75, taught history at the school from 1978 to 2006.