When Jan. 1 rolls around, Missouri’s minimum wage will increase from $13.75 to $15 an hour, putting the state ahead of many others. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced that the minimum wage is set to increase by $1.25 beginning in 2026. The minimum wage rate will be in effect for all […]
Economists estimate that it takes six months for college graduates to get a job offer, but with slowing job creation now, that search takes longer. The Midwest Newsroom’s Daniel Wheaton checked in with twelve traditional 2025 graduates to understand what the job search looks like for first-timers.
It was another big year for Bruce Springsteen, which culminated in the New Jersey rocker’s life being depicted on the big screen.Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere premiered at the New York…
Headlines from the Dec. 24, 1925, front page include: Pope Pius XI ceremonially closed the Holy Door of the basilica of St. Peter, officially bringing to a close the year.
Klostermann, Paul, 86, December 21, 2025. Funeral Mass at Ascension Catholic Church, Chesterfield, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, 1 pm. Visitation at Schrader Funeral Home, Ballwin, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, from 1-4 pm. For more info see Schrader.com.
Speidel, FSM, Sister Mary Jeanice, 93, Baptized into the Hope of Christ Resurrection on Tues. Dec. 9, 2025. Beloved sister of Wilma (Jim) Daniel, of New Carlisle, Ohio, and Victor Speidel of Kirkwood, Mo. Our dear relative, friend and Sister…
One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available), concerns the Marrakesh Treaty. A post on the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) site from 2017 has a good summary of what the treaty is about, and why it is important: It sets out exceptions and […]
After a devastating apartment fire left dozens displaced just days before Christmas, the community response is stepping in where flames tore lives apartment.
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