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ST. LOUIS - Grammy and Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer, Chris Rock has announced his highly anticipated return to live comedy with his Ego Death World Tour 2022. Produced by Live Nation, the 38-date North American leg of Rock’s first world tour in over five years kicks off April 2nd in Atlantic City, NJ with two shows at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and will make stops across the country in St. Louis, Denver, New York City, Chicago, and more, before wrapping November 17th at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, CA. A full list of tour dates is below. More dates will be announced soon. Tickets go on sale to the public starting Friday, February 25th at 10 am local time at Ticketmaster.com . Lauded by peers and critics alike, Chris Rock is one of our generation’s strongest comedic voices. With a career spanning more than three decades, Rock has enjoyed ongoing success in both film and television as a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo (KTVI)-- Prosecutors have charged two men with murder and armed criminal action after two were shot Saturday night in University City. Police were called to the 7800 block of Birchmont Avenue in University City around 8:30 Saturday night and found two shooting victims. A 24-year-old was pronounced dead at a local [...]

EDWARDSVILLE – Since its founding in 2010, Edwardsville Neighbors has worked to ease the financial burdens of local families when facing a medical or emergency crisis. In its first decade, the organization contributed over $1 million in direct assistance to individuals and families across District 7. Now, the nonprofit has found a sweet new way to continue building on its mission. The nonprofit is opening a first-of-its-kind bakery and community kitchen called Neighbors Bakeshop. All proceeds generated from the store will benefit District 7 residents through a variety of community outreach efforts and impact projects. Eventually, the community kitchen will also be available for party rentals, cooking demonstration classes and for use as a co-op kitchen for local makers. “As a nonprofit organization, we are always looking at new, sustainable ways to raise funds and ensure we can accomplish our mission of helping families in this community,” said President and Co-Founder,

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EDWARDSVILLE — Officials want to again open up discussions with the public on Tuesday night during Madison County’s Health Advisory Committee. “Last month, there were 13 people who came to speak at the meeting,” Chairman Kurt Prenzler said. “Everyone who wanted to speak was given an opportunity to share their comments and they were respectful toward one another.” The committee listened to the remarks made by the public on COVID-19, more specifically about masks in schools before discussing it among themselves. The committee shared their thoughts on everything from the types of masks, how masks are worn and vaccinations in children. “We want to give citizens another opportunity to bring their concerns on COVID, vaccines or any other health related issue to the committee,” Prenzler said. The Health Advisory Committee is made up of medical professionals from across the county. It’s purpose is to discuss and present information on

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The FBI is continuing to aggressively investigate the ongoing nationwide bomb threats targeting Historically Black Colleges and Universities, houses of worship, and other faith-based and academic institutions. From January 4 to February 16, a total of 57 institutions across the country were targeted. The bomb threats have been made in phone calls, e-mails, instant messages, and anonymous online posts. FBI agents from multiple field offices are conducting hundreds of interviews and gathering a variety of electronic evidence for analysis. This investigation is of the highest priority for the Bureau and involves 31 FBI field offices that are actively working with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to identify those involved. The FBI is investigating these cases as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes. Although at this time no explosive devices related to these threats have been found, the FBI takes all of these

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WENTZVILLE, Mo. - Northbound Highway 61 is shut down and traffic is being diverted onto Highway A. The Wentzville Police Department said in a Facebook post they are "working several accidents and slide offs due to the icy road conditions." Police also posted a photo of a patrol vehicle that was hit Thursday morning by [...]

GODFREY – Two student artists from Lewis and Clark Community College will be among 44 peers from across the region represented in Art St. Louis’ “ Varsity Art XXVI” this spring. “Varsity Art XXVI” is the gallery’s 26th annual invitational visual art exhibition featuring works by undergrad and grad-level art students of all ages representing 23 St. Louis regional colleges and universities from Missouri and Illinois. Included in this year’s show will be recent L&C graduate Chandler William Herron ( www.instagram.com/pics.by.chan ) and L&C Art student Ashlee Sirois ( www.omenimagery.com ) The exhibit will run March 4-31 at Art St. Louis’ gallery, 1223 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis. It will feature a variety of media, including ceramics, drawing, metalsmithing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video – all representative of universal or global contemporary art trends. “As art majors advance

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At dawn on Thursday, Ukrainians’ uneasy efforts at normality were shattered. Smoke rose from cities, even well away from the country’s disputed eastern border.

Several more explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday, after an initial series of sounds similar to artillery fire, according to witnesses.

In November, we wrote about a very bizarre case in which someone was using a highly questionable copyright claim to try to identify an anonymous Twitter user with the username @CallMeMoneyBags. The account had made fun of various rich people, including a hedge fund billionaire named Brian Sheth. In some of those tweets, Money Bags […]

This storm marks the third round of winter weather to hit the St. Louis region this month.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Thursday vowed a “united and decisive” wave of sanctions against Russia after the country’s leaders ordered a military assault on Ukraine. Russian military forces began attacking several cities and towns throughout the country, according to multiple news reports. The Washington Post reported that a senior U.S. defense official said the incursion is taking […]

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BETHALTO - Children and their parents are invited to experience the quality Christian education at Zion Lutheran School, Bethalto, Illinois . The original date for the Open House has been moved from February 24 to March 10 due to possible severe weather conditions. For students entering Kindergarten in Fall 2022: Kindergarten Preview meetings for children and their parents on Thursday, March 10, 4 to 7 p.m., in the Kindergarten classrooms at the school, 625 Church Dr., Bethalto. A special presentation by the teachers begins every half hour during the evening (4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.). No sign-ups are required. For children, ages 3 or 4, entering Preschool in Fall 2022: Preschool Open House for children and their parents on Thursday, March 10, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at 625 Church Dr., Bethalto. Enjoy fun crafts and games, meet the teachers, see the classrooms, and learn more about Preschool at Zion Bethalto. Zion Bethalto is hosting these special

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The restaurant group has added Aaron Martinez as partner. The Gallinas also said they are working on three new projects.

The Illinois-based coffee roaster plans to expand to a second location, at 910 Geyer, in April.

For four months, Gov. Mike Parson tried to convince Missourians that a reporter who discovered a security flaw in a state website was a hacker who deserved criminal prosecution.  His …

Oh, What a Wonderful Morning! Each generation has its favorite breakfast. My parents and grandparents ate eggs still warm from the hen house. They’d add a few strips of bacon from the hog killed earlier in the year, a couple of leftover biscuits slathered in homemade butter and jelly, and they were ready to meet... 

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NBC (now Comcast NBC Universal) has enjoyed the rights to broadcast the US Olympics since 1998. In 2011, the company paid $4.4 billion for exclusive US broadcast rights to air the Olympics through 2020. In 2014, Comcast NBC Universal shelled out another $7.75 billion for the rights to broadcast the summer and winter Olympics in the US... until the year 2032.

Despite years of experience Comcast/NBC still struggles to provide users what they actually want. For years the cable, broadband, and broadcast giant has been criticized for refusing to air events live, spoiling some events, implementing annoying cable paywall restrictions, implementing heavy handed and generally terrible advertising, often sensationalizing coverage, avoiding controversial subjects during broadcasts, and streaming efforts that range from clumsy to scattershot.

Not too surprisingly, years of this continues to have a profound drag on viewer numbers, which are worse than ever:

"Through Tuesday, an average of 12.2 million people watched the Olympics in prime-time on NBC, cable or the Peacock streaming service, down 42 percent from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The average for NBC alone was 10 million, a 47 percent drop, the Nielsen company said."

And this was with Comcast/NBC's attempt to goose ratings by jumping right to Olympics coverage before the Super Bowl postgame celebrations had barely started. This year's ratings were also impacted by doping scandals, COVID, an Olympics location that barely had any snow, and disgust at the host country's human rights abuses:

"One woman on Twitter proclaimed the Olympics were “over for me. My lasting impression will be fake snow against a backdrop of 87 nuclear reactors in a country with a despicable human rights record during a pandemic. And kids who can look forward to years of therapy.”

While the Olympic veneer might not be what it used to be, you still have to think Comcast could boost viewership by exploiting the internet to broaden and improve coverage and provide more real-time live coverage of all events, while bundling it in a more coherent overall presentation. After all, they've only had two decades to perfect the formula.