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St. Louis police report carjacking in Fairgrounds neighborhood

9 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City police officers report a carjacking in the area of Lee and Prairie Avenues in the Fairgrounds neighborhood Saturday morning. The victim, a 26-year-old man, told officers he was stopped at a stop sign when a man with a gun approached the passenger side of his Toyota RAV4 and got [...]
Jaime Travers

Woman robbed by armed men on Manchester Road

9 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City police officers report a woman was robbed on Manchester Road near Macklind Avenue Friday morning. District 2 officers responded to a call for a hold up just before 8:00 a.m. and say a 46-year-old woman told officers she had just gotten out of her parked car when she was [...]
Jaime Travers

Why has illegal immigration gone up and down so much?

9 months 3 weeks ago
Ezra Klein put up an interview yesterday with our real border czar, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. It was interesting. Mayorkas talked about several causes of increased illegal immigration, the prime one being the evolution of highly professionalized smuggling organizations. He also mentioned wars and crime surges in certain Central American countries, which have ...continue reading "Why has illegal immigration gone up and down so much?"
Kevin Drum

Alton High School Class of 1974 to Host 50th Reunion in October

9 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON - The Alton High School Class of 1974 will be sponsoring an exciting weekend for their 50th reunion. From 5–10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, members of the AHS Class of 1974 are invited to come out to Bluff City Grill in Alton for a night with their classmates. The weekend fun includes a mixer on Friday night and a “Sunday on the River” afternoon. “I think people are excited. We had a really big class,” said Linda, one of the reunion’s organizers. “There are a lot of people out there.” Linda and Mark, who run the official AHS Class of 1974 website , said they have just under 1,000 members in their graduating class. They are hoping to contact as many people as they can to bring everyone together for one of the last reunions they will host. Tickets to the reunion on Oct. 12 cost $50 and include a buffet dinner, a free drink and entertainment by Eclectic Celebrations. You must register by Oct. 1 to attend. The

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8th Annual PEO Kitchen Tour Set for September 21 in Carlinville

9 months 3 weeks ago
These photos show a couple of the kitchens included in last year’s tour. Top: Dana and John Yowell, bottom: Keran and Walt Harrington. BUZZ MAGAZINE - Chapter AB of the International PEO Sisterhood will host its annual Kitchen Tour of selected homes from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. This year’s tour will highlight the kitchens of six Carlinville area homes owned by: Shannon and Paul Boente, Stacey and Quinn Steiner, Danielle and Owen Sullivan, Siri Engstrom and Tim Wilson, Julie and Chad Stults, and Brandon and Taylor Little. “After several years of no kitchen tours due to Covid, we brought it back last year and enjoyed the most well attended event as yet,” said Janet Lippold, a member of the Tour committee. “It’s become a popular end-of-summer event, and we’ve had a lot of requests for it this year.” “People take the tour for a variety of reasons,” added committee member Elisabeth Herndon. “Som

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