The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, KISS’ Gene Simmons and ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons are among the artists contributing to the upcoming new album by soul legends The Stylistics.The album,…
From The Conversation: The world of professional sports is flush with cash, thanks to multibillion-dollar TV deals, sponsorships and ticket sales. Yet some of the biggest investments in major franchises come from taxpayers. Between 1970 and 2020, state and local governments spent $33 billion in public funds on sports arenas, including nearly $20 billion since 2000 at […]
On Tuesday, investigators identified a woman found dead inside a pickup truck after Crystal City police officers shot and wounded a man this past weekend on a Jefferson County highway.
ALTON - Two individuals have been charged with deceptive practices for presenting bad checks at Schwegel’s Market in Alton, marking the fifth and sixth criminal cases involving bad checks at the location since 2023. James W. Holland, 58, of South Roxana, and Lora M. Benson, 49, of Carrollton, were both charged with Class 4 felony counts of deceptive practices. On Sept. 24, 2024, Holland allegedly delivered a check written in the amount of $479 to Schwegel’s Market while “knowing the check would not be paid by the depository,” according to court documents. One week later on Oct. 1, Benson allegedly did the same with a different bad check written out for $416.74. Both cases were presented by the Alton Police Department, and both Holland and Benson were granted pretrial release from custody. These two similar cases follow a series of forgery cases involving several individuals attempting to pass bad checks at the market. These include an Edwardsville
Here are the federal agencies that America's civilian workers call home: Two-thirds of all civil service workers are in Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security. Unless you're planning to slash those departments, there's not a whole lot left to slash.
For IMPACT Strategies, Inc., 2024 has brought forward several health care related projects, some of which have been completed and others will be underway well into next year. To support this growing specialization, earlier this fall, several team members including Eric Engelbrecht, Rebecca McCarty, Andrew Martiszus and Luke Eckert attended the ASHE (American Society for […]
While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corners, undermine labor, badly automate low-quality, ultra-low effort, SEO-chasing clickbait, and rush undercooked solutions to nonexistent problems to market under the pretense of progress. For example, The Washington […]
Homeschooling in Missouri has nearly doubled since the pandemic, and it seems more parents are keeping their children at home for school as these rates have not shifted back to prepandemic levels, according to a new Saint Louis University report.
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
A federal judge blocked Kroger Co.'s planned $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. Inc. in a court decision handed down Tuesday, according to numerous published reports.
The University of Missouri was fined Monday, a day after defeating the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks at Mizzou Arena.
In a press release, the Southeastern Conference announced the $250,000 fine for a violations of the conference's "access to competition area policy". The money goes to the SEC Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund because it was a non-conference game.
The policy states that “institutions shall limit access to competition areas to participating student-athletes, coaches, officials, support…
Never Too Late, the new documentary that captures Elton John's life and career, debuts on Disney+ on Dec. 13. If you want to prepare by taking a spin through his more…
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