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Update: Man Is Found: Glen Carbon Authorities Probe Disappearance of Local Resident

1 year 3 months ago
GLEN CARBON – At 4:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, the Glen Carbon Police announced a missing man had been found and was safe. The police said at this time no other information will be released about the situation. The Glen Carbon Police Department released information earlier in the day on Tuesday that a missing person was reported on September 23, 2024. Officers responded to a call from the 300 Block of Glen Crossing Road where a woman reported that her husband, Scott E. Shaw, had left their residence on foot at approximately midnight and had not returned. Scott E. Shaw, 34, was described as 6 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 240 pounds, with brown hair that is balding and brown eyes. The police were initially uncertain about Shaw's intended destination.

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St. Louis Grants

1 year 3 months ago

Six St.Louis area projects designed to address food insecurity in urban areas have been awarded funding from the MO Department of Agriculture.The monies come from the Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant Program and will be used to increase food production and availablity for local residents. Earth Dance in Ferguson, UG Commissary in Bridgeton, Seed St.Louis, and Midtown…

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House Republicans move to hold Blinken in contempt over Afghanistan testimony

1 year 3 months ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are moving to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress after a contentious back-and-forth with the Cabinet secretary about an appearance to testify on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken, in a letter to Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, says that he…

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Raw data: Inflation in America

1 year 3 months ago
John Lanchester says today that the inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, "has for a century described economic reality, shaped political debate and determined the fate of presidents." Amen to that. I wish we could staple the CPI to the forehead of every adult in America.
Kevin Drum

Lunchtime Photo

1 year 3 months ago
This is a example of Zephyranthes in our front yard. According to Wikipedia, there are now about 200 species of this flower "following the expansion of the genus in 2019." Also: The name is derived from Ζέφυρος (Zephyrus), the Greek god of the west wind, and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning flower, referring to the slender stalks. ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

New stopgap bill in Congress would postpone shutdown deadline to December

1 year 3 months ago
WASHINGTON — Congress is on track to approve legislation this week that will give lawmakers until mid-December to broker agreement on the annual government funding bills that were supposed to become law before the end of this month. The stopgap spending bill, also known as a continuing resolution, has the broad bipartisan support it needs […]
Jennifer Shutt

Great Day St. Louis promoting Fall Festival with Live Show Oct. 11

1 year 3 months ago

KMOV CHANNEL 4’S “GREAT DAY ST. LOUIS’’  WILL BE LIVE FROM FLORISSANT FRIDAY, OCT 11 Mayor Tim Lowery has announced that the Great Day St. Louis Show, is coming back to Florissant on Friday, Oct.11t to do a live show starting at 9 a.m. on the front lawn of Florissant’s City Hall. Great Day St. […]

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School shooting damage lasts for years, survivors tell panel of U.S. House Democrats

1 year 3 months ago
WASHINGTON — The devastating effects of school shootings continue well after shootings occur, according to survivors, experts and educators who spoke at a roundtable U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats held Monday. Democrats scheduled the discussion after the recent school shooting in Georgia, where two students and two teachers were killed. Witnesses told the […]
Ariana Figueroa