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While many are familiar with the story of iced tea’s popularization at the 1904 World’s Fair, there was also plenty of coffee to go around at the exposition. Countries like Brazil and Guatemala brought enormous amounts of coffee for their displays, and one local coffee company headed by a World’s Fair director quickly became inescapable. …

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David Westphal of St. Charles, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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For the last few weeks the Atlanta Fed has been forecasting nice, healthy GDP growth of 3% or more for the final quarter of 2024. Then their algorithm suddenly got the heebie-jeebies and they're now forecasting growth of only 2.3%: Tune in tomorrow for the actual answer!

In his “Ancient Rings” series, Jim Scheller transforms each vessel into a meditation on time, continuity, and humanity’s spiritual connection to the past. The pieces from the collection shown together […]

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Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to settle a vacuous lawsuit that Donald Trump filed against Meta years ago. Why now? Here's all you need to know: Toward the end of the November dinner, Trump raised the matter of the lawsuit, the people said. The president signaled that the litigation had to be resolved before Zuckerberg could ...continue reading "Trump extorts $25 million from Mark Zuckerberg"

Age 77, of Ballwin, MO passed away on Friday, January 24, 2025. Preceded in death by the love of his life Mary Mueller to whom he was married to for 56 years and loving father of Jeff Mueller. Beloved brother,…

Ms. Jeanette Niedbalski (88) of St. Louis, MO, departed this life on January 29, 2025.

Barnes, Barbara Ann (nee Bieg) - St. Louis, MO

Barbara Ann (nee Bieg) Barnes Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church on Friday Jan. 24, 2025. Beloved wife of James L. Barnes Jr. for over 41yrs. Our dear sister-in-law, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend.

71, January 23, 2025. www.pitmanfuneralhome.com

On New Year’s Eve we saw dozens of taxpayers lined up at the St. Louis County government building in Clayton trying to beat the deadline to pay their property tax bills.

"It's such a horrible experience. We want to love and support her family and do what we can to prevent future tragedies," Jason Watson said.

A woman said she caught a man pulling license plate renewal stickers right off of her neighbor's cars in broad daylight in south St. Louis.

The head of the program, Ferguson Officer Jontaine Glover said it will show young people another side of policing.

UPDATE: The woman has been safely located, according to police. ST. LOUIS - The University City Police Department issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a 79-year-old woman Wednesday evening. According to police, she left her residence in University City around 5:15 p.m.

While most of our conversations about Nintendo recently have focused on the somewhat bizarre patent lawsuit the company filed against Pocketpair over the hit game Palworld, traditionally our coverage of the company has focused more on the very wide net of IP bullying it engages in. This is a company absolutely notorious for behaving in […]