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The Brentwood School District celebrated new improvements to one of its elementary schools is it prepares to welcome back students.

One bus provider expected to serve Saint Louis Public Schools amid transportation issues has canceled its services just two days before the new school year, leaving transportation plans in limbo for nearly 1,000 students.

It's a beautiful day for racing. Saturday marks the 8th Annual Bommarito Automotive Group 500 IndyCar Series race at World Wide Technology Center Raceway.

Quick question: how's the performance of the blog these days? Normal? A little sluggish? Lightning fast? Infuriatingly slow? Just curious. I'm just wondering how my hosting company is doing lately. UPDATE: OK, thanks. The reason I asked, obviously, is that performance lately has been abysmal and I was hoping against hope that it was just ...continue reading "How’s the blog doing?"

Donald Trump, economic genius: Trump: A tariff is a tax on a foreign country. A lot of people like to say it’s a tax on us. No… It’s is a tax that doesn’t affect our country. pic.twitter.com/NNyNthZbKg — Acyn (@Acyn) August 17, 2024 This brings up the eternal question: Is he lying or is he ...continue reading "Donald Trump: Liar or moron?"

This week I learned how to do something new. I have in mind an astrophotography target for next month—or maybe later in winter—that's far too big to fit in my telescope. The only way to capture it is by creating a mosaic: several separate images that are then stitched together. My software does this via ...continue reading "North America in the sky"

A six-figure salary is widely considered a standard of comfortable living in the Midwest, but after taxes, the amount that hits your bank account can vary significantly.

A federal judge has struck down Missouri investment regulations that Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had touted as way to expose financial institutions that “put woke politics ahead of investment returns.”

Five Years Ago This week in 2019, we looked at the loss of Aereo and its impact on policy, and also dedicated the first of two episodes of our podcast to dissecting the FTC’s Facebook settlement. The Wall Street Journal had Dennis Prager peddling complete nonsense about “Google censorship”, a Fox News commenter was calling […]

I noted the other day that the Fed has had no effect on inflation. However, the Fed is really good at one thing: making interest rates go up. When the Fed cranks up the reserve rate, interest rates do indeed go up. And the housing market naturally craters: Housing starts went down another 100,000 in ...continue reading "The housing market continues to crumble"

Hundreds of St. Louis high school students will ride a MetroBus, rather than a traditional school bus, to start the new school year.

Authorities have arrested a murder suspect who is accused in a deadly shooting in Washington Park, Illinois earlier this month.

It's raceday! We're just hours away from the 8th Annual Bommarito Automotive Group 500 IndyCar Series race at World Wide Technology Center Raceway.

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Friday that a 20-year-old Collinsville man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection with a fatal shooting in the State Park Place area outside Collinsville. Albert Campos of Collinsville received the sentence after pleading guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the shooting death of Miguel D. Villegas-DeSantiago, 18, also of Collinsville. The shooting happened outside a residence on Princeton Avenue on the afternoon of Jan. 1, 2023. Villegas-DeSantiago was seated in a pickup when he was shot. A co-defendant, Matias L. Herrera, 27, of Granite City, was sentenced in January to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and unlawful possession of weapons by a felon. Herrera drove Campos to the shooting location. “I pray that the resolution of these cases can be a step toward healing for the family and loved ones of Miguel, who by all accounts was a completely innocent

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It's crunchtime for the St. Louis Cardinals, who host the NL-juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend. Fans can watch Saturday's broadcast on FOX 2.

WASHINGTON PARK – The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 6 has arrested Vincent E. Brown, 61, of Belleville, in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred earlier this week. Brown faces a charge of First Degree Murder, a Class M Felony. On August 11, 2024, the Washington Park Police Department requested the assistance of Zone 6 agents to investigate a homicide in the 5000 block of North Park Drive. The victim, 66-year-old Leon Richardson of Washington Park, was found deceased from a gunshot wound. Following a thorough investigation, ISP agents identified Brown as the suspected shooter. On August 15, 2024, less than a week after the incident, ISP agents located Brown’s vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in Madison, IL. Brown was subsequently taken into custody. The case was then presented to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office, which filed the murder charge. Brown is currently being held at the St. Clair County Jail.

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