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CNN Seems To Think Annoying Paywalls Will Save It From Irrelevance

1 year 6 months ago
CNN, like most cable news networks, professes to provide users access to journalism. Instead, what you’ll most consistently find is a sort of generic drivel with the rough edges (read: truth) sanded off. On any given day you’ll find a rotating parade of lazy “view from nowhere” journalism that doesn’t inform so much as it […]
Karl Bode

‘It’s time for me to step back’: Missouri’s Blaine Luetkemeyer looks to retirement from Congress

1 year 6 months ago
Through 26 years as a legislator, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer traveled back and forth from work to be with his family in St. Elizabeth. Luetkemeyer has another agenda for this fall’s election season rather than campaigning: spending time on a small family farm in the Ozark foothills. His seven grandchildren, aged from 2 to 17, were never old enough to cast a vote while Luetkemeyer was in Congress, but they will learn about his official activities with time. “I want them to know that grandpa…
Mary McCue Bell

Teen dead, two others injured in fatal UTV crash

1 year 6 months ago
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - One teen is dead and two others were left injured Tuesday after the vehicle they were riding in overturned in Union. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the accident occurred around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday evening, west of Camp Mo-Val Road at Sandstone Trail in Union. The accident involved a [...]
Nick Gladney

Pizzeria to close after 70 years in University City

1 year 6 months ago
A University City restaurant that has been in operation since 1956 will close before the end of the year. Frank & Helen's Pizzeria announced Tuesday that its last night of service will be Dec. 8. St. Louis Magazine reported in April that last fall, the pizzeria's landlord sold the building, located at 8111 Olive Blvd., to a new owner who wanted to open a new restaurant concept in the space. Becca and Patrick Horvath, who have owned the business since 2008, negotiated a one-year lease while they…
Kelsi Anderson

Wednesday, October 2 - Returning home through cooking + A conversation with the SLPS acting superintendent

1 year 6 months ago
St. Louis Public Schools Acting Superintendent Millicent Borishade is trying to address concerns in the district about many issues, including transportation. Borishade’s conversation with STLPR reporter Lacretia Wimbley. Plus, all this week we are bringing you stories produced by participants in the NPR Next Gen Radio project held in St. Louis, focused on the meaning of home. Today, a story about how for a traveling nurse, introducing a local dish to people far away was a step in bringing him back to St. Louis.