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Over at New York, John Herrman tries to figure out what the heck Elon Musk is doing with Twitter. Along the way he notes this: "After bone-deep layoffs, the company is still bleeding talent." That reminds me: When Musk took over Twitter he immediately fired half the employees, including an astonishing number of engineers. In ...continue reading "Twitter seems just fine these days"

Warren Haynes hosted his 32nd annual Christmas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday, December 9, and fans were treated to a whole host of one-of-a-kind collaborations. One of the highlights…

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A St. Charles company specializing in making commercial coffee brewing equipment will host a job fair to fill several open positions.

The annual holiday drive though lights display at Rock Springs Park in the center of Alton gets better every year. Here are a few scenes from the display (flovalleynews photos)

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Like a number of pop stars in the '80s, Bryan Adams was friendly with Princess Diana. While he insists they were never more than friends, he says their relationship was one of the…

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It All Began with Fruitcake The world is divided into those who secretly adore fruitcake and those who openly abhor it. It’s time for those of us who appreciate a good, hearty fruitcake to come out of the pantry and stand up for the confection, that’s gotten such a bum rap in recent years.  (See... 

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If nothing else, Senator Ron Wyden is keeping us on top of the surveillance curve. The privacy-focused senator has asked more uncomfortable questions of more federal agencies than anyone since the Church Committee. Sometimes it’s new stuff. Sometimes it’s stuff that’s been around for years, but no one bothered to question it until Wyden. Sometimes […]

Earlier this year, Metallica announced For Whom the Band Tolls! — a competition for college and high school marching bands. Now, the metal legends have unveiled the contest's finalists. For…

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St. Louis sushi purveyor Wasabi has bid adieu to Midtown. Its location at 4239 Duncan Avenue in the Cortex district closed permanently about two weeks ago, an employee at the Clayton location confirmed to the RFT. Wasabi Sushi Bar, which has still has locations in Clayton, Town & Country, St. Charles, Kirkwood, and Edwardsville and O'Fallon in Illinois, is owned by John Kim.

The man who died, Samuel Reece, had been riding a bicycle by the gas station when people in a Kia opened fire on him, police said.

Several states this year have reported lower rates of recidivism, showing that fewer convicted criminals are being re-arrested after leaving prison. But those statistics hardly tell the full story. Recidivism rates across the country can vary greatly because of how they’re defined, how the data is collected and how it’s presented to the public. So […]

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“If you ain’t got Jesus, you ain’t got nothin’,” says Gladys Owens, 85.

Over the years, they have made some changes to the house, but minor ones. But for the most past, his mother's design works just fine.

ALTON - The Hayner Public Library District hosted their second annual Local Author Book Fair on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Executive Director Mary Cordes explained that the book fair invited approximately 25 local writers to sell their books and mingle with readers at the library’s Alton Square Mall location. From 12–3 p.m., shoppers explored new titles and chatted with authors about their writing, books and publishing process. “It’s going really, really well,” Cordes said during the event. “We even had shoppers while the authors were still setting up. They were like, ‘What are you selling?’ So it’s been really well-attended.” This is Hayner’s second year sponsoring an author fair. Last year, they hosted the inaugural event at their downtown Alton location in October. They decided this year they would try holding the fair at the mall during the holiday season instead. Cordes said this change successfully brought

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