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In a time where high interest rates and heavy demand have shaped the housing market, the process of buying a home has become quite expensive.

Shop for Seed St. Louis recommended seeds for St. Louis 10 am to 2 pm Saturday, February 24th, Seed Swap at 314 Garden Supply, Florissant March 8th-9th Midwestern Herb & Garden Show in Mount Vernon, Illinois (little over an hour drive from St. Louis City) 9 am to Noon March 9th Seed St. Louis Plant … Continue reading Upcoming STL Area Plant & Seed Sales & Swaps →

Last month, GAO audited the auditors. That is, they took a look at IRS audits of rich people to see how much, on average, they collected from them. Here are the results: Oddly enough, the enormous jump in 2022 is because of a Republican initiative. By 2020 audit rates of rich people had gotten so ...continue reading "Auditing the rich really pays off"

A Florissant woman faces criminal charges after a crash with an Illinois State Police car Friday along Interstate 70.

I suppose this is well known among a select group of people, but not to me. So here is Albert Einstein after visiting the United States in 1921, just after his general theory of relativity had been confirmed via eclipse sightings. The quotes are from a story that ran on page 9 of the New ...continue reading "Einstein on America"

Police are investigating a disturbance Saturday at the Saint Louis Galleria mall during which a drum beat from a protest was mistaken and initially perceived by some to be a gunshot.

Eckert’s, a family farm in Belleville, Illinois, welcomes you to the Cozy Cider Cabin. Open from Jan. 10 to Feb. 25, the wintery pop-up bar boasts a mountainside-cabin atmosphere with […]

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A new report analyzing the financial state of many large US cities ranked St. Louis among the worst in fiscal health and gave it a "D" financial grade.

A few weeks ago NBC News reported on a suicide crisis among Hispanics. What's the cause? A variety of the usual suspects: The pandemic hit young Hispanics especially hard .... parents don’t speak English .... poorer households .... cultural barriers .... cultural and systemic obstacles .... minorities face added economic and societal obstacles .... may ...continue reading "Hispanic suicides aren’t really a crisis"

One person was killed and three others were hurt in a two-car crash Friday evening in Washington County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.