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Elsa Hart, a St. Louis-based mystery author, is drawn to stories of travelers throughout history — particularly 18th century China and London.

Israel sent a drone into Beirut a couple of days ago to kill a senior Hamas commander. Hezbollah has said it will retaliate. Today the US sent a missile into Baghdad to kill a militia commander linked to Iran who had claimed responsibility for attacks on American troops. In the Red Sea, it seems only ...continue reading "Gaza war is looking riskier all the time"

WASHINGTON — The 2024 battle for control of Congress is underway in the states, accompanying the accelerating race for the presidency. Republicans are preparing to funnel money and staff into a select few Senate races in an effort to flip that chamber back to their control, while Democrats are looking toward the districts President Joe […]

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In an article published Thursday, Jan. 4, St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Joe Holleman has updated on several topics relating to Maplewood politics. See: Holleman: Maplewood rings in new year with more political fighting He reports that former mayor, Barry Greenberg, will mount a write-in campaign, hoping to  defeat incumbent Mayor Nikylan Knapper in the April […]

ALTON - A new yoga studio has opened in Alton, and they have a lot more than poses coming down the pipeline. Radiance Yoga & Wellness, located at 211 E. Broadway in Alton, opened on Jan. 1, 2024. Owner Janet Keffer hopes to eventually incorporate more wellness practices, including massage and Reiki, into the new business. “We just opened and the plan is to offer more than yoga classes,” Keffer explained. “It was one of those, ‘If I don’t do it now, how much longer am I going to keep putting it off?’” Keffer is currently offering Vinyasa flow yoga classes every day of the week except for Friday and Sunday. She also has private yoga classes available and said she will likely introduce a membership program. While she doesn’t currently offer Reiki, she does practice it and looks forward to connecting to more practitioners in the community. “I believe that yoga should be more accessible to more people. And it seems to me that

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Every breath they take, we'll be watching them ... at Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that Sting and Billy Joel will take the stage on Friday, September 27.  Last fall, the two rock legends announced they would play Tampa and San Diego this February and April, respectively — the first time they'd ever co-headlined a full show.

He is currently serving his sixth term in office representing Missouri's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House.

30-year mortgage rates are generally higher than long-term Treasury yields because mortgages are riskier. Usually the spread is around 1.7%, but for the past year it's been close to 3%. However, the Wall Street Journal informs us that the spread is coming down, which indeed it is. But not by much: The Journal promises to ...continue reading "The mortgage spread is coming down . . . slightly"

Missouri U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, who represents Jefferson City and some parts of the St. Louis metro, will retire from office at the end of the 2024 session.

ALTON - For most people, retirement is a time to relax. For Marlene Lewis, it’s a chance to volunteer to make the Riverbend community a better place. Lewis believes her career in Community Relations and Development at Alton Memorial Hospital has prepared her to volunteer her time now with the Salvation Army, Alton Woman’s Home Association and Alton Main Street. She encourages others to get involved and help out the community where possible. “It’s great because I’m retired, so I do have time to do these things. And like I mentioned, a lot of the things that I’m working on are things that are similar to my career path, so they’re areas that I’m comfortable with and have a good understanding of,” Lewis said. “It’s just a wonderful way to meet people and to feel good about yourself and give your life a meaningful purpose that I think we all really want to have in our lives. So I hope that anyone that reads this that

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St. Louis police said eight people on the bus and the driver of the SUV were injured and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Regulatory agencies can often be an essential part of day-to-day life, preventing people from engaging in activities they have no expertise in — something that could potentially endanger a lot of people. But they can also be overbearing brutes whose only concern is whether or not they’ve managed to extract as much money as possible […]

Do you know how to properly use a roundabout when you come across one in your travels? The Department of Transportation has three easy steps you can use to make sure that you are following the roundabout rules properly.

Another St. Louis area municipality will pay big bucks to settle claims it ran a "debtors prison" under a preliminary settlement approved in federal court this week. This time, it's Florissant in the hot seat. The nonprofit law firm ArchCity Defenders sued the north county municipality in 2016, alleging it illegally jailed more than 85,000 people over a period of 11 years.

If you drive around Kansas City with an eye to dialysis locations, something becomes clear. They’re clustered near the neighborhoods of people of color. Black people and, to a lesser degree, Hispanics, experience significantly higher rates of kidney failure than the white majority. Black people make up about 13% of the U.S. population, yet they […]

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From bigrentz:  To build a dam, workers divert the water to then build on dry ground. Various methods like blasting diversion channels or creating cofferdams can divert water. Dams make much of modern-day society possible — they create reservoirs that provide reliable water supply to our cities, farmlands, industrial projects and more. While they do […]