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Ujima, founded in 2018, grows and provide fresh food for marginalized communities, combats illegal dumping through neighborhood cleanup efforts, and empowers youth.

We were in Nuremberg today and I visited the famous Nazi rally grounds, home of Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will. However, these are not Nazi geese. Nazis have been gone for a long time. These are just ordinary, innocent, German geese out for an afternoon swim.

Stone Temple Pilots are fans of Kate Hudson's cover of "Vasoline."In a Facebook post, the "Interstate Love Song" outfit has shared the Almost Famous actor's rendition of the Purple classic,…

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The local franchisee said it's "highly likely" to open additional locations across the St. Louis metro area.

According to the school, she started as a PE teacher at the school in 2009 before becoming the Middle School Assistant Principal in 2018.

While most 16-year-olds are thinking about homework or what to wear to prom, at least seven Missouri legislators remain convinced they should be allowed to sign marriage licenses and plan shotgun weddings. Child marriage has been a longstanding embarrassment for the Show Me State. It wasn’t until 2018 that legislators got around to banning marriage for residents 14 years of age and younger — and even then, 50 lawmakers voted no.

Today on TAP: Biden withholds bombs, but that should only be a beginning.

Lenny Kravitz is once again giving fans a look at his exercise routine.In a new video posted to social media, a shirtless Lenny (of course) is doing an impressive set…

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"Students aren't able to get those awards, certificates and end-of-the-year achievements," said South Iron R-I School District Superintendent Christie Ayers.

The grants will create enrollment opportunities for students and will also go towards classroom technology, teacher development and educational materials and equipment.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has proposed loosening the illegal status of marijuana at the federal level – but that doesn’t mean the federal government now condones recreational or medicinal use in the many states that have legalized the drug. Moving marijuana from the government’s list of the most dangerous and least useful substances to a less serious category was a clear signal that the federal government, at least under President Joe Biden’s administration, wants to ease restrictions…

From ProBuilder:  America has a current shortfall of about 1.5 million homes. As our nation’s population continues to grow, more first-time homebuyers are entering the market, while morePB+ icon established homeowners are remaining in their homes for longer than previous generations. The gap between what is available and what is needed continues to widen, and […]

Did your power flicker last night in south city? If so, it might have been because of the storms rolling through town. It might have also been because of an Ironton man stealing 35 feet of copper wire from a power substation in St. Louis Hills, doing $100,000 of damage in the process. 

From ProBuilder:  The chronic housing shortage and staggering increase in home prices over the past decade have left many families struggling to afford rent or homeownership. Data show that about a quarter of renters—roughly 12 million households—are spending more than half of their income on housing costs, which far exceeds the recommended one-third threshold for […]

 A hot chicken joint backed by Drake is set to land in St. Louis. LA-based Dave's Hot Chicken will bring seven locations in the area, with the first opening up sometime this year. The fast-casual restaurants specialize in sliders and tenders, with a variety of firey spice levels that end in "Reaper."

From Facilities Net:  I recently hosted two discussions about recruitment challenges — one in-person at our NFMT conference in Baltimore, and another online during our fnPrime Doors Open promotion. Both conversations touched on the lack of young applicants entering the industry. This is usually blamed on two reasons. The first is the lack of support […]

From Facilities Net:  As institutional and commercial buildings continue to struggle against growing backlogs of needed repairs of aging buildings, a growing number of facility managers are asking whether a better approach is to demolish troubled buildings. Now, the US. Department of Defense says it plans to test that approach. From barracks to office buildings, […]

From Riverbender:  The Alton City Council on Wednesday approved $2 million in TIF funds for the Lucas Row Redevelopment Project proposed by AltonWorks. The project, described as the first of its kind in almost two decades, will see the building at 601-611 E. Broadway in downtown Alton transformed into a mixed-use residential and retail space. […]

Israeli malware manufacturer NSO Group spent years making good money selling to bad people. Its only concern for the longest time was how long it would take nearby autocrats and totalitarians to start targeting Israeli citizens. To be fair, the Israeli government shares at least some of the blame. Surrounded by entities that would love […]