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COVID Relief Dollars Fueled Dara Daugherty’s Slum Empire

2 years 2 months ago
Dara Daugherty allegedly made a fortune off a very simple business model: illegally renting dozens of condemned properties around south St. Louis to people with nowhere else to go.  Her sprawling boarding house operation, which encompassed 39 ramshackle houses, filled Daugherty’s pockets to the tune of $40,000 per month, according to a lawsuit the city filed against her in January. 
Mike Fitzgerald

One of the World's Best Irish Bluegrass Bands Now Lives in St. Louis

2 years 2 months ago
St. Louis has its share of musical claims to fame, and our latest is also one of our greatest: St. Louis is home to one of the top Irish bluegrass bands on the planet. We're talking about JigJam, the renowned four-piece band that formed in Ireland in 2012. The band that combines traditional Irish music with American bluegrass; the band that made its Grand Ole Opry debut last March, sharing the stage with Garth Brooks and Steve Earle; the band that plays to uproarious crowds on tours around the U.S. and lands premium spots on some of the country's biggest festivals, including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado and, later this year, Merlefest in North Carolina and Delfest in Maryland.
Steve Leftridge

More places install drop-off boxes for surrendered babies. Critics say they’re a gimmick

2 years 2 months ago

The pitch feels noble, visceral: Prevent newborns from being discarded in dumpsters, and do it in a way that shields the mother and protects her anonymity while safeguarding the baby’s health and future. In a growing number of states, the answer to the rare occurrence of illegal infant abandonment is a baby drop-off box. It’s […]

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Anna Claire Vollers