A Missouri woman yesterday filed a lawsuit against Six Flags, saying she suffered serious injuries to her back and neck when an overgrown vine "in the shape of a noose" caught her around the neck as she rode the Log Flume in Eureka. The Log Flume, as anyone who has been to Six Flags knows, is a water attraction in which amusement park-goers sit in a vessel that looks like a hollowed-out log and then ride along a flume of water.
A walkway reemerging from the depths of the Mississippi River signals the opportunity to see a great tourist destination for some, but it sets off alarm bells for water experts.
Tower Rock is accessible by foot once again, after last year's low water levels revealed a rock walkway for the first time in years. That walkway has reemerged again this year, a whole month earlier than last year. The river usually sees its lowest point between November and January each year, so levels hitting critically…
WEST ALTON - The first-ever Family Fun Fest in West Alton is coming up this Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Alton City Park. The event will offer free entry and lots of family-friendly fun, including a petting zoo, food, games, a market, pumpkins and more. West Alton Mayor Bill Richter and his wife Crystal went into more detail about the festival and market on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . Crystal said this is the first year the Family Fun Fest is being held in West Alton, but not the first year for the market. Bill added that the event originally centered around the Great Flood of 1993, but has been “revamped” this year for a new purpose. “Since the ‘93 flood, we try to every 10 years have a little get-together, and then in the 2000’s, we started getting flooded at the time of the thing, so we stopped doing it for a while,” Bill said. “This time, we’re revamping it and making it mor
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) instructed the City of St. Charles to cease operations for City Well 4 after the well previously tested positive for vinyl chloride.
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans led by Ohio’s Jim Jordan on Wednesday grilled U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland about how the Justice Department has handled its investigation and prosecution of Hunter Biden on felony gun charges. The questions about the president’s son came after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week asked several committees, including the […]
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WASHINGTON — Victims of nuclear contamination rallied in the nation’s capital on Wednesday in support of bipartisan legislation that would extend compensation for those harmed by radioactive waste. U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, and Ben Ray Luján, a New Mexico Democrat, held a rally and press conference outside the U.S. Capitol as part […]
Almost exactly seven years ago, we discussed the absolute silliness that was Boise State University somehow getting the USPTO to grant it a trademark for a football field that is “non-green.” If you’re not a college football fan, some context is in order. Decades back, the school didn’t want to pay to have its field […]
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