KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Evergy is warning customers about a new scam targeting people trying to pay their bill online. The utility company says scammers are targeting customers who use search engines like Google to find ways to contact Evergy. Everg officials say when customers search terms like “pay Evergy,” “Evergy bill,” “Evergy electric” advertisements for [...]
Alice Cooper has been wearing makeup on stage for years, and now, he's teamed with the vegan and cruelty free cosmetics brand Vampyre Cosmetics for a new makeup line that will be…
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Society of Professional Journalists’ board unanimously offered $20,000 to the family-owned Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement investigating allegations of identity theft and illegal use of a computer. The raid undermining operation of the weekly newspaper alarmed […]
The free press is supposed to be free. That’s what the First Amendment means. Journalists have a long-acknowledged, supported-by-decades-of-precedent right to publish information that may make the government uncomfortable. When cops start raiding press outlets, everyone takes notice. This isn’t how this works — not in the United States with its long list of guaranteed […]
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SWIM YEAR FOR THE FLORISSANT FISH SWIM TEAM The 2023 summer season marked the 21st season for the Florissant Fish Swim Team. Over the duration of the season the team was 6-0 in dual meets and finished 1st at the Conference Championships for the 13th straight season. This year’s team consisted of 164 […]
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Joe Walsh is once again getting some big-name artists together to help veterans. The Eagles guitarist just announced the lineup for his seventh annual VetsAid concert, taking place November 12 at North Island Credit Union…
MONDAY, AUGUST 7. A seven-year-old boy dies in Berkeley after finding his grandfather’s gun, and a five-year-old girl dies of a gunshot wound in Belleville, Illinois.
The City of St. Louis announced today that they are one step closer to figuring out what to do with the 23 acres in north city that were once home to the jail called the Workhouse. The facility closed last year after a prolonged campaign by activists, who called conditions there "hellish." After the facility closed, the city put in place a steering committee called Reenvisioning the Workhouse to solicit community feedback and decide how the space could be best used going forward. After receiving more than 700 ideas from St. Louisans, the mayor's office announced today that the committee has narrowed the future use of the land to eight broad categories: