Aggregator

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

Continue Reading

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 […]

The post Kansas City physicians ditch rules treating white people’s kidney disease more seriously appeared first on Missouri Independent.

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 […]

A Farmington man faces 26 felonies in a child sex crimes investigation, accused of several crimes dating back to 1995.

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Offering ice skating, swimming, live theater, meeting rooms, classes and programs, the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Road, has been a beloved city landmark since 1966. Used by 350,000 people per year representing 150 Missouri municipalities, the well-traversed facility has not undergone a major renovation since 1992. Thanks to recent action […]

According to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, foreign governments trying to curry favor with Donald Trump spent nearly $8 million in stays at Trump's hotels during his presidency. As a public service, I have made a chart out of the top ten sycophants with the columns colored in beautiful Trump gold: China is #1 ...continue reading "Which country paid Trump the biggest bribes?"

From The Welder:  Have you ever worn gloves, fire-resistant clothing, or other welding personal protective equipment (PPE) that didn’t fit you properly, putting you at risk of injury or unsatisfactory work performance? Many women in welding will say they have. “I have been injured multiple times from products not fitting me right. From safety vests […]

From ProBuilder:  Everything on the jobsite is going well. Suddenly, a worker pitches forward and hits the ground. His colleagues rush to his side. They quickly recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose. Fortunately, the crew has a dose of naloxone in the first aid kit for just such an emergency. They administer the spray and […]

Elton John is worth millions, but evidently, when he gambles, he keeps things low-key. One of Elton John's pals, U.K. soccer legend Gary Lineker, posted a photo on X, formerly Twitter, showing a £10 note…

Source

From West Newsmagazine:  Bret Berthold, the current director of operations for the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), will take the helm of the district on July 1. He was formally affirmed as the next executive director at MSD’s Dec. 14 Board of Trustees meeting. Berthold has been with the district since 2009 and has filled the […]