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STL County Freedom Fund Dinner to offer diverse evening of honors

2 years 2 months ago
Benjamin Akande, Stifel Financial Corporation Global Human Resource Enterprise senior vice president, will deliver the 86th Annual St. Louis County NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner keynote address at 7 p.m. Monday June 19, 2023, at the St. Louis Marriott Gran Hotel,…
Alvin A. Reid | The St. Louis American

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 2 months ago
No, this is not from Texas. It's a lovely yellow rose from our backyard. I suppose it has a formal name, but I don't know what it is.
Kevin Drum

St. Louis circuit attorney hires 5 more assistant circuit attorneys

2 years 2 months ago
New St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore announced five new additions to the office as he works to increase staffing in his first weeks on the job. A press release from Gore's office announced the hiring of five experienced attorneys. He said they will join the effort to clear a backlog of cases left by former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. "I am impressed by how many talented attorneys heard the call to public service and stepped forward so quickly," Gore said in a statement. “Hiring experienced…
Sam Clancy

Three-Sport Scholar Peyton Hatfield Became 'Shining Star' At Granite City High School

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GRANITE CITY – Senior three-sport student-athlete Peyton Hatfield was named the 2022-23 Granite City High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year and is also now recognized as a Stillwater Senior Living Granite City Female Of The Month. "I am very grateful to be recognized," she said to her wide variety of recognitions at the end of her senior year. "I have worked very hard since day one of my freshman year. "I'm grateful to have had my older sister Riley Hatfield to look up to and help me out during my high school years. She would tell me the 'to do's and not to do's' in order to "survive and thrive in high school. I listened, and now I have survived and thrived in high school." Peyton Hatfield is a three-sport standout in tennis, swimming and soccer at GCHS, and is headed on a soccer scholarship to Lindenwood University in the fall and will major in elementary education. She is the daughter of Mike and Susan Hatfield. " Peyton Hatfield is a shining star at GCHS. She is our studen

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Hawley, Blumenthal Team Up To Push Nonsensical AI/230 Bill

2 years 2 months ago
There are some questions about whether or not Section 230 protects AI companies from being liable for the output from their generative AI tools. Matt Perrault published a thought-provoking piece arguing that 230 probably does not protect generative AI companies. Jess Miers, writing here at Techdirt, argued the opposite point of view (which I found […]
Mike Masnick

Lane closures On I-270 In Madison County  

2 years 2 months ago
GLEN CARBON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that bridge painting will require intermittent nighttime lane closures in both directions of Interstate 270 between Illinois 159 and Illinois 157, weather permitting, starting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 20. One lane in each direction will remain open at all times. All westbound lanes will be opened each morning at 6 a.m. and eastbound at 1 p.m. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. The work is expected to be completed by the end of August. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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St. Louis BUD Program Graduates 29th Class of Pre-Apprentices

2 years 2 months ago
Seventeen pre-apprentices recently graduated from the Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis area. Taking part in the May 26 ceremony at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis were (front row from left) Missouri AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Merri Berry, graduates Tamike Meredith, Breyonna Breeland, […]
Dede Hance