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At Eckert’s annual egg hunt, kids and their parents can also pet animals, ride tractors, plant seeds, ice cookies and take photos with the Easter Bunny.

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A single thread out of place can distort the illusion of perfect embroidery or reduce the perception of the quality of a smooth hand of fabric. Its free movement against […]

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Aldermen are expected to approve plans to stop requiring many restaurants to petition residents before getting licenses.

After last month's spike, PCE inflation came down in February: Headline PCE was down only a bit, but core PCE—which the Fed focuses on—was down substantially to 3.2%. This is pretty good news since it suggests that last month's spike was probably pretty transitory. On a more conventional year-over-year basis, headline PCE was 2.5% and ...continue reading "PCE inflation moderates in February"

Elizabeth Bauer was working out at the gym one morning last August when she got a phone call from her fertility nurse. It was a call that Bauer and her wife, Rebecca, had long been waiting for. Elizabeth dialed in Rebecca so they could listen together: They were pregnant. The Washington, D.C., couple decided before […]

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ST. LOUIS -- Spring marks the busiest season for home buying and selling. However, the housing market's high prices and limited inventory have left many sellers and buyers feeling anxious about the process. Danny Pogue, President of Commercial, Consumer, and Retail Sales at St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre, and Realtor Kim Ruhl with RE/MAX Results, discussed [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — About a year ago, veterinarian Melissa Ezell started noticing subtle changes at the midsized animal clinic in Huntsville, Alabama, where she works. She said she and other vets were feeling pressure from management to make a certain amount of money from every appointment. If a pet owner wasn’t going to spend enough, […]

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Upon Further Reflection, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings by Mark […]

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Hop over to Eckert’s Country Restaurant for a family-friendly breakfast. Kids will love the sprinkle pancakes and fruit kebabs. The meal will also include bacon and other breakfast staples. This […]

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The chancellor stated, "Our students certainly all deserve to enjoy a few laughs together after putting in such serious work over these past few years."

The chess world is still feeling the vibrations of the buzziest chess story of 2022, which went down in St. Louis and featured one prodigy of the game being accused of cheating via vibrating anal beads in his rectum.  The sex toy-centric chess controversy started here when grandmaster Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in a coy manner that many interpreted as an accusation of cheating against the person he lost to, then-19-year-old Hans Niemann.  One thing led to another, Elon Musk escalated the matter via a tweet, and in a classic example of the arc of all things bending toward the weirdest and least plausible explanation, the anal beads rumors inserted themselves into the discourse.

Last week you’ll recall that after a closed-door intelligence briefing, some members of Congress leaked word to Axios that they were “shocked” by various TikTok behaviors. Upon closer inspection, most of the stuff TikTok had been up to wasn’t at all different from the behaviors of a wide variety of foreign and domestic telecoms, app […]

Missourians overwhelmingly support access to contraceptives, but some fear their lawmakers could pass laws limiting that availability, a new poll shows. The survey, released Thursday by The Right Time, a family planning initiative through the Missouri Family Health Council Inc., polled 1,000 Missourians between the ages of 18 and 35, split almost evenly between Democrats, […]

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Some House Democrats from St. Louis city broke with their party to support returning SLMPD to state control. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration.