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Earlier today I was browsing through a Wall Street Journal piece headlined, "Europeans Are Becoming Poorer." The basic theme is that the US has recovered from the pandemic better than Europe, and that's true enough. But the more I read, the fishier things got. The numbers were all over the map and weren't adjusted for ...continue reading "No, Europe hasn’t been pauperized"

The Monday night Powerball jackpot nears a billion dollars at $900 million. If you aren’t so lucky, there's another chance Tuesday with Mega Millions at $640 million.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs says far too many students are graduating from college with too much debt.

Central County Emergency 911 is one of three dispatch centers in St. Louis County, providing critical information to fire and EMS personnel.

St. Louis County police say they’ve solved the mystery of the beaten and bloody man found in a Kinloch field on the Fourth of July.

A severe thunderstorm watch was extended through most of the St. Louis area Monday afternoon.

“We were just sitting there watching TV, and the house came crashing in on us," Adolph Buehler said.

Power problems are still an issue for thousands after intense storms over the weekend.

A winner Monday could take home the third-largest prize in Powerball history.

Law enforcement agencies often command an outsized portion of city and county budgets. The argument for this expenditure is basically just Blue Line bullshit: without the police at full staff, surely every locality will descend into criminal anarchy. That’s the argument but the facts don’t bear it out. There’s very little evidence that increased law […]

WOOD RIVER - Wood River Police Sgt. Aaron Burns and two others represented the Wood River Police Department in the 19th Annual Cycle Across Illinois benefiting Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors. The cycle across the state took place from June 12 to June 16. Sgt. Burns, wife, Kristen, and sister, Riana Whitehead, completed the entire 368-mile bike ride. Aaron escorted the two with a Wood River Police Department vehicle on the road, Wood River Chief Brad Wells said. Sgt. Burns and the two women represented the Wood River Police Department to honor those who lost their life in the line of duty and in honor of his brother, while his wife and sister rode in the 368-mile bicycle ride to honor the fallen. Det. Sgt. Burns lost his brother, Caruthersville Officer Evan Burns, in the line of duty, on Aug. 11, 2011. Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said the members of the Wood River Police Department and community are very thankful for their dedication to honor those who have made the

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“Usually when you’re having a year like this, it’s more than one thing that went wrong,” Mozeliak said before a game against Miami.

This is neither here nor there, just something that's been bugging me for a while. It's a timeline of vaccine development after the pandemic hit in 2020: I've got no beef with Operation Warp Speed, which set up a pretty effective program to handle expedited development and manufacturing of COVID vaccines. That said, virtually everything ...continue reading "The real story behind Operation Warp Speed"

I'm not quite sure what to make of this, but . . . My M-protein number is continuing to drop. It's now at 0.21, quite a bit less than it was a couple of weeks ago. Will it keep dropping? Was my response to the CAR-T better than I thought? Is it an unusual response ...continue reading "Health update"