EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department announced it is partnering with the Illinois State Police and law enforcement across the state to step up efforts to stop impaired driving and help save lives as we near the end of summer and the busy Labor Day weekend. No matter how you plan to celebrate summer’s end, make sure you do it safely. “Our first priority is to keep people safe, so we’re asking everyone to plan ahead for a sober ride home if they’ll be drinking or using another impairing substance,” said Lt. Brandn Whittaker. “Let’s make this a partnership between law enforcement and motorists: Help us protect the community and put an end to the dangers of impaired driving.” The high-visibility “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign runs from Friday, August. 18 through the early-morning hours of Tuesday, September. 5. During this period, motorists can expect to see roadside safety checks, more
Here's a quick summary of reasons to believe the economy is either heading toward recession or heading toward a soft landing. Snip it and then stick it on your refrigerator door. Bad news: Bond prices up. Housing prices high. China imploding. Fed rate hikes starting to bite. Personal savings depleted. Inverted yield curve. Good news: ...continue reading "Here’s a refrigerator list for the economy"
The Wall Street Journal says bond yields are back to normal. That is, they're rising toward old definitions of normal: 10-year Treasury yields are up 76 basis points since the beginning of April and TIPS yields (inflation protected) are up 69 basis points. This is not the first time this has happened. Yields were similarly ...continue reading "Money is getting more expensive"
“I will say that my client has served the fire department admirably for years and has a lot of support within the department,” said the firefighter's attorney.
Welp, here we go again. Last month I wrote about how Techdirt had been deleted from both Bing and DuckDuckGo. Over on the discussion at HackerNews, DDG’s CEO and founder, Gabriel Weinberg, jumped in to the conversation to note that this wasn’t intentional (which we never suspected it was). The resulting conversation on HackerNews is […]
Pete E. Parisi, known affectionately as “Pep,” charmed the St. Louis area in 1985 with the first episode of his public-access TV show, World Wide Magazine. Parisi’s humor and his oddball cast of characters, including the Feeney Brothers and the Mad Russian, exposed a side of St. Louis that hadn’t been depicted before. World Wide Magazine released an episode once a month for 15 years, and its legacy lives on today thanks to the dedicated diehards who refuse to let the memories fade.
The study by St. Louis Community College found that while St. Louis City employs the second most manufacturing workers in the region, the number has dropped by 19% in the last decade.
Senior Coordinator Peggy Hogan and her staff Kathy Biondo, Carol Henke, Cindy Maschmeyer and Mary Mallien and the Florissant Senior Commission are pleased to announce that Mayor Lowery will host a Senior Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the James J. Eagan Center from 9-11 a.m Enjoy a complimentary full breakfast […]
Food Alert! When a half dozen people bring up the name of a new restaurant within a week, I take notice—as do my taste buds. Recently I followed the advice of my food informants and headed to Salsa Rosada. I even had an authority on Colombian food with me (JC, my son-in-law, who grew up...
When Cristian Dubon Solis was getting ready to graduate from a Boston high school in 2020, he started planning to apply to college. It was only then he realized that as an immigrant lacking permanent legal status, he wouldn’t qualify for in-state tuition at Massachusetts state universities, nor for state-sponsored financial aid. With no way to […]
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