The Saint Louis Chess Club has hired a prominent local attorney to lead a new legal team focused on reviewing its practices and procedures after allegations of sexual assault against a former employee.
"These grave concerns have only been amplified in light of the most recent death of a CJC detainee over the weekend, marking the third death within ten weeks."
KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Kirkwood City Council has given the green light to acquire two properties, totaling $12.5 million, for the city's new public works facility. The move aims to replace the outdated public works site, freeing up downtown property for redevelopment. Kirkwood Electric will also relocate, further enhancing opportunities for neighborhood development. The properties are [...]
STAUNTON - Staunton High School will be one of several high schools around the country and beyond participating in this year’s “Fields of Faith,” a student-led event where students gather at football fields to pray, share their faith, challenge peers to read the Bible, and more. Staunton High School will observe the day on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 starting at 6:30 p.m. A free dinner from Jo Danni’s Amore will be available from 6:30 to 7 p.m., followed by games, fellowship, worship, and word from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Each student who attends will also be offered a chance to win a brand new PlayStation 5 console. The event is organized by United to Revive Ministries and FCA South Central Illinois - West . “This will be a jam packed night of food, fun & fellowship - We will have games, prizes, and live music performed by students,” event organizers said on Facebook. “What is most exciting about this night is that students from the Macoupin
It's been hard not to feel a bit envious of Kansas City lately. It's not just that what was once a much smaller cow town now has a bigger population than St. Louis due to its clever annexation of outlying suburbs and our continued decline. And it's not just that it has a cool-ass streetcar connecting all the neighborhoods near downtown while we have the shitty Loop trolley that goes nowhere very slowly.
Remember those book fairs in grade school, where Scholastic's catalogs would tantalize you with tiny little postage-stamp-sized images of the latest offerings from Sweet Valley Twins or Goosebumps? Remember how you'd put in your order and then obsess over and over about the paperbacks your teacher would soon be handing you?
Nagorno-Karabakh—better known as Artsakh—is a smallish (100,000 people) Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. It's long been recognized as Azerbaijani territory, but for many years it's been effectively controlled by Armenia. Until a couple of weeks ago, that is, when long-simmering conflict in the region ended abruptly with a lightning military takeover by Azerbaijani forces. Within a ...continue reading "What happened in Artsakh?"
Guns N' Roses fans in Phoenix, Arizona, are going to have to wait a little longer to rock out with the band. Ticketmaster reports that the group’s October 11 show at Chase Field…
With drought parching Missouri in three of the last five years, state officials have dug up a scheme to assist farm country during times of natural disasters.
Last week, exTwitter’s CEO-in-name-only Linda Yaccarino gave what is the cringiest interviews I’ve ever seen at the Code Conference. Multiple people told me they couldn’t watch more than a few minutes of it. It’s so bad. She is barely listening, extremely dismissive of important questions, and acting as if people are lucky to hear her. […]
Update: The Ferguson Walmart has reopened. FERGUSON, Mo. -- The Walmart in Ferguson is temporarily closed for an investigation into a fatal overdose that happened on the premises this morning. The police say they are working with Walmart management to gather facts surrounding this situation. "As law enforcement, we take this matter very seriously, and [...]
GRAFTON - On Oct. 11, 2023, the City of Grafton will unveil plans for their veterans memorial and museum, which Mayor Michael Morrow said will result in major growth for the region. The memorial will be located near the current Grafton Visitor Center at 950 E. Main Street, and the center itself will “be transformed into something wonderful,” Morrow explained. At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, community members are invited to a ceremony at the Visitor Center to learn about the project and view the designs. “They’re very excited and they’re also very humbled, because this will quickly take on not only national but international ,” Morrow said. “They’re also realizing that it’s going to mean growth for the region. Grafton is going to change. I briefed the Jersey County Board in Jerseyville about three weeks ago, and at the end of the briefing they said, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re going to have to build new hotels.’ Ther
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