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RFT Reviews the Week: January 2 to January 8, 2023

2 years 3 months ago
MONDAY, JANUARY 2 Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapses on the field, and the nation holds its breath. The NFL increasingly feels like the vestige of a world that considered body blows entertainment. Does anyone really want their kid to regularly risk death for a six-figure payday?
Anonymous

A $2M Powerball ticket is among Missouri's unclaimed prizes

2 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- There are millions of dollars in unclaimed Missouri Lottery prizes, and they can all be seen on the lottery's new website. All draw games with prizes over $50,000 are listed there. An unclaimed Powerball ticket worth $2 million was just sold this week in Laurie, Missouri. The winning ticket sold at [...]
Joe Millitzer

Alton Eagle Ice Festival Kicks Off Winter Watching Season For Majestic Bird

2 years 3 months ago
ALTON - The annual Alton Eagle Ice Festival on Saturday attracted a wide range of visitors to celebrate the return of the beautiful wintering American Bald Eagles to Southwest Illinois. Flock Food Truck was one of the Alton hosts for the event, along with The National Great Rivers Center, the Hartford Confluence Tower, and the Audubon Center at Riverlands hosted four different events for the widely attended official kickoff to the eagle-watching season in the Alton area. Cory Jobe, president/CEO of Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau, said: “Today we are here at Flock, one of the locations for the Alton Eagle Ice Festival. We have food trucks, adult drinks for kids, we have live ice carvers, we have an eagle meet and greet, music, and fire pits to stay warm. It is a beautiful day here. “We also have three other locations this year - the National Great Rivers Museum with free lock and dam tours today to view eagles on the Mississippi. The Lewis and Clark Interpretive

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New Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick takes oath of office

2 years 3 months ago
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has been sworn into office. The Republican took office Monday during an inauguration ceremony in the Jefferson City Capitol building. He's replacing Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway, who didn't run for re-election.
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Decades Late, The FCC Might Start Cracking Down On Terrible Telecom Prison Monopolies. Maybe.

2 years 3 months ago
However terrible telecom monopolies are in the free world, they’re arguably worse in prisons. For decades, journalists have outlined how a select number of prison telecom giants like Securus have enjoyed a cozy, government-kickback based monopoly over prison phone and teleconferencing services, resulting sky high rates (upwards of $14 per minute) for inmate families. Efforts to […]
Karl Bode