On Jan. 16, 1919, the Prohibition amendment was passed, making St. Louis and all cities officially dry despite widespread flouting of the law. Gangs like Egan's Rats, Hogan's and the Cuckoos battled to satisfy the public thirst in St. Louis…
Jon Langmead's "Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling" is available January 19 from the University of Missouri Press.
SPRINGFIELD - Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has told Illinois motorists today to stay away from the DMV. That’s because Illinoisans can now obtain more DMV services and complete more transactions online. In addition, Giannoulias unveiled a series of new measures aimed at reducing wait times if a DMV visit is required. “Don’t come to the DMV, skip the trip!” Giannoulias said. “The truth is that most people no longer need to even come to a DMV because the services they need are available with just a few clicks. Our efforts to modernize the office and create efficiencies have led to a ‘Do-it-Online, Skip-the-Line’ approach, which saves Illinoisans time and headaches.” Giannoulias noted that 2.25 million Illinoisans will need their driver’s license or state ID renewed in 2024. Of those, more than 1 million, or nearly half, have the ability to renew online. In 2023, there were just over 1 million Illinois drivers who were part
EDWARDSVILLE - On Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, In Crowd hosted their fundraiser “Blooming Where We Are Planted” to benefit Habitat for Humanity. In Crowd is a professional development organization that aims to connect professionals throughout the Riverbend community. They decided to sponsor a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, and all proceeds from the brunch, 50/50 raffle and live and silent auctions will help fund the organization’s tenth build starting in the spring. “In Crowd reached a point where they’re really wanting to impact the community and they just reached out and said, ‘Hey, we want to do this for you. This is how we decided we wanted to impact the local community,’” explained Marc Gibbs, president of the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Habitat for Humanity chapter. “And it just got us on this journey of just having conversations, planning this event, starting here and then kind of seeing where it goes from here for year
It’s extremely weird that we’ve somehow normalized the fact that scammers, scumbags, debt collectors, and marketers have made the U.S.’ primary voice communication platform largely unusable. There is some good news: according to data from the YouMail Robocall Index, U.S. consumers received just under 3.8 billion robocalls during the month of December, a 16.3% decrease […]
A St. Louis County not-for-profit that gets millions in federal funding has programs to help St. Louis County residents, especially the elderly, survive the bitter cold.
A Midtown St. Louis restaurant that's received national recognition for its fried chicken sandwiches has closed permanently.
Southern closed its doors for the last time at 4 p.m. Sunday, according to an announcement posted Monday morning on its website and social media. The restaurant did not share its reasoning behind the closure.
"This was a very difficult decision," the announcement said. "We will miss our amazing staff. While small, they were dedicated and did their best every day."
Southern…
The region didn't break any record low temperatures Monday, but the windchill persisted, pushing temperatures to subzero levels and creating life-threatening conditions.
The National Weather Service says the frigid temperatures over the past few days have broken a temperature record from the late 1800s. Forecasters say a warm-up is expected over the next couple of days before the temperatures drop again over the weekend.
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