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Beyond Housing CEO Chris Krehmeyer writes why addressing poverty makes all of St. Louis richer

NEW YORK (AP) — Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump sat through hours of sometimes testy opening statements Monday in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. “Disgraceful trial,” he declared during a lunch break, after listening to lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James [...]

GODFREY - A Godfrey retailer - MotoMart at 5311 Godfrey Road in Godfrey - is celebrating after selling a jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $800,000 over the weekend. Illinois Lottery officials said the winning ticket was purchased for the Sept. 29 evening drawing at MotoMart. The lucky player who purchased the winning ticket matched all five numbers in the Friday evening drawing to score the $800,000 jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 1-2-13-31-32. The lucky winner isn’t the only one celebrating. For selling the winning ticket, MotoMart will receive a bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $8,000. Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick was excited to learn of the big ticket winner in the village and said: "This will be good for MotoMart and once the person collects it, people will drive for miles to buy tickets there. Hopefully, the lucky winner was a Godfrey resident. "A total of $800,000 is a huge amount of money for a person to win in the lottery," the mayor

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It's the first Monday in October, which is a good excuse to post this late afternoon picture of the Supreme Court building. I'm sure that everyone inside is eager to get back to work fighting for justice.

The upcoming Power Trip festival is bound to be a good time, and AC/DC is giving fans yet another way to enjoy themselves.  The rockers, who'll be hitting the stage for the…

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Wellston wants the LCRA to donate more of its properties to the city, particularly two large redevelopment sites along Page Avenue.

PIASA - Emma Wyman, a transfer from Jacksonville, has had a sensational girls cross country season for the Southwestern Piasa Birds. Wyman won the No. 1 race of the Southwestern Meet this past weekend with a time of 19:49 for three miles. Wyman is an Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete of the Month for the Piasa Birds. Southwestern’s cross-country team opened the 2023 campaign by journeying north to Jacksonville on August 29. It was a return to the old stomping grounds of the newest addition to the Birds’ nest, Wyman, a senior transfer from Jacksonville. Wyman did not disappoint, finishing second in a field of 53 girls from Quincy, QND, Jacksonville, Liberty, Springfield Southeast, and South County. Her time was 19:55. All season long, Wyman has been a standout for the Piasa Birds. Southwestern head girls cross country coach Gary Bowker said he expects Wyman to continue to improve and has high hopes for her in the post-season. “She is not

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The pioneering restaurant that brought Thai food to St. Louis four decades ago is welcoming guests into its new space after closing its South Grand location last month.

St. Louis has attributes that make it an underrated, wonderful place to live.

We’ve written a bunch of stuff about the obvious to anyone who understands the internet problems of Canada’s C-18, now dubbed the Online News Act. The fundamental premise behind it is to break the open internet, as an obviously corrupt forced wealth transfer from one disfavored industry to an industry that helps get politicians elected. […]

Donald Trump's trial for business fraud has opened on schedule. The New York Times provides a summary of the action so far: In their respective opening statements, the attorney general’s office and lawyers for Donald J. Trump spoke past each other: While the attorney general’s lawyer focused on the specific mechanics by which properties were ...continue reading "Donald Trump’s fraud trial is proceeding apace"

A state of Missouri commission on Friday sued a St. Louis company, alleging it is acting as a real estate brokerage without being licensed.

WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers are searching for a way to clear more aid for Ukraine, after Congress approved a short-term spending bill that didn’t include any additional money for the country. President Joe Biden on Sunday said that U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to find the votes needed to pass a supplemental […]

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The Cardinals finished the 2023 regular season with a 71-91 record.

Today on TAP: Should House Democrats save McCarthy’s Speakership?

A subsidiary of a food redistributor that's one of the St. Louis region's largest private companies has opened a new distribution center.

In the New York Times today, Margaret Renkl rails against book banning: During the 2022-2023 school year, PEN America, an advocacy organization that defends free expression, recorded 3,362 instances of book banning, a number that represents an increase of 33 percent in just one year....Book bans belong to the same categorical crime against democracy as ...continue reading "No book has been banned in the United States for more than half a century"