Sebastian Venable was a dilettante, a poet from a privileged New Orleans family who wrote just one poem a year, which he “printed himself on an eighteenth-century hand-press at his atelier in the French Quarter,” in the words of his adoring mother Violet. He professed no desire for fame in his lifetime; his mother was supposed to attend to that after his death.
Thomas Hines, 33, admitted to leading a drug ring that brought pounds of meth to southern Illinois. Seven St. Louis area resident admitted to being a part of it.
It's been one of the biggest guessing games in town: When exactly will the battered local grocer Fields Foods close its two remaining stores? After several stores were unceremoniously shuttered last month, and the inventory cleared out, people began to wonder about the flagship store in Lafayette Square and the sole remaining satellite in Downtown West. Inventory had been perilously low in recent weeks.
Ron DeSantis thinks the Proud Boy leaders of the January 6 insurrection have received unfairly harsh sentences. I agree with him. However, we have very different reasons for thinking the sentences should be shorter. DeSantis says that BLM protesters who broke the law got lenient sentences, so the Proud Boys should too. But this doesn't ...continue reading "Ron DeSantis is right about excessive 1/6 sentences, but for the wrong reason"
Here is Elon Musk's version of the story about how and why Starlink satellite coverage around Crimea was inactive when the Ukrainian government wanted to use it to guide a drone attack on the Russian navy: There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. The obvious intent ...continue reading "Did Elon Musk deactivate Starlink coverage around Crimea?"
Common Sense Media provides some really useful tools if you’re a parent looking to see if certain content is age appropriate. I’ve used it for years. But… also, for years, the organization has been way out over its skis in supporting all sorts of absolutely horrible laws that would do real damage to the internet, […]
Missouri inmates will no longer be able to receive books from friends or family under a new policy adopted by the state Department of Corrections. These new restrictions arose after a decision last year to ban all physical mail from entering DOC facilities. The DOC cites contraband and illicit substances arriving through these channels as […]
A California-based agriculture firm has expanded its presence locally, opening a new 48,000-square-foot production facility in Hazelwood. Pivot Bio Inc. has begun operating from its new “Product Success Center” at 639 Lambert Pointe Drive as it continues to build out the facility for manufacturing of its products that serve as a replacement to synthetic fertilizers for crops. It will also house […]
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is running for reelection. The longtime California congresswoman, who stepped down from Democratic leadership at the end of the last Congress, announced Friday that she will run for another term. “Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery. Our country needs [...]
CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, today announced a bipartisan national settlement in principle with Kroger that, once final, will require the grocery chain to pay $1.37 billion to participating state and local governments for its role in the opioid crisis. In addition to the financial terms, a final settlement remains contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes. To date, national investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis have led to more than $50 billion in settlements, with Illinois’ share at more than $1.3 billion. “I am proud of the bipartisan work that has resulted in this settlement in principle with Kroger. This agreement builds upon the important progress we’ve already achieved through previous settlements, as we continue working to hold companies accountable for contributing to the opioid epidemic,” Raoul said. “I am committed to ensuring that resources Illinois receives
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