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North-south MetroLink expansion now estimated to cost $1.1B
Raw data: Sales of electric vehicles
Here are the latest figures through December 2023: Sales of all cars with rechargeable batteries—including plug-in hybrids—have continued to grow strongly. Sales of pure electric vehicles haven't fallen, but they have flattened out since the middle of last year.
Almost A Replay: Bitterly Cold Wind Chills Set For Friday and Saturday Night
ALTON/ST. LOUIS, MO. - For those who enjoyed the movie “Groundhog Day” starring actor Bill Murray, the weather conditions around the Alton/St. Louis region for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, and Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, will be very replicative. Meteorologist Alex Elmore with the National Weather Service in St. Louis said today temps will be bitterly cold and almost be absolutely the same on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. He said the National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued a Wind Chill Advisory in effect from 6 p.m. Jan. 19, 2024, to noon on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Forecaster Elmore said right now the region is experiencing a second round of bitterly cold temperatures. "As of about 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, the temps stand about 16 degrees Fahrenheit," he said. "The wind chills are right around zero degrees and it will drop down to values in the negative 10 to 15 wind chill range. On Saturday, Jan. 20, we will repeat what we experienced today and overnight and again
Brew Tulum Sues Landlords Over Lead Contamination That Led to Closure
The owners of the now-shuttered Central West End restaurant Brew Tulum have sued their landlords and the site's property manager over the lead contamination they found on site, saying their landlord's negligence caused them to sustain "serious injury and damages." The RFT first broke the news last year that Laura McNamara and Alberto Juarez had closed the eatery in September after finding evidence of lead contamination on site in their Delmar Maker District space. The contamination was discovered after their young son tested positive for exposure during a routine health screening — and after they ruled out the presence of lead at their home, began to eye the commercial space that housed their year-old eatery.
Man dies in north St. Louis apartment fire
One man died Friday morning after an apartment fire in north St. Louis.
Appeals Court: Ban On Religious Ads Is Unconstitutional Because It’s Pretty Much Impossible To Define ‘Religion’
Things become heated and tangled when it comes to free speech, religion, and the government’s attempt to control either of these things. Government entities tend to feel the best way to avoid the appearance of favoring any religion is to stay out of it completely. A wise move by the government, but not the best […]
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Judas Priest drop new ‘Invincible Shield’ single, “Crown of Horns”
Judas Priest is offering up another single from their upcoming album Invincible Shield, which is set to drop March 8. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just dropped the tune “Crown of…
Francis Howell School Board to vote on new Black studies classes in March
Teachers will develop revised curriculum for Black History and Black Literature courses that remove standards rejected by the school board.
Health update
Nutshell summary: Good news! Long, complicated explanation: Buckle up for this one. No doctors were involved in this analysis. As you know, for years I've been getting M-protein results to check the level of multiple myeloma in my bone marrow. This is done via an SPEP test—Serum Protein Electrophoresis. A successful treatment of my cancer ...continue reading "Health update"
Berkeley man convicted of sex crimes against children
Major Case Squad releases timeline in disappearance of Donna Eye
The Major Case Squad has released a detailed timeline on what led up to the disappearance of Donna Eye, a woman found dead more than a week after a sheriff’s deputy dropped her off in the Mark Twain National Forest.
Friday chat thread. Y'all doing OK? Heat holding up? What are your plans this weekend?
Missouri treasurer proposes ban on ‘foreign adversary’ investments
State Treasurer Vivek Malek, who is campaigning this year for a four-year term to the post, wants to require all government-managed pensions to “divest” from foreign adversaries.
“As the Indictment makes clear, defendant Sid Jawahar stole from victims across the country, including folks who live right here in St. Louis,"
St. Louis teen charged with murder of robbery accomplice
One of three teen suspects has been charged as an adult with murder in the shooting death of his robbery accomplice in September in St. Louis.
Power out? Safe ways to stay warm in the winter
The colder weather is set to hit the Midwest again this weekend, prompting the need to consider how to stay warm in case of a power outage. Here is a list of 10 options to consider if your power goes out at home.
Corporate profits have skyrocketed since the pandemic
This is just a reminder: It's worth noting that corporate profits spiked in mid-2020 and finished their rise by early 2021. It's not obvious from the chart, but this is before inflation—either in consumer prices or producer inputs—had risen more than barely. Since the start of the pandemic, inflation has gone up about 20 points ...continue reading "Corporate profits have skyrocketed since the pandemic"
David Lee Roth suggests alien sex probing is to blame for Sammy Hagar’s behavior toward him
Van Halen’s David Lee Roth has fired some shots at his replacement Sammy Hagar in a new post shared to his Instagram. In the clip titled “The Ballad of Popsicle Sam,” Roth uses Hagar’s 2011 claim that…
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