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I caught up with Bob Somerby today and it turns out he's been lamenting a spate of recent articles about the "Mississippi Miracle." I don't blame him. Reports of educational breakthroughs are often overblown and should be taken with several grains of salt. Still, let's take a look at this one. Mississippi passed a package ...continue reading "How miraculous is Mississippi?"

About five minutes after I wrote that Wagner mercenaries were advancing on Moscow at "light speed," they suddenly . . . stopped. Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that he had accepted a personal deal to exile himself to Belarus while his troops would be pardoned and put under the control of the Ministry of Defense. It's all ...continue reading "Wagner Group throws in the towel"

The Cardinals starter allowed 11 hits — one short of his career high — and a season-high seven runs in the shortest of his nine starts this season.

According to the ALS Association, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Every hour a person is diagnosed.

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, Ajit Pai was trying to pretend that everybody supported repealing net neutrality, while ISP lobbyists were trying and then succeeding at derailing California’s own net neutrality law. Pai was also pushing for rule changes that would benefit Sinclair Broadcasting, while being under investigation for his relationship with the […]

Henning was headed to a court hearing for a robbery charge dating back to 2018, his attorney told 5 On Your Side.

An invasive fish that is voracious predator capable of surviving out of water for days was recently caught in southeastern Missouri, causing worry that the hard-to-contain species will spread and become a problem.

The Muny’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a Spectacular Sensation   by Pat Lindsey “Beauty and the Beast,” the tale as old as time, is currently illuminating The Muny stage with explosions of color, song, dance…and fireworks. It’s a playground for the senses enveloped in an enchanting story that we’ve known and loved since childhood. […]

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The latest on the armed rebellion declared by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: —— The head of the Wagner group said Saturday he has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to their field camps in Ukraine to avoid shedding Russian blood. The announcement from Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to defuse a [...]

If it's possible to know less than zero about something, that's my knowledge of the Wagner Group insurrection/coup taking place in Russia right now. It's hard to say if there's anyone to root for here, since on one side we have Vladimir Putin, a thug who started a huge, unprovoked war with Ukraine, complete with ...continue reading "The Wagner Group seems to be advancing on Moscow at light speed"

The St. Louis County medical examiner identified the crash victim as 31-year-old Jessica Hecht of Old Monroe, Missouri.

The fund was allocated under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

St. Louis, however, is a place near and dear to her heart that’s like a second home for her.