The Missouri Botanical Garden has drawn crowds wanting to revel in the smell of the aptly named corpse flower, the amorphophallus titanum, since it first bloomed there in 2012. Its offensive odor has been likened to rotting garbage, dirty diapers and, yes… a dead body. Horticulturist Emily Colletti has cared for the garden's collection of corpse flowers for 21 years. She shared what makes the odoriferous plants happy, and how she can predict when this year’s blooming flower Octavia will dazzle and stink.
Another long-lost Steely Dan song has hit the internet. The tune was posted by the Expanding Dan website, although it’s not actually a song, but a jingle Donald Fagen wrote for the Milwaukee beer company Schlitz.…
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department battled a difficult fire in hot conditions at 9:16 p.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of Horn Avenue. Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer said when the fire department arrived, the house was fully involved with fire coming out of multiple windows. He said the firefighters confirmed in rapid fashion that there were not any occupants in the fire. “The humidity was pretty bad, so our people took breaks and made a fairly quick hit on it,” he said. “We called in the State Fire Marshal to investigate and they are still investigating with the Alton Police Department.” Fischer said he couldn’t state the cause of the fire at this point as the State Fire Marshal’s investigation continues.
Foreigner, that venerable, hotblooded jukebox hero of yesteryear, played to thousands of screaming fans the other night at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, busting out hit after hit for classic-rock fans who have absorbed those songs into their mitochondria since they first heard them coming out of their ’70s-era console stereos. You know them all — “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Cold as Ice,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Double Vision,” “Head Games,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” etc. — with top-notch musical professionalism and dead-on fidelity to the originals, which is exactly what the old fans and their newly indoctrinated progeny came to see.
From KMOX Radio: For contractors, laborers and construction workers, how hot is too hot? The Associated General Contractors of Missouri is keeping on eye on a proposal by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to set a standard for workers outside in the heat. It calls for a threshold of 80 degrees to trigger protections employers would have to provide […]
Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek may have to fend off at least two of his fellow Republicans in the GOP primary next year, after another state legislator – a St. Louis County lawmaker – joined the race on Monday.
Malek, who was appointed treasurer by Gov. Mike Parson in January, was already facing a primary challenge by state Rep. Cody Smith, a Carthage Republican and chairman of the powerful House budget committee.
Smith officially launched his campaign earlier this month, though he signaled…
CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that a Vandalia, Illinois man prosecuted by his office was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possessing, reproducing and disseminating child pornography and indecent solicitation of an adult. The guilty plea and sentence are the result of an investigation Raoul’s office conducted into an alleged child pornography ring operating in Fayette County. Ferrell Mason Kissiar, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of dissemination of child pornography, a Class X felony; one count of reproduction of child pornography, a Class X felony; two counts of possession of child pornography, a Class 2 felony; and one count of indecent solicitation of an adult, a Class 1 felony. Kissiar was sentenced to 30 years in prison by 4th District Circuit Judge Martin Siemer. Two other defendants in the case pleaded guilty in May to charges stemming from their involvement in the alleged child pornography ring. Andrew Wehrle, 39, of Vandalia, and Amber Wehrle,
Attorney and property owner Steve Stone said he's sold a pair of high-profile Delmar Loop buildings to a group fronted by a former Washington University student, who plans to rehab residential portions.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Days after a woman went missing and was found safe, Carlee Russell has admitted that she was not kidnapped, police report. During a press conference Monday afternoon, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis read a statement from Emory Anthony, Russell's attorney, claiming that the 25-year-old woman was not abducted the night of [...]
A convicted felon was indicted in federal court last week for allegedly robbing a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in a popular St. Louis neighborhood.
ST. LOUIS - Boeing has announced its future aerospace program would be a $2 billion investment in St. Louis which would create 500 jobs. The company will seek tax breaks and Boeing is in discussions with St. Louis International Airport about the expansion. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page issued this statement: “This project will reinforce our dominance as a region that builds the future of aviation, creates pathways to exciting careers, and showcases the pride and talent of St. Louis County.” Boeing would receive tax breaks on the expansion that would amount to a 50% break on real and personal property tax for 10 years if St. Louis County approves the proposal. There would be no tax breaks on existing taxes. Boeing announced on Monday it is deepening support of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its efforts to promote aerospace safety, security and sustainability. The company today named its first liaison to the United Nations agency, which is
It's never too early or too late to introduce your family to the spotlight. That seems to be Rod Stewart's motto anyway. A few weeks after he brought his 94-year-old sister Mary onstage…
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