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Police said she is new to the area and is not familiar with it, or with anyone nearby.

"Moving past, just putting up rainbow flags, marching in the parade and taking that next step," Robert Fischer, with PROMO Missouri, said.

The Wall Street Journal says we still have a big shortage of restaurant workers: Americans are becoming fed up with lousy service while eating out. Many restaurants face a continued drought of experienced workers and are still working to get new hires up to speed. At the same time, customers are giving restaurants less leeway ...continue reading "Restaurants are too stingy to get all the workers they want"

A  week ago the New York Times ran a piece about people fleeing big cities to become remote workers during the pandemic. It started off like this: In the two years leading up to the pandemic, for example, about 20,000 remote workers moved away from the San Francisco metro area. Then during 2020 and 2021, ...continue reading "Raw data: Emigration of remote workers from large cities"

LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Summer Fest is returning for its third year on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Park in Livingston. Featuring live music, vendors, and some new additions for this year, the event is set to be a full day of fun from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hannah McClellan, co-founder of the event, said Summer Fest is very family friendly with several activities that are either free or very affordable. “It’s a nice community event, it’s very family-friendly,” McClellan said. “The goal from the beginning has been to ensure that it is family-friendly and very affordable. It is free to attend, and most of the activities are free as well.” Brand-new this year is a Magic Show starting at noon which will be free to attend, McClellan said. There will also be bounce houses for kids to play in for free, and a free live musical performance by Lefty Daytona from 5 to 8 p.m. The Livingston/Williamson Fire Department will be grilling u

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The police spokesperson said the victim reportedly suffered from a heart condition, possibly leading to his death.

Extreme heat and downtown violence risk for pride celebration

Yesterday's tromp through Mississippi's reading scores for third-graders got me a little curious about taking a slightly deeper dive. I'm not sure why. Just bored, maybe. As you'll recall, in 2013 Mississippi established a set of reading reforms primarily focused on teaching phonics. These reforms included a mandate to hold back kids who don't pass ...continue reading "Here’s a little more about miraculous Mississippi"

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is TFG responding to the suggestion that the Reddit protest will be quelled by simply removing the mods: As the polls show: the mods aren’t alone. The mods aren’t the only ones posting the john oliver pics – there’s no way that they could do […]