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Hayner Public Library Hosts "St. Louis: The Best Sports Town In America With Ed Wheatley"

2 years 8 months ago
ALTON - The Hayner Public Library District Hosts “St. Louis: The Best Sports Town in America: An Evening with Ed Wheatley” on Tuesday, January 16, at 6:30 p.m. at Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall Upper Level Performance Room Sports Historian, Author, and Documentarian to Present Lecture About St. Louis’ Rich Sports History St. Louis has long been known as a city with a rich sports history. Four of the most prestigious trophies in sports are named after St. Louisans — one in chess, one in golf, one in soccer, and one in tennis. Can you name them? What about the four national football teams that started as St. Louis franchises? Did you know that in 2014, the United States Congress designated St. Louis as the Chess Capital of the United States? Can you name the two St. Louisans who teamed up to form Wimbledon’s first-ever interracial mixed doubles team? What “Hollywood legend” could regularly be seen racing his Datsun at a race track in Wentzville?

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FCC Protects What’s Left Of Media Ownership Limits After Trump Attacks

2 years 8 months ago
During Trump’s tenure, his FCC took at absolute hatchet to what was left of media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and more diversely owned) competitors underfoot. The Trump FCC stripped away a lot of the rules […]
Karl Bode

Centene PBM settlement with South Carolina raises total payout to $964.8M

2 years 8 months ago
Without admitting guilt, the Clayton-based managed care giant agreed to make the payment after the state charged that Centene had misrepresented the true cost of PBM services, failed to disclose discounts to the state and filed improper reporting to the state about services provided, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
James Drew

Nearly half of Missouri social-equity marijuana license applicants were from out of state 

2 years 8 months ago

More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday. About half of those owners came from California, Michigan, Louisiana and Arizona collectively.   The microbusiness license program is meant to boost […]

The post Nearly half of Missouri social-equity marijuana license applicants were from out of state  appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Rebecca Rivas

Brasas Will Bring Ember-Cooked Chicken to the Loop

2 years 8 months ago
Andrew Cisneros will open a brick-and-mortar location for his Brasas concept in the Delmar Loop in spring 2024. The restaurant will open at 6138 Delmar Blvd., the former home of 12oh7 Herban Eatery.
Lauren Healey

St. Louis' Pesticide Use Has a Citizens Group Demanding Change

2 years 8 months ago
Six years ago, Erin O’Reilly walked through Tower Grove Park when she noticed something she thought was concerning. A city worker was spraying chemicals on the park’s greenery, and O’Reilly, a nurse and lactation consultant, says she noticed the same thing occur again and again in the years that followed.
Monica Obradovic