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Operation Purple Heart Reunites Military Honors for Vietnam, Desert Storm Veteran  

2 years 6 months ago
SPRINGFIELD - The Purple Heart awarded to Army Specialist Kenneth R. Wiest was returned to his family as part of Operation Purple Heart, an unprecedented mission to return 11 Purple Heart medals to their rightful owners, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today. Wiest earned the medal while serving in Vietnam. He also served in Desert Storm, sometimes called the Gulf War. Mr. Wiest died in O’Fallon, Illinois, on Sept. 4, 1998, at age 48. Like many combat veterans, Mr. Wiest rarely spoke about his service and the injuries he suffered taking fire while inside a helicopter. “Army Specialist Wiest served his country, and it is our duty to honor this soldier no matter how many years have passed,” Frerichs said during a somber ceremony in Springfield with Mr. Wiest’s children. “Dad was a good soldier, a loyal friend and dedicated father,” said Andrea Wiest Schone, the youngest of four siblings who initiated the process that led to

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Netflix Fights Big Telecom Plan To Impose ‘Big Tech Tax’ In EU

2 years 6 months ago
Big Telecom lobbyists have been working overtime in both the US and EU, trying to get policymakers to force Big Tech to pay them billions in additional subsidies for no coherent reason. We’ve noted for several years how the push is self-serving bullshit by anti-competitive telecom giants, yet thanks to their lobbying influence, the effort shows no sign […]
Karl Bode

Election Day: Mayor Jones opposes critics, past rivals in struggle for control of City Hall

2 years 6 months ago
For more than a century, 28 members of the Board of Aldermen governed the city of St. Louis. Those days are almost over. A primary election on Tuesday will begin the toppling of dominoes in a chaotic transition phase that several local candidates have dubbed "Aldergeddon." Tuesday's election marks the first political contest under the newly drawn ward maps, where 39 candidates will compete for 14 seats. The top two candidates in each ward will advance to an April 4 general election.   Ward reduction…
Mark Maxwell

Federal subpoenas target records of Missouri nonprofits involved in child nutrition program

2 years 6 months ago

A federal grand jury issued three subpoenas to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in December demanding records about a pair of St. Louis-area nonprofits and their involvement in a federal child nutrition program.  The state turned over the subpoenas to The Independent as part of a request under the Sunshine Law. Issued […]

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Jason Hancock

U.S. agriculture secretary unveils initiatives aimed at small and midsized operations

2 years 6 months ago

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday announced new steps the Department of Agriculture is taking to recenter U.S. agriculture and benefit small and midsized operations, including a proposed new “Product of USA” labeling rule and an $89 million expansion of the USDA intermediary lending program. At the National Farmers Union conference in San Francisco, […]

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Adam Goldstein