City officials have given developer Lux Living an ultimatum: Stabilize its crumbling buildings on South Kingshighway or the city will bill Lux for the work. The long-vacant row of buildings just south of Interstate 64 has continued to fall into disrepair since St. Louis officials denied Lux Living’s request to demolish them for a new […]
Remember Milk? Once upon a time, both children and adults drank milk for a healthy, calcium-laced diet. Every porch in our neighborhood had a metal box, where the milkman made daily deliveries. The glass bottles with the crimped paper lid had a rounded bulge at the top, where the cream settled. Homogenizing was done in...
The chair of the city’s first Reparations Commission vows not only to listen to the public, but to hold elected officials accountable for acting on its recommendations.
We’ve noted several times how European telecom giants have somehow convinced European policymakers that technology giants like Netflix and Google should annually give them billions of dollars… for no coherent reason. The proposal is dressed up to sound like a sensible adult policy aimed at shoring up broadband access to the downtrodden. In reality it’s net […]
ALTON - Deena M. Brown, APRN, a board-certified family nurse practitioner (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), is now offering women’s health specialty care appointments through OSF Medical Group in Alton. Female patients 14 years-of-age and older seeking access to women’s health specialty care can meet with Ms. Brown on Fridays from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., in the OSF Medical Group office location at 2 St. Anthony's Way, Suite 300 (Alton). Appointments with Deena can be scheduled by calling (618) 462-2226. Brown’s decision to expand her health care practice is centered on the objective to encourage preventive health for women. “There’s definitely a need for better access to women's health specialty care services in the Riverbend region,” says Brown. “I see this as an ideal opportunity to compliment my primary care practice – which I’ll continue to provide to local residents.” Ms. Brown’s women’s health