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1929 Pizza & Wine Owners Receive Death Threats Amid Festival Cancellation

2 years 8 months ago
The owners of Metro East businesses 1929 Pizza & Wine and C&B Boiled Bagels say that they have received death threats in the wake of a festival cancellation that some view as the co-owners' fault. The problems began last Tuesday, August 22, when the Wood River Enrichment Network posted on Facebook that it was cancelling the fifth iteration of its Annual Wood River Food Truck Festival, which would have taken place on Saturday, October 7, in downtown Wood River, Illinois. Though the organizers did not cite a reason for the cancellation, right away commenters began pointing fingers at Amy and Matt Herren, referring to them as owners of local pizza and bagel spots.
Jessica Rogen

Trump's federal Jan. 6 case set for trial on March 4

2 years 8 months ago
Former President Trump is set to face trial in March 2024 in the Justice Department’s case targeting his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election. The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to begin jury selection on March 4 comes after special counsel Jack Smith’s team asked for a Jan. 2, 2024, trial [...]
Ella Lee

R.I.P. Eric Stein, Beloved ‘Patriarch’ of the Focal Point

2 years 8 months ago
When Eric and Judy Stein discovered the Focal Point in the early 1980s, they found themselves a second home and an extended family. At that point, the presenting organization was only a few years old, birthed out of the long-running Music Folk shop in 1975 before moving to another facility in Webster Groves in 1992.
Thomas Crone