As the State of Missouri sits on record budget surpluses, a top priority for the governor seems to have stalled: widening Interstate 70 from St. Louis to Kansas City.
The Creve Coeur Police Department has named a suspect in the Friday afternoon shooting that sent one man to the hospital with a gunshot wound in his abdomen.
ALTON - A man in his 20s survived what Alton Fire Chief Jesse Jemison estimated as a 75-foot jump from the Clark Bridge around 2 p.m. Monday. Chief Jemison said the man appeared to walk onto the bridge, then jumped closer to the Missouri side on the part of the bridge facing the Melvin Price Lock and Dam area. Chief Jemison said he only recalled one other incident in his long career where a person who jumped off the bridge into the Mississippi River survived. He said the person who jumped appeared to be having some "personal issues" and was "a very lucky young man" to survive such a leap. Alton Police's Mike Morelli and Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer and other officers and first responders were quick to the scene. Fischer did a fit check on the bridge jump survivor, who appeared to have some difficulty with his chest and possibly ribs, but the man was able to walk, Jemison said. The man was transported to an area hospital for additional treatment. The Alton Fire Boat was dispatched
Tyler Goodale of Doniphan, Missouri, made a state-record catch and Mitchell Dering of Fairdealing, Missouri, set set a world record while fishing at Duck Creek.
T-Rav Man (government name Nick Lammering) burst across our screens at a St. Louis CITY SC game in mid-March wearing a toasted ravioli hat that could become more famous than the Green Bay Packer cheese heads. Lammering's partner, Laynee Knipmeyer, sewed the head and now her brilliant t-rav head design will be available to purchase in a very small batch come Friday, April 14, at 6 p.m. This drop will only include 6 t-rav heads.
One of the most pernicious effects of today’s copyright maximalism is the idea that every element of a creative work has to be owned by someone, and protected against “unauthorized” – that is, unpaid – use by other artists. That goes against several thousand years of human creativity, which only exists thanks to successive generations […]
Over at National Review, Philip Klein takes in the news that payments on the federal debt have gone up thanks to higher interest rates. Along the way he says: Under President Biden, massive spending has fueled not only high deficits but also inflation. Let's take a look! It looks to me like both Biden and ...continue reading "Federal spending is back down to normal"
GRAFTON - The Grafton City Council recognized State Representative CD Davidsmeyer in a public ceremony held recently in the Grafton City Hall for his dedicated work in setting aside a $120,000 DCEO grant for Grafton to be used for infrastructure repairs. This grant was initiated last year by Representative Davidsmeyer with Grafton being named as the recipient in the direct line item appropriation. “We are very grateful for the continued good work Representative Davidsmeyer does for Grafton and the county,” said Mayor Mike Morrow. “This money allowed us to start our concrete streets and sidewalks repairs in our first Ward Grafton Hills Subdivision and will allow us to continue this year with the addition of Pickle Ball courts and a parking lot at our Red Hawk Park.” Representative Davidsmeyer worked last year to set aside the money for Grafton in the appropriation bill and has shepherded the process through the close of the pandemic. “I am proud to represent