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St. Gianna Catholic Church parishioners fight to keep congregation intact
St. Louis-Based Legal Services Nonprofit to Move Downtown
From St. Louis Business Journal:ย A St. Louis-based regional nonprofit that provides civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families is moving its headquarters to space downtown. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri said Thursday that it will move its main office to the Peabody Plaza building, at 701 Market St. downtown, in late January 2023. […]
8 community events to celebrate Chanukah in St. Louis
Sunday begins the eight-night Jewish Festival of Lights. Here are some suggestions (eight, naturally) for celebrating this weekend and beyond.
As Supply Chains Unclog, Consumers Enjoy (Tentative) Relief
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:ย Back in January, 109 container ships waited off the California coast to unload cargo in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two largest ports. Consumers, stuck at home amid the pandemic, had unleashed an avalanche of orders for goods that overwhelmed factories and ports. Importers were paying $20,000 to send […]
Another state settles Medicaid fraud allegations with Centene
The Clayton-based company, the largest Medicaid managed-care provider in the United States, agreed to pay Oregon $17 million, according to a statement from the stateโs attorney general and its insurance commissioner.
Court backs Kinloch in 2019 ouster of mayor
Kinloch, located east of St. Louis Lambert International Airport, has an estimated 264 residents.
Longtime Agape director testifies in Missouri court to stay off child abuse registry
The former director of Agape Boarding School pleaded with a Cole County judge on Monday to keep himself off the stateโs central registry of child abuse and neglect, so he can keep working with children.
Actual Free Speech Matters, Elon Muskโs Understanding Of It Puts Free Speech At Risk
So, look, it’s been quite clear for a while now that Elon Musk has no clue what “free speech” actually means. We’ve covered this point from so many different angles that at this point anyone claiming that Elon Musk “supports free speech” is ignorant or stupid. Constitutional scholar Steve Vladeck has a short, but useful […]
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Colombian-style La Finca Coffee Roasters has opened (soft opening) in The Grove across from UCBC
Man killed, 2 others in critical condition after crash on I-55 in south St. Louis
Missouri cities win another round in fight over telephone tax challenge
Charter Communications serves more than 32 million customers in 41 states.
Customer Shoots St. Louis KFC Employee After Corn Dispute
A St. Louis KFC employee received a gunshot to the abdomen Monday afternoon after a disgruntled customer began arguing with employees over how the restaurant had run out of corn. St. Louis Metropolitan Police say an unknown man entered the drive-thru at KFC's Central West End location on Monday evening when, to the man's horror, he was told KFC had run out of corn. The man began to hurl threats at employees through the drive-thru speaker box.
FBI increases reward in hunt for escaped Cass County, Missouri inmates
After two inmates escaped from the Cass County jail, the FBI put up billboards and increased the reward for information leading to an arrest.
Inside 'The Armory': St. Louis opens new entertainment center this weekend
A historical landmark site in St. Louis will soon carry new life as a multi-purpose entertainment center.
Family friendly Hippie/Grateful Dead restaurant
Bipartisan group of lawmakers push to restrict foreign ownership of Missouri farmland
Citing concerns about the environment, food security and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land.
I also got a picture of the weird purplish pink sky this morning.
Missouri has roughly $150 million left to distribute in federal housing assistance
Missouri is around four months away from distributing all of the nearly $600 million in emergency housing relief assistance it received as part of federal COVID relief packages, the Missouri Housing Development Commission was informed on Friday.