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ST. LOUIS - Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the J announced today that the area’s largest Jewish arts and culture festival will take place Sept. 18, 2022 at the same location as the first Sababa, in front of Simon Hall, Washington University campus. “We are thrilled to announce that we have the opportunity to celebrate the vibrancy of contemporary Jewish culture again,” said Brian Herstig, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. Sababa (which means “cool” in Hebrew) features local, regional, and national visual art exhibitors, culinary experiences and musical performances, as well as activities from local Jewish organizations. New this year, the festival will feature a dedicated pavilion area for families and children’s activities and entertainment. Among the musical headliners expected to take part this year are the Jewish a cappella group Six13, Sheldon Lowe, and the 15 piece Klezmer band, Klezundheit. The festival, last

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Back in 2006, before the Wokes took control, I was sitting at the bar at Buffalo Wild Wings, wrist deep in mango habanero sauce. I briefly ceased my feast to wave farewell to another regular, who walked back through the doors a minute or two later with a child’s corpse in his arms and a sheepish grin on his face. “I thought I had plenty of room to back out!” he said to proprietor Zane E. Wild, who was sitting in his customary spot against the wall.

I'm not an economist with a sophisticated macro model or anything like that, but even before this week I thought that a recession was almost inevitable. Here are the basic reasons why: The economy has been propped up by COVID-19 spending for a while, which is a good thing. But the last stimulus bill passed ...continue reading "Recession is coming"

The Bridgeton Police Department has issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for Mark Anthony Dickman, a man last seen several weeks ago.

St. Louis County also announced lifeguards would see a wage increase from $13 to $15 per hour.

Antonio Carter told detectives he fatally shot John Young III after arguing with him over personal matters, police said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday meant to make shipping goods across oceans cheaper — a move the White House says will help lower retailer costs that …

PONTOON BEACH - Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn and Pontoon Beach Police Chief Chris Modrusic are requesting assistance in identifying a deceased individual found in a wooded area in Pontoon Beach on Thursday, June 2, 2022. The two describe the individual as an adult male with mixed ancestry, not to exclude Hispanic descent, approximately 5’2” to 5’8,” estimated age 30 to 50, and top front row teeth missing (five teeth total). The person had a black in color Michael Jordan jacket XL size (photos above and below) and a black Russell brand XL Dri-Power short-sleeved tee-shirt and a white long-sleeved thermal shirt. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the: Pontoon Beach Police Department at (618) 931-5100. Or the: Madison County Coroner’s Office (618) 692-7478 This case remains under investigation and no further information is scheduled to be released at this time.

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COLLINSVILLE – Ameren Illinois activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 6:30 a.m., Friday morning to assess the damage caused by severe weather throughout southern and central Illinois. The Emergency Operations Center will be staffed around the clock to coordinate service restoration, logistical support, and communication. Ameren Illinois is following its well-defined storm management plan to assess the damage and restore power to customers as quickly and safely as possible. Support resources are being mobilized and the company is moving linemen and support personnel to the impacted areas. Customer safety is of utmost importance, particularly when severe weather occurs. Ameren Illinois urges customers to take precautions to protect themselves and their families, including staying away from downed power lines and immediately reporting any downed lines to Ameren Illinois. Information on the restoration status of individual outages will be provided directly to customers

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GODFREY - Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick has declared a State of Emergency Order to extend the yard waste burn ordinance after a dynamic thunderstorm struck the area early Friday. “Due to the storm damage that occurred in the Village of Godfrey on Friday, June 17, burning for yard debris will be allowed in the Village from Saturday, June 18, through Wednesday, July 6. As stated in the ordinance, burning will only be allowed on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the emergency period from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.” McCormick said there were a lot of tree limbs down in Godfrey and he wanted people to be able to burn because it was completely necessary. “We have had quite a few calls about tree limbs being down,” he said. Village of Godfrey Public Works Director Jim Lewis said his group had been busy throughout Friday morning with the cleanup. He said Pierce and Mulberry were initially blocked because of limbs down. He said the North Humbert area had quite a

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(BUZZ MAGAZINE) - June kicks off a summer-long season of interesting and entertaining new books with a smorgasbord of choices. Spy novels have long captured our attention with their stories of betrayal, loyalty, intrigue, and international politics. A master of the craft, Matthew Quirk, in Red Warning, puts CIA Officer Sam Hudson in a race against time to discover a Russian deep-cover operative loose in the USA and a mole in the agency before they can launch an attack in Washington, D.C. His previous books include The Night Agent and Hour of the Assassin. Filming starts soon on a Netflix TV series based on The Night Agent. Summer is also the season for popular “beach reads.” And the queen of this genre, Elin Hilderbrand hopes to repeat her past success of number one debuts on the New York Times bestseller list with Hotel Nantucket. Lizbet Keaton is hoping for a second act when she becomes general manager at the Hotel Nantucket, a blissful paradise with a celebrity chef

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Mayor Jones names Nicolle Barton executive director of a panel of city judges, public safety officials working to better coordinate criminal justice services.

ALTON - Alton and surrounding areas were hit by a strong storm around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Ameren Illinois reports that many are without power after the storm. Ameren Illinois spokesperson Brian Bretsch said at 7:25 a.m. Friday that 5,000 customers were reported without power in Madison County, 4,200 out in Macoupin County, and 2,600 without electricity in St. Clair County because of the storm. Ameren Illinois is being dispatched to various locations throughout the region for cleanup. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch had been issued for the area for multiple hours. The Emergency Operations Center was activated at 6:30 a.m. and Bretsch said: "We are calling in crews and contractors to start restoration efforts." The above photos are from damage in Alton on 15th Street and Logan. At 1:50 p.m. Friday, Bretsch said: "I do not have any restoration times just yet, but I have confirmed Ameren Illinois from up north around Peoria, Galesburg, LaSalle, Washington are being sent to assist with

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The shop said "we could wax on about the long term impact of the pandemic, rising food prices, staffing, etcetera,. but the long and the short of it is that running a restaurant has become unsustainable for us."

So far, 40 volunteer pilots from across the country have been vetted and are ready to help, says the executive director of Elevated Access.

“We are committed to our local-based health care model and will be maintaining a strong local presence, but in many cases we just don’t need the same square footage that we needed pre-pandemic as we adapt to a more modern work structure,” said Andrew "Drew" Asher, Centene's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed Thursday the bear was killed on I-55.

There’s plenty of human work to be done, but there never seems to be enough humans to do it. When things need to be processed in bulk, we turn it over to hardware and software. It isn’t better. It isn’t smarter. It’s just faster. We can’t ask humans to process massive amounts of data because […]

GODFREY - Back on Wednesday, June 15, the Rolling Hills Golf Course Clubhouse in Godfrey suffered a minor support failure. It came after a beam slightly gave out. The wooden part around the bottom of the support had rotted out enough causing the beam to fail. Because of the incident, the Godfrey Fire Protection District had to stop use until some changes were done. At the time this happened on Wednesday, it was somewhat chaotic for the staff, but all is well now after clubhouse staff addressed the issue with some construction experts. As of today, the Rolling Hills Golf Course General Manager Rick Martin says that everything is back to normal. “We have the clearance again to be open and we encourage everyone to come out and visit us and play golf,” he said. Rolling Hills Golf Course is located at 5801 Pierce Lane, Godfrey. To book a tee time call (618) 466-8363. The course is open from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily throughout the summer.

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