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Moolah Shrine Circus Drops Elephants After Months of Protest

2 years 8 months ago
When the circus comes to town this March, it will be minus a longstanding attraction — the elephants. The 81-year-old St. Louis-based Moolah Shrine Circus announced yesterday that it has decided to no longer use elephants, a decision that follows two months of targeted protests. Most recently, two protesters affiliated with PETA were arrested on December 21 after briefly interrupting a Shriners meeting at their headquarters in unincorporated St. Louis County.
Sarah Fenske

Democrat Lucas Kunce says he’ll challenge Josh Hawley in 2024 Missouri Senate race

2 years 8 months ago

Marine veteran Lucas Kunce announced Friday that he plans to challenge Republican Josh Hawley in the 2024 race for U.S. Senate in Missouri.  Kunce, 40, chose the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make his announcement. Hawley received fierce criticism for his actions on the day of the insurrection, from pumping his […]

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Jason Hancock

Cling II: A Carescape

2 years 8 months ago

In Cling II: A Carescape, Amy Reidel uses abstract and figurative imagery to illuminate facial expressions, details and patterns, inspired by the poignant emotions shared between family members, the often-disregarded

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Rachel Huffman

Construction Photo Roundup Jan 2023

2 years 8 months ago

Construction continues in full swing at many job sites big and small. Below is a sampling. Grand and Papin – Edwin – 196 market-rate apartments, 249 affordable structured parking spaces, 65,000 square feet of retail for Target, and 141 surface parking spaces Nextstl – Target, Incentive Package For Next Steelcote Phase Come into Focus NextSTL – Steelcote […]

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Richard Bose

HBO Max Keeps Losing Popular Content, Highlighting The Raging Stupidity Of Pointless Media Megamergers

2 years 8 months ago
You might recall how AT&T spent nearly $200 billion on megamergers thinking it was going to dominate the online video advertising space. But after spending a fortune on DirecTV and Time Warner, laying off 50,000 people, and killing off popular properties like Mad Magazine, it quickly became clear that AT&T executives had absolutely no idea what they […]
Karl Bode

CVPA student return date coming into focus months after school shooting

2 years 8 months ago
Families and guardians of those attending the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (CVPA) were notified Thursday of plans for students’ return to in-person learning. According to a press release from St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS), in-person classes will resume Jan. 17. The original plan to resume Jan. 9 was postponed due to construction delays at the school building, officials said. In the meantime, students will continue virtual learning through Jan. 17. Then, they will observe half…
Clarissa Cowley, KSDK

Farmers endured a rough year, but fertilizer companies cashed in

2 years 8 months ago

This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest.  Lance Lillibridge, a farmer in east central Iowa, knows farming’s ups and downs. He has been in this business since he was “knee-high to a grasshopper” and is the first of a family of farmers to own his land. But he said the sharp increase in fertilizer […]

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Mónica Cordero