Yesterday I passed along the news that new intelligence had persuaded the Department of Energy to support the COVID lab-leak theory with "low confidence." That was from the Wall Street Journal. Today the New York Times has the same story but adds this: While the department shared the information with other agencies, none of them ...continue reading "COVID lab-leak followup: Nobody else buys the new DOE intelligence"
While we’re waiting to see if the Trump-stocked Supreme Court is going to end the internet as we know it, the nation’s top court has been rejecting, without comment, other essential cases that really could have used another set of judicial eyes. On Wednesday, we covered one of the Supreme Court’s passes — this one […]
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The Wall Street Journal reports that rents are falling. And indeed they are. Here's the Zillow ZORI index through January: Rents peaked in August and have been falling ever since. The February numbers will be out shortly and will probably show that rents have almost completely reverted to their pre-pandemic trend. That's good news, but ...continue reading "Raw data: Rents are shrinking, but still have a ways to go"
Judge John Torbitzky gave the embattled circuit attorney a deadline to respond to the Missouri Attorney General's legal petition to have her removed from office.
The alleged cult that in 2021 bought a Wildwood mansion from Nelly is now trying to buy a 284-acre property in Florissant where Boeing used to operate its Leadership Center. According to an individual familiar with the Kingdom of God Global Church's business dealings, the organization is attempting to take out a $25 million loan in order to purchase the sprawling property, which until the fall of 2020 was used by Boeing for corporate retreats and training.
Sir Rod Stewart surprised patients waiting for their MRI scans at a British hospital by taking care of the bill. The money not only helped pay for their visit, it also allowed the…
JERSEYVILLE - Three Jerseyville individuals and one Granite City individual faced a wide range of charges in recent weeks, including possession of fentanyl, heroin, and meth, as well as charges of driving on a suspended license and providing a false name to police. Stephanie N. Choat, 36, of Jerseyville, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, specifically “less than 15 grams of a substance containing heroin,” a Class 4 felony. Choat was also charged with unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle (a Class A misdemeanor) and driving on a suspended license (a Class A misdemeanor). The incident occurred on Feb. 19, and Choat’s bail was set at $10,000. She pleaded guilty to the heroin possession charge, but the other two charges were dismissed as of Feb. 23. She was ordered to obtain a drug/alcohol evaluation before her sentencing hearing, which is set for March 27. More information about this case can be found on the Jersey Count
At Mission Taco Joint in St. Charles (1650 Beale Street), you won't only find tacos and the like now. You'll also find pinball, NBA Jam and a wall-sized mural.
A new documentary is coming out that focuses on John Lennon’s 18-month relationship with his personal assistant during a brief split from Yoko Ono in the early '70s. The Lost Weekend: A Love…
CARLINVILLE - The Blackburn College Beekeeping Program will host its first beekeeping class this spring. This exciting opportunity will be open to the public, and attendees will have access to the campus’s apiary as a learning resource. The class will run from March 13 until May 9, 2023. The opportunity will consist of eight evening classroom sessions and up to eight in-hive field days on weekends (weather permitting). Those attending the class will learn introductory beekeeping skills, honeybee anatomy and reproduction, as well as hive social structure and function. The class will also include understanding the bees’ relationship to each other, their relationship to humans, the human relationship to bees, the impact on our shared environment, and how it affects both the bees and humans alike. Blackburn College is a chemical-free apiary, and coursework will therefore reflect this. While Blackburn’s commitment to pollinators dates back to the late 1800s, the current
ST. LOUIS - The Pitch Athletic Club and Tavern will open to the public today on Monday, February 27, 2023. It's a bit of soccer heaven in St. Louis. Located at Market and 20th streets on the northwest corner of St. Louis Union Station, The Pitch is across the street from the new City SC stadium, City Park. The Pitch will be open seven days a week for lunch and dinner and will open at 6:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays with breakfast for for fans who follow televised international soccer matches. Large TVs throughout the space will be tuned to soccer matches and other sporting events from around the globe. The new restaurant's interiors are accented with European pub colors and designs. The walls are covered with memorabilia from St. Louis' impressive soccer history. A large display features the current City SC players. See the game schedule here. The menu includes classics from New York's famed Carnegie Deli, including the Reuben, Pastrami and Corned Beef sandwiches. Pub classics
For the third time in four months, adult hits station WARH (106.5 FM) has grabbed the No. 1 spot in Nielsen ratings for the St. Louis metropolitan market.
WESTMONT - Edwardsville's Cohen Osborn finished in sixth place in the final of the IHSA boys' state swimming meet on Saturday at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. Osborn, who qualified for the final on Friday, had a time of 50.50 seconds to finish sixth in the race. Brady Johnson of West Chicago won the race at 48.08 seconds, with Szymon Mieczkowski of Schaumburg coming in second at 49.22 seconds and Jaiden Heinlein of Palatine Fremd was third at 49.75 seconds. For his efforts this swim season, Cohen Osborn is an iCAN Clinic Male Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. Hinsdale Central ran away with the state championship, scoring 253 points to win the title, with Winnetka New Trier coming in second with 134 points, third place went to Lincolnshire Adlai Stevenson with 122.5 points, Highland Park was fourth at 89 points and Park Ridge Maine South rounded out the top five with 68 points. The Tigers, on Osborn's sixth-place finish, came in 31st with nine points. Osborn's Coach Christian
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