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Freshman Defender Devin Ellis Is A Byron, Carlson, Petri and Kalp LLC Female Athlete of the Month for the Griffins

2 years 8 months ago
BELLEVILLE – The Father McGivney Catholic High School girls soccer team finished a good regular season to their standards going 12-7-1. They began postseason play Wednesday night (May 11) against the Roxana Shells. The Griffins were victorious 5-2. Scoring two goals on the night, both from a couple of delightful direct freekicks, was freshman defender Devin Ellis. Ellis is a Byron, Carlson, Petri and Kalp LLC Female Athlete of the Month for the Griffins. It was her first high school post-season game, but she said she wasn’t nervous. “I just wanted to come in strong so we could advance,” Ellis said. “We beat them twice before and I knew they were going to come out strong, so I just had to prepare and be ready.” She was ready alright. She scored the first goal of the game in the 17 th minute. She stepped up to the freekick from about 20 yards out and curled it in off her right foot off the post and in. But more was yet to come. She scored the fina

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Fate of Missouri needle exchange bill in doubt as Senate GOP infighting blocks passage

2 years 8 months ago

Tensions between Republican senators frayed further Wednesday after a filibuster dealt a potentially fatal blow to a wide-ranging health care bill. Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, spent nearly two hours reading the bill, sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Sikeston, line by line, decrying the size it had grown to and “all the […]

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Tessa Weinberg

KMOX's Charlie Brennan signs off today

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A decades-long storyteller and voice of St. Louis is signing off for good Thursday. It's the end of an era at KMOX Radio. Charlie Brennan is hanging up the mic after nearly 34 years on the air. He announced in March that it was time for him to move on. Brennan came to St. Louis in September 1988 and [...]
Monica Ryan

Vacant Land Near Centene Stadium Awaits New Construction

2 years 8 months ago
Centene Stadium (St. Louis) – Wikipedia, the soccer stadium finishing up construction now, is reshaping the Downtown West neighborhood.   This got me thinking about a vacant parcel just south of the stadium, next to the former YMCA that became a Drury Hotel in the 1980s. The official address is ...
Steve Patterson

America, Unmasked

2 years 8 months ago
COVID is surging again, but masks are passé. What the hell is it with people?
Robert Kuttner

Networking

2 years 8 months ago
Since colonial times, people have sought out underground networks to escape persecution. After ‘Roe’ falls, women seeking abortions must rely on old strategies and new templates.
Gabrielle Gurley

Tom Turpin’s Rosebud Café

2 years 8 months ago
Listen to an episode about Tom Turpin on our Here’s History podcast with KDHX. For music lovers who came through St. Louis in the early 20th century, there was only one place in town to go: Tom Turpin’s Rosebud Café. This sprawling bar and nightclub was located on Market Street in the heart of Chestnut Valley—a historic African American entertainment and gambling district. …
Brittany Krewson