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Brothers Charlie and Will Fahnestock Are Tucker's Automotive and Repair Male Athletes Of Month For Marquette Catholic

2 years 8 months ago
ALTON – It’s not uncommon for a dad to coach their kids' baseball team. It happens all the time while growing up whether it be tee-ball, little league, or club. It’s a little rarer to be able to see a dad coach two of his sons at the high school level. That’s what Marquette Catholic High School baseball coach Tim Fahnestock gets to do. His son Charlie is a junior and Will is just a freshman, meaning that the three will get to go at it again next season. The brother combination of Charlie and Will Fahnestock are Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Male Athletes of the Month for Marquette Catholic. “I mean, I love it being able to play with your brother and your dad,” Charlie said after an 8-7 comeback win over Granite City. “It’s a great feeling.” Will, being two years younger had it a little more difficult growing up. “He was more of his coach than me, but I always played up and just tried to learn as much as I could,”

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Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?

2 years 8 months ago
We’ve talked a fair bit about Australia’s ridiculous “News Bargaining Code,” which is literally nothing more than a tax on Facebook and Google for sending traffic to media organizations. Again, the law requires Facebook and Google (and just Facebook and Google) to pay media organizations for sending them web traffic. This is, of course, backwards […]
Mike Masnick

Italian Chicken Bake Recipe

2 years 8 months ago
INGREDIENTS For Cooking the Chicken: 4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts halved horizontally and paper towel dried 1/2 cup Flour 2 1/2 teaspoon Get-R-Smoked Mike's SPG Seasoning 2 teaspoons Get-R-Smoked Italian Seasoning Blend 3 tablespoons Olive Oil Marketplace Italian Herb EVOO 12 oz Plentiful Pantry Italian Blend Spaghetti White Wine Parmesan Sauce: 4 tablespoons butter 1 small yellow onion chopped 4 garlic cloves minced 2 scallions chopped 2 small tomatoes diced 8 oz Sliced Mushrooms 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup white wine ½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded 1 teaspoon Get-R-Smoked Italian Seasoning Blend 1/2 teaspoon salt more to taste ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes INSTRUCTIONS Making the Sauce: Add butter, diced yellow onion, and minced garlic cloves to the pan. Cook on medium-high until onions and garlic are translucent, about 2 minutes. Next, add chopped scallions and tomatoes. Add 1 tablespoon

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Glazebrook Park Splash Pad Officially Breaks Ground

2 years 8 months ago
GODFREY - Village of Godfrey Engineer Rich Beran said the Glazebrook Park Splash Pad ground was officially broken on Tuesday morning. He said splash pad site grading is about 99 percent complete. The hope is to have the Splash Pad finished about by the Fourth of July, but that will be weather-dependent, the village engineer said. “We are definitely excited to get it going,” Beran said. “I think it will be probably about six more weeks of work, but it depends on how the weather is as the summer begins. This is something people have been excited about for years and we are excited it will happen.” The Glazebrook Park Splash Pad is part of the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Program (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

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Sheriff: Police avoided shootout with Alabama fugitive

2 years 8 months ago
(WEHT) - During a press conference discussing the capture of Alabama fugitive Casey White and the death of former corrections officer Vicky White, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said police avoided a shootout due to actions of law enforcement.
Seth Austin

Ikea loses bid to slash St. Louis taxes

2 years 8 months ago
Ikea wanted to slash the value of its store from $75.7 million to $23.4 million because it said the store, which opened in 2015, was "functionally obsolete."
By Steph Kukuljan St. Louis Post-Dispatch