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42% Of Us Homes Have Ditched Cable TV And Gone Broadband Only

2 years 9 months ago
For more than a decade, cable TV executives brushed aside the idea of cable TV “cord cutting” as either a nonexistent threat or a temporary phenomenon that wound end once Millennials started procreating. Of course, none of that wound up being true, and consumer defections from the bloated, pricey traditional cable TV bundle continue to set records during […]
Karl Bode

Reminder Of "Be Like Mike:" MustacheMarch4PD Group Delivers Basketballs For Alton Police Department To Distribute To Kids

2 years 9 months ago
ALTON - Back in the early 1990s, a commercial was broadcast by Gatorade called “Be Like Mike” starring now considered the greatest basketball player of all-time Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. The commercial was a massive success and helped to further portray Jordan as a likable superstar and endeared children who wished to emulate his play. Because of Jordan and others of his era and beyond, possession of a basketball has become much sought after by most children. When kids have that ball placed in their hands, most start their dreams of one day being like Michael Jordan and all the other great players on the hardwoods. The MustacheMarch4PD program originated in 2017 and it has raised thousands of dollars to provide items from needed protective equipment for law enforcement to today's basketballs for police departments to distribute to children in the community. A group that included the Police Chief Marcos Pulido, MustacheMarch4PD officials, and others gathered

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Fire damages vacant apartment building in north St. Louis

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Firefighters rushed to what used to be the Kennerly-Maffitt Apartments in north St. Louis this morning after getting a fire call at that location. When they arrived just about 7:30 am they found flames shooting out of a second-story window.  Crews searched the building at Maffitt and Newstead but found no one [...]
Chris Regnier

Review: Elmwood Owners Find a New Win in Pizza Champ

2 years 9 months ago
For most of his adult life, Chris Kelling would head into work donning a stiffly pressed shirt, suit blazer and, sometimes, a pocket square. Though not employer issued, it was the de facto uniform of his job as a hospitality professional at some of the country's top fine-dining restaurants and one he wore with pride as the co-owner and front-of-house face of the sleek Maplewood restaurant Elmwood. Today, Kelling's work ensemble is quite different.
Cheryl Baehr

Preventing pollution or creating more greenhouse gases? Missouri debates ‘advanced recycling’

2 years 9 months ago

Missouri lawmakers are pushing to ease state regulations on so-called “advanced recycling,” a process proponents say diverts hard-to-recycle plastics from landfills and makes them into new products.  The bill’s sponsor hopes to bring the massive facilities into the state to create jobs while saving the environment from plastic.  But the promise made by advanced recycling […]

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Allison Kite

The 8 Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, April 30 to May 1

2 years 9 months ago
The weekend is nearly here, and there is so much to do. Whether it's taking in a film, catching the city's inaugural block party or supporting local bookshops, St. Louis is sending April out with a bang. If you're already too busy this weekend, there's more going on this week: [content-2]
Jenna Jones

Great Rivers Greenway breaks ground on project in Brentwood

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Area residents will soon be able to walk, bike, or just enjoy the breeze at parks across St. Louis with the Deer Creek Greenway Connector. The groundbreaking for the project in Brentwood is happening on Thursday. The new connector will create a walking and biking trail linking several parks in Brentwood, Webster [...]
Ala Errebhi