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On Saturdays in Benton, Greg Poole's card shop is the place to be. And every single dollar he makes goes to help teachers, the elderly and anyone else who needs it.

A former front-runner to become St. Louis’ next police chief has sued the city alleging he was passed over for the promotion because he is white. St. Louis Lt. Col. Michael Sack and former Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole were the only remaining finalists for the job after Mayor Tishaura Jones conducted a national search to replace John Hayden in 2021. The four external candidates failed to show up for the written portion of the selection process, leaving the two internal commanders standing. Jones…

Mergers will be suspended for several parishes until the Dicastery for the Clergy makes a decision, which the Archdiocese said will likely take months.

After another round of severe storms, many communities are cleaning up the debris left behind.

Detainees being pepper sprayed at point-blank range with canisters used to disperse crowds during riots is among allegations listed in the lawsuit.

Check this out from JAMA: Fair Allocation of Scarce CAR T-Cell Therapies for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma I imagine this is of interest to practically nobody, but it's right in my strike zone. So let's see what it says: A 2023 study of centers offering CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma found that for every allocated ...continue reading "Did I receive CAR-T treatment because of white privilege?"

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging an Iowa newspaper publisher violated customers’ privacy rights through information sharing with Facebook. The Iowa-based newspaper chain Lee Enterprises, owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is facing a potential class-action lawsuit alleging it has shared readers’ personal information, including the videos they watch on Lee […]

The post Privacy lawsuit against Post-Dispatch owner will proceed, judge rules appeared first on Missouri Independent.

It takes a team to help in an emergency, from the operators at the 911 center to the EMS, police, and fire personnel who respond.

As you may recall from Saturday, the four researchers who wrote "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2" initially believed that it was quite possible—maybe even likely—that the COVID virus originated in a lab leak. One of the big reasons for this belief was the existence of a furin cleavage site in the virus genome, something that ...continue reading "Here’s why a lab leak of COVID seemed unlikely even in 2020"

Jevon Westoland hosts Off the Wall: Open Mic!   MX Movies & Bar will be serving up a full bar, kitchen items, and of course fresh popcorn while you enjoy

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The bank joins the ranks of much larger names, like Silicon Valley and First Republic banks.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied a clemency request from a man scheduled to be executed for the 2002 death of a 6-year-old girl in St. Louis County.

There’s a nursing crisis going on in the St. Louis area and across the country. Nurses are leaving the profession in record numbers, and it’s impacting how we’re all cared for when we need help. “This is where you're going to have all of our patients that are in the beds," said Makenzie Buescher, a nursing student at Missouri Baptist University, showing us what her typical day is like. She is one of the first fast-tracked nursing classes at Missouri Baptist University, where students passionate…

A new law exempts qualifying supplies from all state and local sales taxes during Missouri's tax-free weekend. Illinois, however, won't have a tax holiday this year.

The abrupt shutdown at the trucking company Yellow Corp. will affect tens of thousands of workers across the U.S., including some in St. Louis.

It has been a busy day for Arkansas. Pornhub.com geo-blocked IP addresses in Arkansas in the latest protest against unworkable age verification laws. Arkansas is the fifth state to have an age-gating statute enter force and is the fourth to be geo-blocked by the parent company of Pornhub, the Montréal-based firm MindGeek owned by Ethical Capital […]

A red light for Yellow Corp. After nearly a century of business in the United States, the freight carrier is shutting down operations amid a standoff with the Teamsters union.

Gov. Mike Parson said Johnson's crime was “horrific” and that he had received numerous letters seeking justice for Casey.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville’s Park and Recreation Department will continue their Arts in the Park series this week with a free performance of Shakespeare’s comedy “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” produced by the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. The show will run from 6:30–8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2 at City Park, located at 101 South Buchanan Street. Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and snacks. “ definitely does a really good job of breaking it down for the audience and giving a good synopsis and kind of explaining as the plot goes along, which is really entertaining and super helpful for young kids in the audience, and even adults, like myself, in the audience that don’t always fully comprehend that language,” said Grace Pellock, the special events and marketing coordinator with the Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department. The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival produces a Shakespeare show in the city every summer.

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