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Informant in St. Louis Aldermanic Corruption Cases Gets 4 Years

2 years 8 months ago
Mohammad Almuttan, also known as "John Doe" and "John Smith" in the indictments that brought down four public officials, was sentenced in federal court in St. Louis to a four year prison sentence yesterday. Almuttan, 40, was sentenced on charges related to trafficking cigarettes and synthetic marijuana. According to the 2017 indictment, Almuttan and more than 30 others were involved in a scheme to produce synthetic marijuana near Dittmer, Missouri, at a property referred to as "the Farm," and then sell it at stores run by Almuttan.
Ryan Krull

Waste Management looking for drivers and technicians

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Waste Management is looking for drivers and technicians in the St. Louis and Arnold areas. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.  The jobs include sign-on bonuses and great benefits packages. Are you interested in working for Waste Management?  Just go to WM.com/Careers and search for St. Louis.
Joe Millitzer

Salads 2 Your Door Will Donate to Chabad of Chesterfield, Help Provide Soup to Sick People in the Community

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS – Salads 2 Your Door is announcing plans to donate its proceeds from the month of October to Chabad of Chesterfield. This nonprofit organization serves as a welcoming hub for Jewish members of the greater St. Louis community regardless of their affiliation, religion, status, or orientation.“Chabad of Chesterfield helps people live their best life, and Salads 2 Your Door helps people eat well with healthy items on their menu, making our mission and philosophy align,” said Rabbi Avi Rubenfeld, Director of Chabad of Chesterfield. “The support from Salads 2 Your Door has allowed us to help many more people over the past four years, and for that, we are extremely grateful.” Funds raised will go toward their Bowl of Love program, which delivers Chicken Matzo Ball Soup, traditionally known as Jewish Penicillin, to people not feeling well or in need of a pick-me-up. The majority of the work Chabad of Chesterfield does is fostering Jewish awareness, knowledge,

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UMSL with sixth Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

2 years 8 months ago
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is among the most culturally and ethnically diverse universities in the state of Missouri, and its administrators, faculty, staff and students take pride in creating an environment where everyone can feel valued and thrive.
The St. Louis American Staff

The Birth of Granite City

2 years 8 months ago
Listen to an episode about the Niedringhaus brothers on our Here’s History podcast with KDHX. Today’s nonstick frying pans and heatproof plastic utensils make cooking drastically easier than it was for St. Louisans of the past. The 19th century’s tin and iron kitchenware was notoriously difficult to keep clean and rust free, but in the 1870s, two …
Brittany Krewson

Boba B!tch Brings Boba Tea and Sass to St. Louis

2 years 8 months ago
For a decade, Jefferson County–native Franklin Killian lived in Los Angeles, where he wrote film scripts, acted in television shows and gave very little thought to boba tea other than wondering why kids seemed to be lining up around the block to get a taste of the tapioca-laden beverage. However, as he watched it turn from niche drink to bona fide trend, he got curious, then hooked and started to seek it out both around LA and any time he'd come back to the St. Louis area to visit family. When Killian moved back to St. Louis in 2020, he was struck by how few boba shops there were and couldn't help but feel he was meant to do something about it.
Cheryl Baehr

In Agency First, FCC Employee Union Backs Gigi Sohn

2 years 8 months ago
Despite being hugely qualified and popular across both sides of the aisle, Congress still hasn’t approved Gigi Sohn to the FCC, leaving the agency without the voting majority to do anything popular or even remotely controversial, such as restoring net neutrality, the FCC’s consumer protection authority, or the media consolidation rules stripped away during the […]
Karl Bode