NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift's trip to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce play football on Sunday didn't just have the internet talking nonstop. Following the 12-time Grammy Award winner's appearance at Arrowhead Stadium, jersey sales for the All-Pro tight-end seemingly skyrocketed. According to sportswear and fan merchandise company Fanatics, Kelce was one [...]
Centene Corp. plans to lay off about 2,000 employees next week, about 3% of its workforce as it confronts "headwinds" from two federal government programs.
Procol Harum's late frontman Gary Brooker will be celebrated this December with a star-studded concert in the U.K. Eric Clapton, Genesis’ Mike Rutherford and Queen’s Roger Taylor are among the artists confirmed for the concert, Remembering Gary Brooker, taking…
We’ve been covering the multi-pronged ridiculousness around the Missouri/Louisiana “jawboning” cases, regarding whether or not the White House was overstepping the bounds of the 1st Amendment and pressuring private websites to moderate in a manner they deemed appropriate. Again, almost everything about this case is bizarre —and getting more bizarre with each move. Last night, […]
EDWARDSVILLE - If you’ve ever considered going solar for your home or business, or just want to learn more about it, Grow Solar Metro East is hosting a series of both virtual and in-person “Solar Power Hours” to teach the basics of solar, answer questions about installation, and spread awareness of the many discounts and incentives available. Chris Krusa and Kevin McKee discussed the basics of solar and everything attendees can expect at these Solar Power Hours on an episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . Krusa described Grow Solar as a two-pronged program that offers better discounts the more people get involved. He said they’ve already crossed their first discount threshold to get 0.5% off and hope to hit the second discount threshold soon. “The first prong is about education - we want to help people understand how to make smarter decisions about going solar,” Krusa said. “The second part of that program is, we have
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The San Francisco Fed has updated its analysis of COVID-era savings based on more recent data, and it now concludes that the money saved from pandemic relief programs is pretty much gone: The SF Fed estimates that only $190 billion is left in excess savings—and the odds are good that even that is mostly in ...continue reading "San Francisco Fed says pandemic savings are all gone"
After eighteen years in Maryland Heights, Firebrand Recording (11708 Lackland Industrial Drive, Maryland Heights; firebrandrecording.com) is moving to Brentwood, and that means that you can score some great deals. Frequently voted the Best Recording Studio in St. Louis, Firebrand is streamlining its stash of professional equipment in advance of the move. Music and audio nerds will race to this sale to get great deals on high-end microphones, amplifiers, instruments and other essential studio gear including cables and racks.
ST. LOUIS -- Steve's Hot Dogs is opening a new location in the Enterprise Center. It will be open tonight for the pre-season game when the Blues take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is located on the plaza level at Portal 8. Their regular menu will have the St. Louis-style hot dog, the Gorilla [...]
Here's the annual growth rate of the largest countries in the world: Of the top eight countries, all have per capita GDPs under $15,000 except for the US, which clocks in at $60,000. Who's your bet to lead this list 30 years from now?
ST. LOUIS -- A man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for a south St. Louis killing. Quinton T. Roberts, 26, pled guilty to killing Isaiah Danfort, 25, in January 2022. Roberts admitted to shooting Danfort several times with an AR15 rifle. His charges were reduced from second-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter and [...]
Another 12,833 children were removed from the state’s Medicaid program in August — more than three-quarters of whom were terminated because of paperwork issues rather than being determined ineligible. August was the third month of the state reassessing the eligibility of every Medicaid participant, after a three year COVID-era pause on the practice. The process […]
ILLINOIS– An Illinois iLottery player got lucky this weekend after winning a $900,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot in the Sept. 22 drawing. The winning online player matched all five numbers in Friday’s midday drawing to score the $900,000 jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 18-22-24-33-36. So far this month, over 765,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets have been sold, with total prizes amounting to more than $4.5 million. Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize. The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to write their name on the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize. Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with twice daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app. For more information or to buy tickets online, please visit IllinoisLottery.com . About the Illinois Lottery:
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will receive an additional $139,698,000 in grant funding to help get lead and other contaminants out of our state’s drinking water and to substantially boost the state’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), thanks to her Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA), which she authored and was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Illinois leads the nation in known lead service lines and today’s federal support will help Illinois EPA remove and replace dangerous lead pipes. The investment will also help remove and prevent contaminants, including harmful forever chemicals known as PFAS, in Illinoisans’ drinking water, resulting in safer water for Illinois’s families as well as job creation and improved public health. “This SRF funding, which was made possible by my Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
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