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Is high inflation here to stay? Let’s hear from everybody.

2 years 9 months ago
Paul Krugman writes today that he was wrong about inflation. Fair enough. But suppose, just for the sake of conversation, that inflation goes like this over the next year or so: This is not a projection or even a guess. Just a possibility. But if the core PCE index—the Fed's favorite!—follows the dashed line or ...continue reading "Is high inflation here to stay? Let’s hear from everybody."
Kevin Drum

Six-Year-Old Drowns In Kennedy Recreation Complex Pool

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased has been identified as Travone Mister, Jr., 6 years of age, of the 4300 block of Seibert Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, 63123. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a drowning at the Kennedy Recreation Complex Pool located at 6050 Wells Road which resulted in the death of a child. On July 20, 2022, at 1:31 PM, St. Louis County police officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct responded to a call for service for a sick case at the Kennedy Recreation Complex Pool. Arriving officers located an unresponsive 6-year-old male child. The child was transported to an area hospital for life-saving treatment but was pronounced deceased. A preliminary investigation has revealed the child was found in the pool unresponsive. CPR was initiated by those on the scene. Additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available.

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Family Business Profile: After 40 years in business, Barron Gymnastics and Barron Swim School dive into expansion

2 years 9 months ago
Barron Gymnastics didn’t start out as a full-time business. It began as a summer program to teach gymnastics to youth. In 1978, while teaching and coaching gymnastics at Windsor High School in Imperial, Diane Barron started what was initially called Windsor Gymnastics. By 1982, it expanded beyond its summer roots, becoming a year-round program. Today, members of the Barron family are doing more than handstands and cartwheels. They’ve also waded into the swim business, opening a swim school…
Nathan Rubbelke

St. Louis Band Teacher’s Jeopardy! Run Is No Fiasco

2 years 9 months ago
Emily Fiasco, a St. Louis middle school band teacher, has watched Jeopardy! since she was her students’ age. Technically, Fiasco says she started watching with her dad when she was even younger than that, but since her elementary school got out late, she couldn’t catch the beginning of the episodes, which aired at 4:30 p.m.
Olivia Poolos

St. Louis Band Teacher’s Jeopardy! Run Is No Fiasco

2 years 9 months ago
Emily Fiasco, a St. Louis' middle school band teacher, has watched Jeopardy! since she was her students’ age. Technically, Fiasco says she started watching with her dad younger than that, but since her elementary school got out late, she couldn’t catch the beginning of the episodes, which aired at 4:30 p.m.
Olivia Poolos