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Attend the KSHE reunion at 'More stories from the window'

2 years 9 months ago
"Using photos, videos and music to re-live the stories all over again, this will be a reunion you will not want to miss! Hang out for live music and a chance to meet some of the voices you hear on the radio today," states the event description on KSHE's website.
Joe Millitzer

World's first official coloring book store opens in St. Louis

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A store dedicated to coloring books has opened in the St. Louis area. Really Big Coloring Books is the world's first official coloring book store. "Our company designs, creates, edits, manufactures and ships with a full staff under one roof here in Missouri. You are welcome to purchase one copy or a [...]
Monica Ryan

Governor Pritzker Adjusts COVID-19 Requirements to Address Current Needs

2 years 9 months ago
CHICAGO - As part of his continuing plan to carefully unwind the state’s COVID-19 executive orders, Governor Pritzker today updated testing requirements for school and childcare personnel, rescinding the requirement that unvaccinated employees in these sectors test twice weekly. This change goes into effect Friday and is made on the advice of medical experts, based on their careful consideration of the current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance. “Vaccination continues to be the most effective tool we have against COVID-19, and I’m proud that millions of Illinoisans have taken advantage of these life-saving vaccines – they have given us the ability to adjust these requirements,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “I continue to urge everyone in the state to stay up to date on vaccines and boosters, including getting the recently released bivalent booster shot. Although the current state of the

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Election fraud? It’s always Republicans.

2 years 9 months ago
A Georgia Republican Party official named Cathy Latham, one of the "alternate" electors for Donald Trump, has testified that she had nothing to do with a bunch of tech experts hired by Big Lie lawyers who copied data from voting machines in Coffee County. Surveillance footage suggests otherwise, and new surveillance footage suggests really, really ...continue reading "Election fraud? It’s always Republicans."
Kevin Drum

Common Misunderstandings About Russo-Ukrainian Relationships 

2 years 9 months ago
Note: Kateryna Savienkova is a Jersey Community High School senior and Future Leaders Exchange Program student from Ukraine. JERSEY COUNTY - Over the years, people from countries far from Ukraine have been treating it with a particular misconception, established by misleading news, articles, books, and political views. The point of this article is not to shame somebody for lack of knowledge or a different opinion but to tell the truth from the perspective of a Ukrainian. Here’s the list of mistakes that I’ve heard the most during my exchange year. 1. Ukraine has always been a part of Russia and got its independence only in 1991 No. The best way to prove this is to find a map of Europe in the 5-10th centuries. It can be seen that Kyivan Rus’ existed in its shape in the years 882-1240, separately from the Moscov Kingdom. Kyivan Rus’ is the Ukrainian oldest cultural ancestor, this state was almost twice as big as modern Ukraine and was ruled by Rurik Dynasty

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Saudi Prosecutors Are Targeting A US Citizen For Tweets Criticizing The Government

2 years 9 months ago
The Saudi government is decidedly unconcerned that other nations may have concerns about its censorship efforts. I mean, if need be, it will murder and dismember critics who prove unwilling to be silenced by less drastic efforts. Having some of the keys to the oil kingdom helps, providing leverage against foreign governments that may want […]
Tim Cushing

U. City 'Joker' Barred From Wearing Costumes, Makeup in Public

2 years 9 months ago
A University City man who made "terrorist threats" in the Delmar Loop while dressed as the Joker received a 60-day jail sentence last week. University City Police arrested Jeremy Garnier, 51, in March 2020 after bystanders heard him livestream threats while "in character" as the Joker. See also: Watch the "Joker" Get Arrested for Making "Terrorist Threats" in the Loop
Monica Obradovic

Dick Alford To Be Presented With Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club's Service Above Self Award

2 years 9 months ago
ALTON - For only the ninth time in its more than 100-year history, the Alton Godfrey Rotary Club has announced that it will honor a person with the Service Above Self Award this fall. The 2022 winner is a long-time community volunteer and current head of the Grandpa Gang, Dick Alford. The award will be presented at a dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the Best Western Premier Hotel in Alton. The Alton-Godfrey Rotary honor, named after legendary community leader Dr. Gordon Moore, incorporates the Rotary watchwords and is presented to a non-Rotarian who exemplifies the spirit of placing service to others over personal gain. This year’s winner, while presently serving as the head of the Grandpas Gang, the Christmas volunteer group that raises over $50,000 a year for various Riverbend charities, has a long history of service. Starting with his time in Vietnam where he earned a Purple Heart, to efforts in Haskell Park, the Alton Park Board, the American Legion, as

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St. Louis-led partnership wins $80M federal grant to develop ‘climate-smart’ agriculture production

2 years 9 months ago

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 16, 2022.  A partnership group led by Crestwood-based renewable energy producer Roeslein Alternative Energy won an $80 million federal grant to fund development of so-called “climate-smart” agriculture production. RAE and 13 public and private entities received the funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, […]

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Matt Fernandes

Wisconsin Beef Producer Begins Work on $800M St. Louis-Area Facility

2 years 9 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  American Foods Group, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based beef processor, has begun work on a new facility near Wright City in Warren County. The company, which announced plans for the facility in November last year, is investing $800 million in the new 775,000-square-foot beef processing plant, officials said Monday in a […]
Shruthi Beedu

Ellisville Approves Panda Express and Massage Heaven

2 years 9 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  A trio of conditional use permits was the main focus of the Ellisville City Council meeting on Sept. 7. While two received unanimous passage, the third was denied – but barely. Eric Abeln, of Heights Venture Architecture Design and representing a proposed Panda Express, answered a good deal of questions about landscaping […]
Shruthi Beedu