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Here’s what St. Louis booksellers are reading this summer

2 years 10 months ago
Summer days can present an opportunity to explore fictitious worlds or delve into a gripping historical epic, and St. Louis’ local booksellers are on the case. Mark Pannebecker of Spine Bookstore and Cafe, Ymani Wince of Noir Bookshop and Joice Carrawell of Little Readers reveal their summer reading lists, including adult novels and children’s books.

Educators, Legislators, St. Louis Mayor's Statements on Gun Violence in Schools  

2 years 10 months ago
SPRINGFIELD – These are statements from a variety of individuals from education representatives, to politicians about the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting where a reported at least 21 are dead. The following is attributable to Illinois Education Association (IEA) President Kathi Griffin, IEA Vice President Al Llorens, and IEA Secretary/Treasurer Tom Tully regarding the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas: “We face another tragedy – an almost unbearable and oft-repeated incident of kids getting on a bus, going to school, and hanging up their backpacks on a hook in a classroom to never walk out. “The anguish of the families of these innocent children who were murdered, the two brave and nurturing teachers who tried to protect them, and of the Uvalde, Tex. community as a whole is almost too hard to watch. “It should raise red flags for us as a country that in the cases of Robb Elementary School, of the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.,

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See the Fair St. Louis 2022 lineup

2 years 10 months ago
X Ambassadors, Third Eye Blind, and a collection of R&B and hip-hop acts from the 90s will headline the three-night Fair St. Louis event.
Kevin S. Held

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 10 months ago
This is some  French countryside a few hours before sunset. It's mainly notable because I took it through the window of a bus. The combination of a polarizing filter to remove reflections and Photoshop to restore white balance makes the window disappear completely. Pretty cool clouds, eh?
Kevin Drum

St. Louis man sentenced for N-95 mask scam, PPP fraud

2 years 10 months ago
The COVID pandemic, like many crises before it, has seen its fair share of scammers, schemers, and confidence men wading into the chaos to commit fraud and take money away from the people and organizations who really need it.
Kevin S. Held

X Ambassadors,Third Eye Blind, '90s House Party Top Fair St. Louis Lineup

2 years 10 months ago
Fair St. Louis is returning in a fashion more akin to the way it was held in pre-pandemic times, with a slate of national acts set to perform across three days to celebrate the Fourth of July. The party will see performances from pop-rock acts X Ambassadors and Third Eye Blind alongside throwback jams from '90s House Party, featuring Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Coolio, Tone Loc and Young MC. The festivities will take place from July 2 to 4 at Kiener Plaza and Ballpark Village.
Daniel Hill