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World Cup soccer changes FOX 2 TV schedule Wednesday

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Programming alert for Wednesday, November 23. FIFA World Cup soccer can be seen on FOX 2 starting at 9am with Spain vs Costa Rica and then Belgium vs Canada at 12:30pm.  Our local midday programming, including “The Power of Two” news at 11a.m. and Studio STL at Noon, will air on KPLR [...]
Joe Millitzer

Great Rivers Choral Society Hosting "A Holly Jolly Christmas" Concert

2 years 11 months ago
ALTON/GODFREY - The Great Rivers Choral Society is hosting a Christmas concert celebration titled “A Holly Jolly Christmas” throughout the second weekend of December at multiple times and locations. The concert is free to the public, though a free-will offering will be collected. The dates/times of the concert with corresponding locations are as follows: Friday Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. - Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 717 State Street, Alton Saturday December 10, 2022 at 3 p.m. - Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 1100 Airport Road, Godfrey Sunday Dec. 11 at 3 p.m - Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 717 State Street, Alton Music Director Raynard Brown said this concert will feature both traditional and modern renditions of classic Christmas songs. “It’s going to be pretty much straightforward Christmas selections. We go from ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,’ … we have the Charlie Brown ‘Christmas Tim

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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 11 months ago
This is Eve Despairing by Auguste Rodin. In the background is the dome of Les Invalides, the complex built by Louis XIV for soldiers who were wounded and disabled in his interminable wars. Adjusted for population, Louis's wars accounted for about half as many fatalities in Western Europe as in all of World War II. ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Illinois man convicted in teen 'sextortion' Facebook scam

2 years 11 months ago
Michael A. Ferris, 44, of Mill Shoals, Illinois, was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, of 25 felony charges of extortion, cyberstalking, and the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography involving nine minors.
Liz Dowell

The Global Trend That Could Kill The Internet: Sender Party Network Pays

2 years 11 months ago
There is a Korean proverb that says: “There is always a way out, look for it.” South Korea’s recent revision of its Telecommunications Business Act (TBA) might, however, be the one thing South Korea is not able to get out of, unless it abandons its plans for redistributing the monopoly power back to telecommunication providers. […]
Mike Masnick

MSD Project Clear Secures $22 Million in ARPA Funding

2 years 11 months ago
MSD Project Clear (MSDPC) is moving forward with plans to address five major wastewater and stormwater issues, after securing nearly $22 million in federal infrastructure funding. The announcement was made November 18 by Governor Mike Parson and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. MSD Project Clear will get more than 5% of the $410 million […]
Dede Hance

Reps. Bush, Cleaver Urge Parson to Grant Kevin Johnson Clemency

2 years 11 months ago
U.S. Representatives Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Kansas City) urged Governor Mike Parson in a letter today to grant clemency to a death-row inmate slated to be executed next week. In their three-page letter, the congressional reps pleaded with Parson to take into account the “injustice” Kevin Johnson suffered before his incarceration. Johnson shot and killed a Sgt. William McEntee in Kirkwood when he was 19 years old, just two hours after witnessing the death of his 12-year-old brother.
Monica Obradovic