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Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! Click through and start planning ahead. And as always, here's your obligatory COVID safety warning: Be sure to check with the venues before you make plans to head to any of these shows, as the virus is still circulating and safety measures vary from venue to venue.

St. Louis is one of the most affordable cities in America, with the fourth lowest cost of living compared last year to 73 other municipalities. But affordability nationally doesn’t mean affordability locally. Rents in St. Louis rose 11.3% during the (pre-inflation) pandemic, putting us in the top 30 U.S. cities for growing rental housing costs from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021. While many households can make cost-saving choices, for households with very low incomes,…

Supply chains are often complex systems vulnerable to risks and disruption of all kinds. The Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine have created supply chain disruptions across manufacturing, health care, food/agriculture and retail, which is taking a big toll on the global economy. For supply chain professionals and experts, these challenges can be transformed into or be used as opportunities. First and foremost, they have redefined performance metrics for modern supply chains to achieve,…

Most of the time, China’s crushing, dystopian, inescapable surveillance/censorship apparatus is terrifying and deeply disturbing. On rare occasions, it’s merely amusing. This is one of those times and South China Morning Post has the details. (h/t The Honest Courtesan) A device that can detect when a man is watching pornography by “reading his mind” has […]

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Latitude laptops enable all-day productivity, with the most secure and manageable features, all in a beautiful design you will be proud to carry. The 14″ full HD display is anti-glare and features a narrow border. Built with high-end materials like magnesium alloy, the Latitude E7470 combines premium design with best-in-class durability. This refurbished laptop lets […]

In the late 1960s, a group of young poets formed a new literary community in St. Louis. Poet Dan Spell had just returned to St. Louis in 1969 after spending four years in the Navy.

The chances for any cooling rain diminish the farther south of I-70 you are.

Over in England, there's been a long-running case involving an international development researcher who was let go for tweeting about transgender women. In particular, she repeatedly expressed skepticism that trans women are really women and the tribunal ruled that this was largely the reason her employment contract wasn't renewed. I had never heard of this ...continue reading "Maya Forstater wins her transgender case. Good."

Merry Sorrells, the new head of school for the co-educational college preparatory school in Town and Country, worked in leadership positions for more than 15 years at private schools in New Orleans.

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Millions of dollars are going to the improvement of St. Charles County's Port Authority. A total of $3.5 million will be used to improve the river terminal in the City of st. Charles and at Klondike Park near Augusta. $2.5 million of it will be used to extend water, sewer, [...]

In France, the 'Fête nationale française' is a day for military parades. Here in St. Louis, it’s a day for whimsical partying and celebrating our French connection.

WOOD RIVER - Tim Gegen was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief for Wood River Police at Tuesday night's Wood River City Council Meeting. Ken Lutz was sworn in as a patrol officer. Officer Lutz had previously served with the Staunton Police Department and has considerable law enforcement experience. He also served as a Fairmont City Police officer, and railroad special agent in the first part of his career. Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells is thankful to have both new officers in their respective positions. "Tim Gegen has been with the Wood River Police Department for close to 20 years," Chief Wells said. "He has been an investigator and runs a patrol shift for several years. He is very knowledgeable and he is what you picture as a police officer who tries to help people when there are issues to work through. He was the obvious choice to be promoted to deputy chief." Lutz is "a very solid police officer," Chief Wells said. "We talked to him extensively before we hired him and

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