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Italy: Put a Bit of the Old World on Your Table

3 years ago

A Dinner Invite “Can you come for dinner?” Robin texted.  “Sure, what’s the occasion?” “We have an overnight guest and thought dinner would be a fun time to visit.” I figured she’d order Vietnamese pho, spring rolls, and banh mi sandwiches, which are among our favorites for a quick meal. No, she said, she’d come... 

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Jean Carnahan

St. Louis Must Do More To Protect Citizens From Nuclear Waste

3 years ago
Former state legislator Maria Chappelle-Nadal wants to raise awareness about nuclear contamination and other environmental hazards in St. Louis, and how we're all more at risk than we think. In 1946, before it had all the neighborhoods many are familiar with today, north St. Louis County was not so populated. That may be the reason why mounds of nuclear waste — sometimes stories high — were stored and left for several years between Banshee Road and McDonnell Boulevard and adjacent to Cold Water Creek.  As a state senator, I represented this area around Lambert International Airport known as the SLAPS (St. Louis Airport Site).
Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Green Street Plans Apartments Next to Bar K at 4591 McRee

3 years ago

Green Street plans a four story 268 unit apartment building at 4591 McRee to the west of Bar K in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. They would demolish the existing building. There would be 1,500 square feet of commercial space and structured parking. The estimated project cost is $75M. HDA is the architect. The proposal […]

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Richard Bose

Higher gas prices won’t stop Independence Day travel, AAA predicts

3 years ago
AAA predicts there will be a record amount of people going on road trips over this Independence Day weekend, even with high gas prices. The organization predicts 42 million people will hit the road from June 30 to July 4. AAA predicts 47.9 million people in the U.S. will travel over the Independence Day holiday weekend. This is an increase of 3.7% over 2021. Travel volumes are just 2% shy of those seen in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic began. The estimation comes from the organization’s yearly…
Natalie Wiens, KSDK

The DKR Scholarship Has Its First Recipient  

3 years ago
ALTON - Since the announcement of the $1,000 Derrick and Kathleen Richardson Scholarship on March 5, 2021, the scholarship has received over $2000 in additional donations from generous individuals and organizations. “This will allow the awarding of additional scholarships. When people realize the potential impact that this could have, they want to support and contribute”, says Derrick Richardson, the scholarship co-founder. This year’s recipient is Raelynn Ballard, a recent graduate from Edwardsville High School Class of 2022, who has always had an interest in the medic side of being a first responder will receive a $1,579.00 scholarship. While waiting to enroll in the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program at Lewis & Clark Community College in May of 2022, she began going through probation training with the Maryville Volunteer Fire Department in January of 2022 to see if she had an interest in the fire service side as well. Raelynn, who resides in Edwardsville,

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The office of the future looks different — and that’s a good thing

3 years ago
It hasn’t even been three years since businesses around the globe closed their offices and sent people home to work from their kitchen tables for what many thought would be just a few weeks. In the time since then, companies and employees alike have adapted to ever-changing circumstances around the way we work and learned just what’s possible with a little flexibility. In fact, recent research found that 78% of business leaders agreed that the pandemic has made them realize that the way they…
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Group to spend $1M attacking Eric Greitens in Missouri. Will crowded primary save him?

3 years ago

With Eric Greitens continuing to lead in most polls, Republicans worried he could cost the party a Senate seat this fall are planning to spend $1 million tearing him down before the Aug. 2 GOP primary. But is it too little, too late?  The former Missouri governor’s standing in polls of potential primary voters has […]

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Jason Hancock