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Go Karts on Ice Experience Is Coming to St. Louis

3 years 2 months ago

Driving go karts on a track is fun, but driving go karts on ice sounds even better. It’s called “Ice Karting” and it looks fun and slightly dangerous (but in the fun way).

In St. Louis, you’ll be able to try it out for yourself soon at Centene Community Ice Center (750 Casino Center Drive, 314-452-2244) in Maryland Heights, right near Riverport.

The ice karting event will include a custom-made ice track, obstacles you’ll have to steer around and crazy racing outfits that you can wear so you can “race around the track in style.”


But if racing isn’t your thing, they’ll have other ways to entertain yourself on site including curling and hockey shooting.

And did we mention the alcohol?…
Jaime Lees

Notice of Public Meeting on November 1st

3 years 2 months ago
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM, the Soulard Community Improvement District (the “District”) will hold a public meeting to consider and act upon the matters on the following tentative agenda and such other matters as may be presented at the meeting and determined to be appropriate for discussion at […]
Soulard CID Communications

Send RFT a Picture of Your Halloween Decorations to Share With St. Louis

3 years 2 months ago

When we’ve been out driving around lately, we’ve noticed that it seems like the Halloween decorations this year are particularly awesome. With more people spending time at home during the pandemic, it looks like St. Louisans have also found more time to make their houses look extra spooky this season.

We’d love to see all of the cool things you’ve done to decorate your yard this year.…
Jaime Lees

Food Between Teeth: Tell or Ignore?

3 years 2 months ago

The Tooth of the Matter Adult children have many uses. They help you discover things about yourself—some of which you’d rather not know. For instance, unlike strangers, they will point out that you have a bit of residue in your teeth. Can’t Blame It on the Tooth Fairy Clinging salad pieces are some of the... 

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The post Food Between Teeth: Tell or Ignore? appeared first on Good Food St. Louis.

Jean Carnahan

As EPA cracks down on ‘forever chemicals,’ Missouri to start testing drinking water

3 years 2 months ago

Missouri could start testing small drinking water systems for harmful “forever chemicals” by the end of the year as the federal government ramps up its own regulatory efforts.  Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Susan Bloomer said the agency would start sampling drinking water systems serving fewer than 3,300 under a grant from EPA and […]

The post As EPA cracks down on ‘forever chemicals,’ Missouri to start testing drinking water appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Allison Kite

What to see at the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

3 years 2 months ago
Bookworms rejoice! The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is back, in-person and streaming from the J’s Staenberg Family Complex in Creve Coeur. The 43rd festival starts off with a stirring keynote address on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy will discuss Never Alone, the memoir of Sharansky’s remarkable life—from a child chess prodigy to Deputy Prime Minister of Israel to nine-year political prisoner—that the pair cowrote. It’s a packed slate with dozens of panels to choose from. Here are five we think are definitely worth attending:
Melissa Meinzer

Former Blues coach Quenneville resigns Florida job in wake of Blackhawks' sexual abuse case

3 years 2 months ago
Joel Quenneville resigned his job as Florida Panthers head coach Thursday following a meeting with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman about his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual abuse case. Quenneville was in his third year as head coach of the Panthers. He coached the Blackhawks from 2008 to 2018, and the St. Louis Blues from 1997 to 2004. On Wednesday, Kyle Beach came forward as "John Doe," the former Blackhawks player who filed a lawsuit against the team for mishandling…
Jacob Kirn

What happened to the $500 checks for St. Louis city residents?

3 years 2 months ago
The City of St. Louis got a massive amount of money from the federal government for Covid relief – more than $500 million or about half of the city's entire yearly budget. In August, the city approved a plan to spend the first $135 million of that money. The plan included something pushed by Mayor Tishaura Jones – $500 checks for roughly 10,000 city households based on income and impact of Covid on finances. "This money would go directly into the pockets of St. Louisans who need it the most,"…
Casey Nolan, KSDK

Company Hired by Missouri For Medical Marijuana Program Loses $28 Million Lawsuit

3 years 2 months ago

A company hired by Missouri officials to help review applications for the state's medical marijuana program has been ordered to pay $28 million to one of the applicants it rejected.

Wise Health Solutions, a joint venture between Oakland, California's Oaksterdam University and Nevada-based regulatory compliance company Veracious Investigative, was awarded a contract by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in August 2019. According to a press release from the company at that time, its purpose was to "review applications for prospective medical cannabis businesses, in anticipation of Missouri's burgeoning medical cannabis industry."

But, as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, the heads of at least one company that was passed over for a license believe that the process was unfair. St. Charles-based GMT Consulting, one of many groups who applied to be a part of the state's medical marijuana industry, leveled a lawsuit against Wise Health Solutions, asserting that its methodology in scoring potential participants was flawed, even going so far as to accuse the company of corruption.

The case wound its way into arbitration, and GMT prevailed.…
Daniel Hill

If Missouri doesn’t spend its federal rental and utility assistance money it could lose it

3 years 2 months ago

Jill McCormick shook her head and lifted her eyes to the ceiling.  “What is the hold up for getting that money directly to [tenants]?” McCormick, a tenant advocate with the nonprofit Action St. Louis, asked St. Louis’ new director of human services, Yusef Scoggin, at a community meeting Tuesday. The city has received more applications […]

The post If Missouri doesn’t spend its federal rental and utility assistance money it could lose it appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Rebecca Rivas