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314 Day Community Cares Donation kickoff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - 314 Day is Tuesday in St. Louis, and you can make the day a little more special for kids and teens in St. Louis.The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis are holding a community cares donation kickoff. They're asking for donations of gently used clothes and shoes, toiletries, cleaning items, towels, and diapers. Trending: Ladue estate with luxury auto house sold in record-setting 8-figure deal All of this will go to the Boys and Girls Club Community Closet and Almost Home, a non-profit that helps young mothers who are in transition. You can drop off items on Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Teen Center of Excellence at 9200 West Florissant.For more information, call 314-335-8240 or visit BGCSTL.org.

The Little Bit Foundation of St. Louis partners with Sumner High School

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Little Bit Foundation celebrates a new partnership Friday with Sumner High School.The foundation works to eliminate barriers to learning and provide enrichment opportunities for under-resourced students. Sumner is the 19th St. Louis School they've partnered with over the past 20 years, and the first high school. Police: Accused Schnucks shooter has medical condition, may be with girlfriend Sumner is recognized as the oldest historically-black high school west of the Mississippi.

Janae Edmondson fundraiser happening today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  The Missouri Fraternal Order of Police is hosting a benefit Friday night for Janae Edmondson.She's the Tennessee teenager who lost her legs in the crash, February 18. The benefit is at 5:00 p.m. at the St. Louis Police Association Hall. Police: Accused Schnucks shooter has medical condition, may be with girlfriend That's at 3710 Hampton Avenue. Admission is $20.

Meeting on proposed homeless shelter happening today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Peter and Paul Community Services wants to open a 100-bed shelter for men in the vacant St's. Mary and Joseph Chapel on Minnesota Avenue.It would operate 24/7, with case management for the unhoused. Supporters say there's a big need for more shelters. Trending: Ladue estate with luxury auto house sold in record-setting 8-figure deal A neighborhood association opposes the idea, concerned about safety and home values. They voiced their opinions at a meeting Thursday night at the Carondelet Public Library.Another meeting is planned there on Monday.

Overnight tractor-trailer rollover crash at I-55, I-44 split

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A tractor trailer crashed overnight on a ramp at the I-55, I-44 split.It happened around 1:00 a.m. on the exit ramp from I-44 westbound to 12th street and Gravois Avenue. The tractor trailer flipped on its side. Trending: Ladue estate with luxury auto house sold in record-setting 8-figure deal The driver was not injured, and that scene is now clear.

Kafer: Far right and far left are wrong on Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

“While it is not a mainstream position within the Republican Party, it is becoming a contested position,” Dominik Stecuła, professor of political science at Colorado State University, told me. Should it become a majority opinion within the GOP, it will be disastrous for the party and the nation. That’s why I’m weighing in on the necessity of American support for Ukraine in a space normally reserved for Colorado issues.The far right is wrong to oppose funding for Ukraine’s defense. They contend NATO pushed Putin into making an understandable preemptive strike against a potentially hostile neighbor whose pro-west bias and desire for self-determination are the result of western machinations. Some even suggest that Ukraine rightfully belongs to Russia.They are mistaken. Ukrainian nationalist sentiment germinated under Russian czars and Ukrainians fought a war of independence between 1917 and 1922, the loss of which resulted in seven more decades of Russian domination. Today, Ukraine, li...

Avalanche Journal: Mikko Rantanen’s ring finger taunt belongs in a different conversation from his referee bickering. One is good.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

Last Saturday, Mikko Rantanen taunted opposing fans by gesturing to his finger, reminding the Dallas Stars he has something that only exists in their imagination – a Stanley Cup ring. On Sunday, Rantanen complained about a call that only existed in his imagination.One is good. The other is bad. Regardless, they belong in separate conversations.Rantanen’s temperament has received attention around the hockey world throughout the past week, for two different reasons that have been conveniently stuffed together because of timing.First, there is his one occasional flaw: The player known locally as “the moose” often lowers his antlers at the referees. His habit of arguing calls tends to become exacerbated by losing streaks, and it came to a head last Sunday when Rantanen was called for his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in as many days. It led to a constructive reprimanding from coach Jared Bednar.And it was all a misunderstanding.Rantanen had been entrench...

Cannabis Industry Waits for New York Sales Numbers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

As state recreational markets have rolled out in recent years, one of the big moments is the first release of sales numbers. So why haven’t we seen that data in New York yet?Because they’ve only been able to get three dispensaries open in three months. Some argue the data would show just how badly they messed up the launch by opening one dispensary at a time. While the state recently approved another group of operators that will put the statewide dispensary count north of 60, there is still a lot of work to be done. Currently, it would take nearly five hours for someone on the Canadian border to get to the state’s first operating dispensary outside of the city, Just Breath located in Binghamton.And it’s not just a geography game, it’s a numbers game, too. Currently, New York has about one dispensary per 6 million people. And there are only about 25 cash registers for 20 million people. Once the latest set of dispensaries that received state approval open, it will be roughly one disp...

Five-bedroom home in Palo Alto sells for $3.2 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

806 Rorke Way – Google Street ViewA 1,835-square-foot house built in 1955 has changed hands. The property located in the 800 block of Rorke Way in Palo Alto was sold on Feb. 17, 2023 for $3,246,000, or $1,769 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on a 6,489-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In October 2022, a 1,769-square-foot home on Rorke Way in Palo Alto sold for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,752. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,384-square-foot home on the 700 block of Holly Oak Drive in Palo Alto sold in September 2022 for $4,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,762. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Ross Court, Palo Alto, in December 2022, a 1,854-square-foot home was sold for $3,190,000, a price per square foot of $1,721. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Opinion: How to get kids to hate taking English classes in school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:48 GMT

Imagine a world without English majors. In the last decade, the study of English and history in college has fallen by a third. At Columbia University, the share of English majors fell from 10% to 5% between 2002 and 2020. According to a recent story in The New Yorker, “The End of the English Major,” this decline is largely a result of economic factors — which departments get funded, what students earn after graduation, etc. Fields once wide open to English majors — teaching, academia, publishing, the arts, nonprofits, the media — have collapsed or become less desirable. Facing astronomical debt and an uncertain job market, students may find majors like communication arts and digital storytelling more pragmatic.That’s definitely a big part of the story. Yet many would-be humanities majors have turned toward, not more pragmatic degrees, but more esoteric, interdisciplinary majors, filled with courses that encourage use of words like “hegemony,” “intersectional” and “paradigm.” These e...