Many of the Rams fans that had already started their journey back home after what was believed to be yet another dissapointing loss. But what they probably didn’t realize until the evening s local news was that the Rams managed to inch by San Francisco with a touchdown less than four minutes before the end […]
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The MAJIC’s gone for Guy Torry
In the continuing shakeup at Clear Channel’s urban contemporary stations, Guy Torry announced today that he is leaving the morning drive-time Breakfast Crew show on MAJIC 104.9 to pursue his acting and writing career. Torry had joined Tony Scott and Tammy Holland for just over two years, but said the workload was getting to be […]
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Blue Springs South stomps CBC
CBC’s season came crashing down on Friday night, as the Metro Catholic Conference champion Cadets’ 11-game win streak was snapped by Blue Springs South’s offense. Blue Springs South scored on its first five possessions to beat CBC 41-7 in the Class 6 championship game on Friday night to win the school’s first football title. Blue […]
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Legendary journalist Gerald Boyd passes
Gerald Boyd, who became the first black managing editor of The New York Times and was forced to resign amid a reporter’s plagiarism scandal, died Thursday of lung cancer. He was 56. He had been sick for most of the year and had kept the condition private from most friends and colleagues, his wife, Robin […]
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Lofts ‘draft’ pays off big
Last Saturday, 62 pre-registered representatives and potential buyers of the McGowan/Walsh Ballpark Lofts at Cupples Station at 9th and Spruce came to give downtown city living a significant and historic economic shot in the arm. The potential loft buyers, mostly empty nesters, first-time homebuyers and sports enthusiasts from throughout the region (and as far away […]
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Don’t look now, but it’s Thanksgiving
Once again, it’s the holiday season. Thanksgiving is here and it is indeed time to give thanks. While I am thankful for a lot of things, I am starting to wonder about others. So here goes. I am thankful for head coach Scott Linehan and the St. Louis Rams. They have brought back bad football […]
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Is Whitney headed for the homeless shelter?
Whitney Houston’s New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff’s sale because she is more than $1 million behind on the mortgage and taxes have not been paid this year, according to reports published Wednesday. The January 4 sale was scheduled Tuesday by the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, the Daily Record of […]
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Would Obama be the ticket?
What about Hillary? Columnist James-Ingram By now you’ve heard the rumors. You’ve seen him on Oprah and in Men’s Vogue magazine. During a recent trip to his father’s homeland of Kenya, two schools were even re-named for him. He was instrumental in the Democrats’ recent steamrolling of the Republicans to regain control of Congress. He’s […]
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‘This district needs help’
O’Brien says ‘state needs to intercede’ By Alvin A. Reid Of the St. Louis American SLPS Board President Veronica O’Brien took issue with some statistics in Superintendent Diana Bourisaw’s presentation to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education last week and hinted she favored a state takeover of some kind during Monday’s SLPS Special […]
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5th Annual Baby Blues Festival Nov. 26
‘Every other music is regurgitated blues’ By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American The blues. For some, this form of folksy music is as out of mind and sight as the incipient post-slavery period that berthed it. For others, the blues is a perennially wonderful way of life, a livelihood, a living, a life […]