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Sherman A1's JournalChange In Policies On Main Street St. Charles Reduces Violence. But Business For Bars Is Down, Too
Friday and Saturday nights don’t draw nearly as many people to St. Charles’ North Main Street as they did a year or so ago.
Eric Sohn, general manager of Quintessential Dining and Nightlife, said he used to have two DJs on weekends, one for each of the building’s floors. On a Friday night in August, there was only one DJ at work. Also, five bartenders were covering on that evening; last summer, he needed eight on weekends.
“The main thing down here right now is that the crowds are just a lot smaller,” Sohn said. “This time last year, you’d have 3,000 people down here on a Friday. And tonight, between all the bars, there’s maybe 500 or 600 people down here.”
Last fall, after a few well-publicized incidents drew attention to crime in the area, the St. Charles City Council passed a new liquor ordinance that went into effect in January. It includes special requirements for establishments in the Historic Downtown District, which includes the three blocks of North Main Street. While crime in the area has dropped since the new rules came into effect, bar owners say they're unfair to businesses on North Main Street and eating into their bottom lines.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/change-policies-main-street-st-charles-reduces-violence-business-bars-down-too
Boys sentenced for trashing Stamford model railway show
The parents of three teenagers who deliberately trashed a model railway exhibition worth £30,000 have been ordered to pay compensation.
The Market Deeping Model Railway Club display was damaged at Welland Academy in Stamford, Lincolnshire, on 18 May.
The boys, and a fourth defendant, shared a bottle of vodka as part of a "pre-exam night out" before going on a "rampage", a court heard.
Lincoln Youth Court heard the youths had deliberately pushed tables over.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-49397838
I recall this incident when it was first published and looks like the kids got off pretty easy.
St. Louis Scores Major League Soccer Expansion Team For 2022 Season
St. Louis soon will be home to a top-tier professional soccer team. Major League Soccer officially awarded St. Louis an expansion team on Tuesday.
The team will begin play in 2022 in a new stadium to be built just west of Union Station. A team name has not been announced.
“It is with great pride that we welcome St. Louis to Major League Soccer,” league Commissioner Don Garber said Tuesday morning.
Garber’s announcement ends months of speculation about whether a local ownership group could secure a spot in the MLS plan to expand from 24 teams to 28 teams by 2022. The successful campaign follows years of failed efforts in St. Louis to join the top professional soccer league in the U.S. and Canada.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-scores-major-league-soccer-expansion-team-2022-season
St. Louis Scores Major League Soccer Expansion Team For 2022 Season
St. Louis soon will be home to a top-tier professional soccer team. Major League Soccer officially awarded St. Louis an expansion team on Tuesday.
The team will begin play in 2022 in a new stadium to be built just west of Union Station. A team name has not been announced.
“It is with great pride that we welcome St. Louis to Major League Soccer,” league Commissioner Don Garber said Tuesday morning.
Garber’s announcement ends months of speculation about whether a local ownership group could secure a spot in the MLS plan to expand from 24 teams to 28 teams by 2022. The successful campaign follows years of failed efforts in St. Louis to join the top professional soccer league in the U.S. and Canada.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-scores-major-league-soccer-expansion-team-2022-season
Wyandotte County Evicts The T-Bones After The Team Failed To Pay Rent For Nearly 4 Years
The Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County served the Kansas City T-Bones with an eviction notice.
The UG cites more than $700,000 in unpaid rent and utilities as the reason for the eviction notice.
T-Bones president Adam Ehlert released a statement late in the day. He called the timing a surprise and said that the organization was “shocked by what appears to be this capricious action.”
The T-Bones have been up for sale for almost a year, but in the statement, Ehlert said that a sale would not come during the season.
https://www.kbia.org/post/wyandotte-county-evicts-t-bones-after-team-failed-pay-rent-nearly-4-years
Instead Of Expanding, A Cattle Feedlot Near Powell Gardens Shut Its Doors
A cattle slaughterhouse and feedlot near Powell Gardens says has closed instead of keeping up a drawn-out legal battle over its planned expansion.
Valley Oaks Steak Company, which had been around since 2016, wanted to expand the number of cattle it finishes and processes from 600 to nearly 6,999. But the Jackson County business said in a Facebook post Monday that it shut down due to mounting costs from legal battles, and also blamed a “fear-mongering” campaign.
Residents and Powell Gardens had raised concerns about the proposed expansion’s effect on air and water quality, filing suits in Jackson County Court. Valley Oaks said that opponents threatened and slandered the company.
Powell Gardens CEO and President Tabitha Schmidt said she was disheartened about the Valley Oaks’ characterization of opposition.
https://www.kbia.org/post/instead-expanding-cattle-feedlot-near-powell-gardens-shut-its-doors
St. Louis - Metro Transit Riders Experience Delays, Union Denies Work Stoppage
Riders who use Metro Transit experienced delays Monday morning.
In a statement, Metro said "an unusually high number of MetroBus operators" were not on the job Monday and others did not accept additional duties. The organization said it has all available qualified employees driving buses, but that still isn't enough to cover the absences, resulting in delays.
MetroLink trains ran limited service also, as the Blue Line only operated between Shrewsbury and Forest Park. The line usually runs from Shrewsbury in St. Louis County to Fairview Heights in the Metro East.
Ben Byaz rode the southbound 70 Grand Monday morning and said the delays almost made him late for a court date. He said the trip would usually only take 30 minutes, but today it took him an hour and a half.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/metro-transit-riders-experience-delays-union-denies-work-stoppage
Metro Transit Riders Experience Delays, Union Denies Work Stoppage
Riders who use Metro Transit experienced delays Monday morning.
In a statement, Metro said "an unusually high number of MetroBus operators" were not on the job Monday and others did not accept additional duties. The organization said it has all available qualified employees driving buses, but that still isn't enough to cover the absences, resulting in delays.
MetroLink trains ran limited service also, as the Blue Line only operated between Shrewsbury and Forest Park. The line usually runs from Shrewsbury in St. Louis County to Fairview Heights in the Metro East.
Ben Byaz rode the southbound 70 Grand Monday morning and said the delays almost made him late for a court date. He said the trip would usually only take 30 minutes, but today it took him an hour and a half.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/metro-transit-riders-experience-delays-union-denies-work-stoppage
The Reason Why Hundreds Of Books Were Removed From An Illinois Prison Library
Lance Pittman arrived at the Danville Correctional Center on Jan. 10 with multiple boxes of books, and bound printouts of articles and book chapters. Pittman coordinates a college in prison program called the Education Justice Project, which offers University of Illinois classes to a select group of men at the Danville prison.
Earlier this year, hundreds of books were removed from the college in prison program’s library inside the educational wing of the Danville prison. Documents obtained by Illinois Newsroom shine a light on why the books were removed, and who was responsible for their removal.
The boxes contained books to be used in American literature, urban communities and policy, gender in society and critical race theory classes, in addition to EJP handbooks that are handed out to students at convocation.
To Pittman’s surprise, the materials were confiscated at the prison gates. EJP staff had previously received a memo from prison administrators stating that the books were approved to enter the facility.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/reason-why-hundreds-books-were-removed-illinois-prison-library
Corn projections raise questions for area farmers
USDA figures released Monday call for strong corn harvest, but flooding and short planting season caused many late and second crop plantings expected to lead to decreased harvest in fall
MARION COUNTY – The United States Department of Agriculture released its monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates on Monday, and the report raises questions for Northeast Missouri farmers who witnessed a year hampered by a cool, damp spring, flooding and trade uncertainty.
Marion County Farm Bureau President and local farmer Joe Kendrick said the USDA reported that 90 million acres of corn had been planted across the nation out of an expected 91 million acres. Missouri agriculture makes up a small part of the corn market, Kendrick said, but he said almost every farmer in the area is behind schedule after either planting their corn late, planting it a second time or not being able to plant at all due to land that is still saturated from flooding — and Missouri farmers were not alone in facing challenges during this year’s growing season.
“There’s too many states that were late planted. I just read something this morning that said right now, the corn crop in the state of Missouri is only rated at 35% excellent or good, and this time last year it was 52%,” he said. “There’s no way it can be rated excellent or good when its 30 to 45 days behind.”
https://www.hannibal.net/news/20190816/corn-projections-raise-questions-for-area-farmers
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