My teenage son opened one of these bars and exclaimed that they taste like a Rice Krispies treat, but better. He’s right, only I’d say way better. The bottom is like a very dense Rice Krispies treat but then on top you find pretzels, Chex Mix, rainbow …
Cardinals finally score, rally to beat Phillies 4-3
ST. LOUIS — Dylan Carlson, a late scratch because of some soreness in his right knee, became well enough to pinch run for the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols after the latter had singled for his third hit of the game to open the eighth inning of a tie game wi…
Trump says he won’t endorse Hartzler in Missouri’s GOP Senate contest
ST. LOUIS — She has the strong support of Missouri’s soon-to-be senior U.S. senator, but Rep. Vicky Hartzler won’t be getting the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in this year’s Senate race. Trump on Friday said Hartzler called him for his …
Cardinals’ Albert Pujols named to All-Star Game as legacy selection in final season
ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols will return to southern California as an All-Star, but this time in a Cardinals uniform. MLB announced Friday morning that the famed Cardinals slugger has been named to the 2022 All-Star Game as a commissioner’s choice. A new …
Editorial: 2 ‘random’ IRS audits miraculously target 2 high-profile Trump enemies
James Comey and Andrew McCabe, who both headed the FBI and both clashed with then-President Donald Trump, found themselves miraculously selected for “random” deep-dive audits by the Internal Revenue Service in 2019 and 2021. The chance of both Comey an…
Editorial: Talk radio hosts revive fraud lies as explanation for any fall election losses
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s big lie wasn’t enough, no matter how many times his 2020 election-fraud claims have been debunked. Right-wing radio hosts around the country are planting in the minds of listeners the idea that Democrats cannot poss…
Blues draft forward Snuggerud with 1st-round pick
The Blues went down a familiar path in the first round of the NHL draft, selecting a forward – Jimmy Snuggerud of the United States National Team Development Program (NTDP) at No. 23 overall Thursday in Montreal. The Blues haven’t taken a defenseman in…
Atlanta weathers late threat from Cardinals, turns early deluge into 6-3 win
ATLANTA — By the time the heavy rains came and swamped the outfield, the game had already slipped away from the St. Louis Cardinals. It took waiting a few hours, one brief flurry of runs and a threat to tie the game late in the night to see how just mu…
Benjamin Hochman: On Fourth of July, Brittney Griner’s freedom remains at stake in Russia
I want to say something about Brittney Griner, but I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what there is to say, what I can say that hasn’t been said — and what matter will anything I say will make anyway? It all seems so fruitless. And it’s all so frus…
Illinois town braces for future without steel plant
GRANITE CITY, Illinois — News got around quickly in this town across the Mississippi from St. Louis: The steel mill’s death knell was sounding again, and this time, the end might really be near. At the Daylight Donuts down the street from the plant, a …