St. Louis Businesses Pressured To Keep $10 Minimum Wage
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The $10 per hour minimum wage law in St. Louis will be short-lived, but an effort launching Friday will encourage and pressure businesses to honor the higher wage even if state law doesn’t require it. The “Save the Raise” campaign is being led by a coalition of groups including Show Me…
Ride The Trolley With Fredbird At Forest Park
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) This Saturday, baseball fans can join Cardinals mascot, Fredbird for a trolley ride to Child Safety Day in Forest Park. This free, family-friendly event focuses on promoting the physical, emotional and social safety of children by teaching families how to stay safe on the street, in the car, on bicycles, around…
Tan-Tar-A Sold, Being Rebranded as Margaritaville
LAKE OF THE OZARKS (KTRS) The name will remain Tan-Tar-A but there’ll be something added to the Lake of the Ozarks resort: a Margaritaville Property. This comes after the announcement Thursday that the Jimmy Buffet-inspired company of resort hotels has bought Tan-Tar-A and will make a multimillion dollar investment in renovating the longtime resort. It will…
Brett Berns talks about his Rock ‘n’ Roll father Bert Burns
Bertrand Russell “Bert” Berns (November 8, 1929 – December 30, 1967), also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. A pioneer of 1960s rock and soul, Berns made numerous contributions to popular music, including “Twist and Shout“, “Piece of My Heart“, “Brown Eyed Girl” (as a producer), “Here Comes the Night“, “Hang On Sloopy“, “Under the…
Bill Nye – Everything All At Once
Bill Nye has been the public face of science and discovery for more than twenty years. Best known as the host of Emmy Award-winning PBS/Discovery Channel show Bill Nye the Science Guy, and current host of Netflix show Bill Nye Saves the World, Nye is a science educator, mechanical engineer, and New York Times bestselling author of Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of…