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St. Charles hosts 18th annual Builders Home Show this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo.- The 18th annual Builders St. Charles Home Show is this weekend.It'll be at the St. Charles Convention Center, and it's free admission and parking. You can learn about and buy the latest home products plus services to improve your home. That includes furniture, kitchen and bath designs, gardening, and more. Trending: St. Louis County battles over marijuana sales tax There will also be a sausage festival and wine tasting featuring local businesses. The home show is from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.

R100 Shoot National Archery Tournament taking place through weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

GODFREY, Ill. - You can watch more than 300 archery pros and beginners shoot their way through a 3D target range.It's for the R100 Shoot National Archery Tournament at Camp Warren Levis in Godfrey, Illinois. Adults, teens, and even kids under 10 will all participate. It's free for all spectators. Trending: St. Louis County battles over marijuana sales tax The fun starts Friday at noon, continues Saturday at 10:00 a.m., and again on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

New pediatric clinic opens today in Tower Grove

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

ST. LOUIS - SSM Health, Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics, is opening a new clinic in Tower Grove. It's at 2927 South Kingshighway Boulevard.The new facility has exam rooms and space for its 'Cares Program', which helps families with food insecurity, childcare, assistance for new moms, and more. The clinic opens Friday. Top Story: Missouri students physically restrained, secluded thousands of times Saturday, they're hosting a community event, so locals can learn about the facility. They'll also be giving away free bike helmets.

Broncos draft preview: With limited capital, how does Denver prioritize offensive line needs?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of NFL draft previews as it relates to the Broncos. Monday: Quarterbacks | Tuesday: Running backs | Wednesday: Wide receivers | Thursday: Tight ends Today: Offensive line Broncos in-house offseason moves: Signed RT Mike McGlinchey (five years, $87.5 million), G Ben Powers (four years, $52.5 million), G/C Kyle Fuller (one year, $1.08 million).Under contract: McGlinchey, Powers, Fuller, Garett Bolles (two years), Lloyd Cushenberry (one year), Quinn Meinerz (two years), Luke Wattenberg (three years), Isaiah Prince (one year), Quinn Bailey (one year), Parker Ferguson (one year), Christian DiLauro (one year), Will Sherman (one year), Hunter Thedford (one year).Need scale (1-10): 7. If the Broncos are comfortable with Cushenberry and/or Fuller at center, they don’t have a glaring need in the 2023 lineup. However, this group needs more young talent overall, particularly at tackle. In 2024, Bolles’ cap number is $20 million, McGlinchey’s is $18.5...

Avalanche Journal: Nathan MacKinnon vs. Mikko Rantanen. Who will finish higher in Hart Trophy MVP voting?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

Leave it to the NBA talking heads to bicker about end-of-year awards. The NHL might have the most boring MVP race of this century.When a consensus generational player already armed with two Hart Trophies blows his own past seasons out of the water, the ballots might as well be set to default.Connor McDavid’s numbers have ascended into Gretzkian territory: 152 points, including 64 goals. The Oilers center is undeniable. But which Colorado Avalanche star will appear on more ballots: Nathan MacKinnon or Mikko Rantanen?That’s a brain teaser with a solution nowhere near as clear as the one between Edmonton teammates McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Even Avalanche coach Jared Bednar was stumped when asked how he distinguishes between the two.“I’ve been asked this question a couple times already, and I can’t,” he said. “Because I’d have to go back down to give you the proper answer, and go, ‘OK, this game, he meant this.’ Kind of go th...

Taylor Farms reopens foodservice facility in Monterey County after destructive 2022 fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

SALINAS – After a massive fire destroyed its Abbott Street facility in Salinas a year ago, Taylor Farms has announced it is ready to reopen its flagship location as a new state-of-the-art facility.The Salinas-based company is a leading producer of salads and fresh foods in North America and will have its rebuilt foodservice facility running at full operation by the end of April the company announced.“Thank you to every helping hand that made this rebuild process possible: thank you to our Taylor Farms team for their teamwork and flexibility during this time, the tremendous community and many city officials whose support we received, and the hardworking construction teams and engineers that worked tirelessly on this project,” said Bruce Taylor, chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms in a press release. “We are thrilled to be back in this facility and once again serve our customers from our flagship location.”A four-alarm fire broke out at the Taylor Farms facility at 1225 Abbott St. on the...

Kristof: How United States can avoid a war with China

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

In the summer of 1914, few wanted war or thought a major war was possible. My grandparents were married that spring in Lviv, Austria-Hungary, and I look at their giddy wedding photos and realize they had no clue that a cataclysm would soon erase their country, shatter their lives and eventually send a branch of the family fleeing to the New World.This year I sometimes worry that we’re again too complacent about the risks of conflict ahead. And perhaps the worst geopolitical risk over the next decade or two is a war with China. While neither side wants war, each now accepts that conflict may be looming and is preparing accordingly — driving suspicions on the other side and fueling an arms race.It’s time for both sides to take a deep breath and step back from rhetoric and symbolic jabs that rally nationalists at home but that also increase the risks of a global catastrophe. A reminder of the risks came on Monday when China responded to the warm welcome given in the United States to Ta...

Longtime Monterey County coach charged with alleged sexual assault of a minor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

SALINAS – Local baseball and softball coach Richard Douglas Aldrete is facing charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a minor when he was her coach, according to the Salinas Police Department.In October 2022, Salinas Police received a report from a now 21-year-old adult, accusing Aldrete, 58, of engaging in sexual contact with her when she was a minor, Salinas Police Cmdr. John Murray wrote in an emailed statement.A Salinas Police investigation alleged that Aldrete began assaulting the victim when she was under 18. Police said Aldrete was coaching the victim at the time.Aldrete appears to be the same man who coached CSU Monterey Bay’s baseball team from 2006-2010 and had been a star player at Monterey High, although the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, Salinas Police and CSU Monterey Bay were unable to confirm.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Florida man charged with six felonies in alleged Palo Alto sexual assault Crime and Public Safety | ...

Where to shop in the Bay Area for your fishing gear

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

Ok, it’s time to go fishing!Sadly, we can’t pursue our favorite king salmon this year. The fishery remains closed due to low counts of returning salmon to California’s river systems.Rockfish season opens on May 1 with no depth restrictions until October.  We should have fantastic rockfishing while targeting deep reefs that have lain unmolested for many years.Big halibut are already starting to bite on the flat sandy areas in 50-70 feet of water around the bay.Surfcasting for perch remains a little slow, but will heat up as the ocean temperatures rise.Also very exciting after this tumultuous winter of wind, rain and giant swells, we are seeing big schools of roving striped bass feeding up and down the shore of Monterey Bay due to the Pajaro and Salinas rivers getting a good flush after previous years of drought. The best striper bite so far has remained south of Moss Landing, but there have been a few pulses of stripers on the beaches near Capitola and Santa Cruz just this week.Boat ...

Review: ‘Mafia Mamma’ is bloody, tired and cliché-laden

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:12 GMT

By Jocelyn Noveck | Associated PressAt first, when suburban mom Kristin gets the mysterious call to head to Italy to settle the affairs of a dead relative, she protests she’s too busy. Then she realizes there’s not much keeping her: Her son is off to college, her job is dead-end, and her husband? He’s cheating with the school guidance counselor.So why not treat herself to a me-focused trip, a la Julia Roberts? Maybe an “Eat, Pray, Love” trip, muses Kristin (Toni Collette), to which her friend (Sophie Nomvete) replies that what she really needs, bluntly, is to “Eat, Pray, $%&$.”Soon that’s the slogan for her trip. It also would a great alternative title for “Mafia Mamma,” if they could get away with it. And really, they try to get away with most everything else.That includes some cringe-worthy slapstick, some Tarantino-level violence, and also every Italian stereotype you can imagine (Grape-stomping? Check. Gelato, gnocc...