Budget Battle Looms in St. Louis County

CLAYTON, MO – October 1, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis County is heading into another consequential budget debate as elected officials confront a projected multimillion-dollar shortfall, limited options to raise additional revenue, and difficult decisions about public safety, county services, and the use of reserves or other one-time funds. The debate is expected to intensify as officials turn their attention toward the 2027 budget after the County Council allowed a key deadline for adjusting property-tax rates to pass without pursuing the increase advocated by County Executive Sam Page’s administration. Page has warned that without additional recurring revenue, St. Louis

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St. Louis Man Learns Michael McDonald Is His Father

ST. LOUIS, MO – October 1, 2026 (STL.News) Michael McDonald – A St. Louis man who spent decades knowing he was adopted but wondering about his biological roots has discovered that his birth father is Michael McDonald, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose distinctive voice became closely associated with The Doobie Brothers. Michael Goessling was adopted as an infant and raised in St. Louis by Paul and Kay Goessling after his biological parents conceived him when they were both 14 years old, according to a Sept. 30 report from First Alert 4 in St. Louis. Goessling told the

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The Mexican Barrel House – Creve Coeur, MO

(StLouisRestaurantReview) The Mexican Barrel House is a Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant in Creve Coeur, Missouri, offering an unconventional combination of Mexican favorites, smoked meats, barbecue influences, specialty tacos, brunch dishes, and a full bar program. Located at 1085 North Mason Road, Creve Coeur, MO 63141, the restaurant occupies a large, dramatically redesigned space near Olive Boulevard in West St. Louis County. The Mexican Barrel House isn’t built around just one dining experience. Guests can stop in for tacos and margaritas, order familiar enchiladas and combination plates, explore smoked-meat creations, meet friends for weekend brunch, or bring a larger group

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2026 Midterm Election Odds: US Prices & Predictions

Are you curious about the midterm election odds everyone is searching for right now? Unlike sportsbooks, prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi do not offer any betting. Traders buy and sell event contracts, and each contract’s price reflects the probability the market assigns to a result. Both platforms currently price a Democratic House, which would end unified Republican control of Congress and reshape the next two years. Top Prediction Market Apps For US Midterm Elections Prediction Market App Offer Terms Promo Code 1 Polymarket Deposit $10 and get a $20 trading bonus credit with code PRED100 New users only.

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The Mexican Barrel House – Creve Coeur, MO

(STL.News) The Mexican Barrel House is a large Mexican, Tex-Mex, and barbecue-inspired restaurant located at 1085 North Mason Road in Creve Coeur, Missouri, near the intersection of Mason Road and Olive Boulevard. The restaurant combines traditional Mexican favorites with smoked meats, Tex-Mex barbecue, an extensive bar program, brunch offerings, and an unusually elaborate dining environment. After years of planning and an extensive renovation of the former Houlihan’s restaurant, The Mexican Barrel House celebrated its grand opening on February 16, 2026. The Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The project represents considerably more than

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Flock To Close As Heaterz Plans Alton Riverfront Hub

ALTON, IL – September 30, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Flock Food Truck Park & Bar, a downtown Alton gathering place that has combined food trucks, drinks, entertainment and community events since 2022, will end operations at its Ridge Street location in December as an Alton-founded hot chicken company prepares to transform the property into a larger restaurant and entertainment destination. Flock plans to operate at 210 Ridge St. through Dec. 20, 2026, completing its fifth season before the property enters a transition period. The next operator will be Heaterz LLC, which has entered into a five-year lease with property owner Rex

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Overseas Markets Rise as Bonds, Oil Drive Trading

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 30, 2026 (STL.News) Overseas markets were mostly higher Wednesday as a powerful rebound in Japanese technology shares lifted Asian equities, while investors continued to confront some of the highest government bond yields in decades, elevated oil prices, and uncertainty over inflation and interest rates. Japan was the standout performer, with the Nikkei 225 surging nearly 2%. Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and Australia also advanced, although gains outside Japan were generally more restrained. South Korea moved in the opposite direction, falling for a third consecutive session as high U.S. Treasury yields weighed on investor

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Why More Tables Are Set For One

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 30, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Walk into a St. Louis restaurant on a weeknight, and you will likely spot a table set for one, phone propped against the water glass. Sometimes the screen shows a game highlight. Sometimes it is a video call with a parent back home or a friend three states away, both of them eating dinner together without sharing a zip code. That habit did not start with a marketing campaign. It grew out of two years when a video call was often the only way to share a meal with anyone outside

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Trump Unveils AI-Powered America.gov Portal

WASHINGTON, DC – September 29, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a redesigned, artificial intelligence-powered America.gov, launching a new federal portal intended to make it easier for Americans to find government information and, eventually, complete common government services from a single online destination. Trump announced the initiative during an event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, where administration officials presented America.gov as a new digital “front door” to the federal government. The website is already live and gives users an AI-powered conversational interface for searching government information rather than requiring them to determine which

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Investigations That Defined a Career

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 29, 2026 (STL.News) For more than four decades, Elliott Davis built a television career around a question that became one of the most recognizable phrases in St. Louis journalism: Who paid for it? Usually, the answer was taxpayers. Davis retired from KTVI FOX 2 in August 2024 after approximately 45 years at the station, ending a television career defined by his long-running “You Paid For It” investigations into government spending, public officials, struggling municipalities and people who believed government had failed them. But retirement from television did not mean retirement from reporting. Davis

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