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2023 Chess Champions Showdown starting today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Chess Club Hall of Fame in the Central West End is where the 2023 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX is going down.Ten of the top chess players from around the world will compete. The tournament is played in a style created by the late chess grand master, Bobby Fischer. Another hidden chamber found under downtown St. Louis sidewalk It's called 'Chess 960' because there are 960 possible starting positions on the board. They'll play rapid-fire blitz games.The winner gets $150,000 The tournament starts Friday and goes through Sunday.

Maplewood 'Doggy Dive' event taking place Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Dogs can get cool in the pool at the Family Aquatic Center on Saturday.It's from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and costs $12 per dog and $3 per person. Kids under 13 are not allowed. ‘It didn’t seem real’: Friends reflect on loss of teens in fatal crash You'll also need proof of your dog's vaccinations.

Schlafly Beer's 20th annual 'Art Outside Festival' returning this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Schlafly Beer's 20th annual 'Art Outside Festival' returns this weekend.It starts Friday night at 'Schlafly Bottleworks' in Maplewood. The free, family-friendly festival aims to raise awareness of art and music in the community. Guests can shop dozens of local artists while enjoying festival food, live music and Schlafly beer. Another hidden chamber found under downtown St. Louis sidewalk The festival continues on Saturday and Sunday.

STLCC groundbreaking taking place today for new financial services and emerging technology centers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Community College at Meramec has a groundbreaking ceremony for a new financial services and enrollment center and a center for emerging technology on Friday.Both centers will have new classrooms and an accessible outdoor plaza connecting the two buildings. Each is expected to cost $46.5 million. Proposition R is paying for this - an eight-cent tax levy approved by voters in 2021. ‘It didn’t seem real’: Friends reflect on loss of teens in fatal crash Construction will begin after three buildings are demolished. The new centers are expected to open in summer 2025.

Construction on SIU Edwardsville's new health and sciences building underway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Construction on SIU Edwardsville's new health and sciences building is underway.Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and university officials celebrated the groundbreaking on Thursday. The building is expected to be ready by the summer of 2025. The project will connect two existing facilities for the school of nursing and the school of pharmacy. Another hidden chamber found under downtown St. Louis sidewalk SIUE also reported freshmen enrollment increased by 5%, the highest it's been in six years.

Hyundai anti-theft mobile clinic set for this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - If you drive a Hyundai, you have a chance to get free anti-theft technology installed in your car this weekend.Thieves have targeted Hyundai cars because of ongoing security issues that make them easy to steal. Captain Norman Mann, of the St. Louis County Police's Jennings Precinct, says 194 vehicles were reported stolen in Jennings last year. Another hidden chamber found under downtown St. Louis sidewalk This year, 184 cars have already been stolen. Mann shared that those thefts led to other crimes.

CU Buffs, Coach Prime recruiting with “different level of energy” than rivals Nebraska, CSU Rams, experts say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

BOULDER — Zach Hilbers has entertained saints, sinners, swindlers, senseis, sharks, sages and savants. But he’d never seen any coach do what CU Buffs defensive line coach Sal Sunseri did a few months back while he was recruiting Brandon Davis-Swain.“He had Brandon do hand-fighting drills with him in my home room,” Hilbers, the football coach at West Bloomfield (Mich.) High School, recalled with a laugh. “He was just like, ‘Hey, Brandon, stand up. Let me show you something.’ He pops Brandon like five inches back.“He says, ‘Try this.’ He has him doing all these block-shedding moves. He was like, ‘Look, I taught (former Alabama defensive end) Will Anderson this stuff.’ He went from this to this to this. It was like watching a karate or a judo teacher.”Turns out Sunseri made an impression on multiple fronts. Davis-Swain, a 6-foot-3, 264-pound, four-star lineman and one of the top recruits in greater Detroit, committ...

CU Buffs vs. Nebraska football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

No. 22 Colorado (1-0) vs. Nebraska (0-1)When/where: 10 a.m. Saturday/Folsom FieldTV/Radio: KDVR-31 (Fox)/850 AMBetMGM Line: CU -3, 58.5 over/underWeather: 75 degrees, mostly sunnyFive storylinesGrounded: If there was one slightly alarming development from an otherwise incredible offensive performance against TCU, it was the Buffs’ struggles to get anything going on the ground. While offensive coordinator Sean Lewis never strayed from running the ball, 55 yards on 34 carries (1.6 yards/carry) will not work long-term. Even more worrisome this week: Nebraska just held Minnesota, a program that prides itself on being able to shove the ball down opponents’ throats, to just 55 yards on 25 carries.Air it out: That being said, it’s not as if the Buffs got zero production from their running backs last week. In fact, freshman RB Dylan Edwards led CU in receiving yards (135). And that was with three receivers topping 100 yards against TCU: Travis Hunter (119), Xavier Weaver (...

Angry Chipotle customer in Ohio slams burrito bowl in worker's face, video shows

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

PARMA, Ohio (WJW) — Cellphones were recording when a worker at an Ohio Chipotle was attacked by an angry customer Tuesday night.Police say that customer, Rosemary Lynn Hayne, 39, of Parma, has since been charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Watch: Man uses hedge clippers to clip off ankle monitor at local Ace Hardware Video of the assault was posted to Reddit and immediately went viral. "We walked in, and it was really busy. You could tell they were slammed," said a witness, who did not want to be identified.Video shows the suspect bring her Chipotle bowl to the counter and slam it down, confronting the worker. Seconds later, she is seen throwing the entire bowl in the worker's face."You could tell she was upset with her order. She ended up grabbing her order and left. About five minutes later, she came back in," the witness said. "At that moment, I wasn't sure what to do because I felt so awful for [the worker]. At the same time, I was nervous to get invol...

Elias: California bill’s OK may let thieves ransack any store they please

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:23 GMT

While California has a long, sad history of poorly thought-out laws often passed for reasons of ideology, there is no way state legislators can pretend after passage that they weren’t warned about the current SB 553, the brainchild of Silicon Valley state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose.Related ArticlesLocal News | Elias: Contrary to some claims, California friendly to certain businesses Local News | Elias: Newsom’s gun control amendment may open Pandora’s box Local News | Elias: California’s rebellion against housing density mandates has begun His measure, which had a committee hearing just three days after a flash mob of 30 or more men and women pulled a snatch-and-grab robbery of a Nordstrom store AT the Westfield Topanga Mall in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles, passed the Senate on a 29-8 vote as a worker safety measure.It aims to prohibit employers from requiring regular retail workers, but not designated se...