Trapped In Traffic With the Insufferable 'People's Convoy'

Plus De Palm Tree, Jeffrey Plaza's last restaurant holdout, has closed

Advertisement Week of March 2 - March 8             Trapped In Traffic With the Insufferable 'People's Convoy'  By Daniel Hill Missourians from across the state took to highway overpasses this week to show their support for a rolling temper tantrum of hundreds of flag-covered vehicles, whose main objective appeared to be to piss off as many people as possible by creating huge traffic jams in protest of COVID restrictions, which largely no longer exist. Find out more Advertisement Latest Stories When Someone Is Stabbed in Missouri Prisons, Officials Don't Even Tell the Family  Sixty miles south of St. Louis, the low-lying Eastern Diagnostic and Reception Correctional Center sits off bucolic Highway K. Parallel fences of razor wire ring the facilities. Read more De Palm Tree, Jeffrey Plaza's Last Restaurant Holdout, Has Closed  Easton Romer had been hearing the rumors for years: Jeffrey Plaza, the beloved strip mall filled with several immigrant-owned businesses on University City's northwestern edge, was going to be demolished to make room for a Costco. Romer was always skeptical that the deal would actually go through, so he carried on at his Jamaican mainstay, De Palm Tree, figuring the news was nothing more than idle chatter. Read more Elderly Fraud Victim Turned Money Mule Gets Probation  At some point prior to 2014, Glenda Seim was contacted by a man who claimed to be an American businessman trapped in Nigeria. Seim sent him money, and later began participated in the scheme as a "money mule," receiving money from other victims and forwarding it to the man, who posed as an online love interest. She opened at least eight bank accounts, all used to receive ill-gotten funds. Read more Music at the Intersection to Return with Expanded Outdoor Footprint  After an inaugural year that was complicated by the ongoing nightmare that is the COVID-19 pandemic, Music at the Intersection is now officially setting its sights on 2022. Arguably the most ambitious music festival in St. Read more Hartmann: Josh Hawley Appears to Have No Problem With Putin  In July 2018, President Donald Trump faced widespread condemnation for having sided with Russia over U.S. intelligence agencies at his infamous Helsinki summit with dictator Vladimir Putin. Read more More this week Advertisement Advertisement   Copyright © 2022 Riverfront Times, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list   update subscription preferences