The “Avengers” tops Harry Potter as the top opening weekend box office sales in history. Let’s put this in a little perspective here. First off, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 broke all records when they sold $169.2 million in the first weekend according to explorenews.com. Pretty impressive right? Also “Thor” sold $181 [...]
Yes, the issue will still go to the voters on June 5 no matter what. No there aren’t any amendments to the smoking ban… yet. On Monday the Springfield City Council finalized two proposals that they had been working on for months, according to a story on KY3, to appease some of the nay-sayers of [...]
Well it’s not official yet, but according to a story on pokerfuse.com, Poker Stars has reached a deal with the Department of Justice to buy Full Tilt Poker and to repay all players. Last year the online poker community got hit with a chip shattering bombshell when the Department of Justice shutdown two major online [...]
On April 14 Governor Jay Nixon will be taking a trade mission to Brazil, and Missouri State University will be coming along for the ride. “It all kind of worked out at the same time,” Dr. Jim Baker, the vice president for research and economic development with MSU said. That’s because MSU is working to [...]
The Springfield City Council voted not to approve a petition on Monday, March 26 that would have repealed the smoking ban that took effect last summer. This means the issue will automatically go to the voters. Yes that means yet again Springfield will be voting on whether or not to have a ban on smoking [...]
Well, it’s about that time again when college kids, MTV crews, and creepy old people come crawling out to Florida for the Spring Break sun. Thousands of people will be out traveling this month, and because it’s starting to get warm, it’s only the beginning of the road trips in America. Inspired by a CNN.com [...]
A week before the presidential caucuses begin, Springfield will see two of the Republican Presidential candidates. On Saturday, March 10 Rick Santorum and Ron Paul will make their rounds in Springfield. You can see Santorum first as he’ll be arriving at around 2 in the afternoon where he’ll be talking at Digital Monitoring Products off [...]
You’ve heard it before, Springfield cashew chicken. It’s a delicious assortment of fried chicken smothered in gravy with a dainty amount of cashews sprinkled over. But for many, this kind of Asian cuisine is the best part of living in Springfield. I’ve lived in this town for a majority of my life. I’m not saying I’m an [...]
Gas prices are rising. What’s new right? However, it’s not even summer yet and it’s already getting up there. That means come May, we could be seeing prices going over 4 dollars a gallon in Missouri. According to a story on KY3 News, gas prices are at an all time high for this time of [...]
Well, it’s just about that time of the year again. The time when music lovers from all around head to Manchester, Tennessee for a Woodstockesque music festival called Bonnarroo. The festival will be on June 7-10 this year headlining bands that will impress almost every music fan. There are the big headlines like Radiohead, Red [...]
