Page 7 - August Busch News Today

April 7 is also the anniversary of the end of prohibition in the U.S. and it turns out the Clydesdales and prohibition don’t share that date by accident.

An heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer fortune has filed to run as a Democrat for Missouri’s open Senate seat, raising the prospect the party could have a self-funding candidate against the eventual Republican primary winner from a currently crowded field.

Trudy Busch Valentine, who joined the race Monday, was crowned queen of the St. Louis elite’s Veiled Prophet Ball in 1977.

Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat

Busch Valentine, daughter of the late chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies, described herself as a candidate open to talking to people with different viewpoints, although she didn’t go into much detail on her political agenda.

Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine is running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri as a Democrat in the contest to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt.

For a while, these posters were everywhere.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

Fort Collins Nursery recently hosted its 13th annual pumpkin weigh-off and one massive entry took home the grand prize.

Fort Collins Nursery recently hosted its 13th annual pumpkin weigh-off and one massive entry took home the grand prize.