Month: October 2019

BENTON PARK WEST – Back in the 1950s, Carol Schultheis recalls, teenagers had more in mind than fries and steakburgers…

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a closed St. Louis charter school was overpaid $1.4 million after…

Story and photos by JACK GRONE When Henning Lohse-Busch and his wife, Emily, relocated a few years ago from Chicago…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director said Tuesday that he had tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood…

HAMILTON HEIGHTS – When Pete’s Shur Save grocery store packed its bags and moved to University City in December 2016, it…

  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former FBI agent hired by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to help investigate…

CITY HALL – Depending on who is talking, action by an aldermanic committee last week could either advance proposals to…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials at a St. Louis health center that serves needy, uninsured residents say a cyberattack has…

CITY HALL – A certified animal lover, Christine Ingrassia keeps her own cat, two foster cats, and a dog. In…

CITY HALL – In St. Louis, it’s time to clear away a bunch of old trees – a couple of…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The popular elephants exhibit at the St. Louis Zoo will grow by one next year. The…

CITY HALL – As the apparent deadline for approving the city’s nine members of a freeholders board passed, action stalled…

THE VILLE – Sumner High School.  It’s the first black high school west of the Mississippi River. Situated at 4248…

ACADEMY – Carl Solomon predicted that his house at 5107 Enright Ave. would catch fire.  Sure enough, in the wee…

I agree whole heartedly with St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards, who was St. Louis’ chief juvenile court judge…

CITY HALL – Alderwoman Cara Spencer, 20th Ward, is taking a step that she believes would keep firearms away from…

JENNINGS – St. Louisans concerned about rampant gun violence – including two who have lost children to that violence –…

CITY HALL – The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has voted to approve a revised development agreement for a hospital…

Police security sought for St. Louis abortion clinic hearing ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri officials are asking St. Louis police…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic is at stake as a member of the state’s…

FOUNTAIN PARK – It isn’t every day that developers work hand-in-hand with current residents.  However, that’s exactly what was framed…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri officials are asking St. Louis police to provide security for an upcoming hearing on the…

KINGSWAY EAST – If you drive down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in north St. Louis, you can’t help…

ST. LOUIS – Children were dying, the community was collectively incensed, and police needed answers and suspects.  When initial investigations came…

DOWNTOWN – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has pulled up on St. Louis city. The question is, will their presence…

DOWNTOWN – A familiar face who stood on the front lines during the 2014 Ferguson protests has come out of…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — If a streetcar line ceases operation in the St. Louis area, the federal government may want…

DOWNTOWN –  The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station is diving head-first into the city’s job market. Slated to open…

KINGSWAY WEST – For many residents of north St. Louis, getting access to organic fruits and vegetables is a task…

CITY HALL – St. Louis soon may have another weapon in its battle against violent crime: a requirement that gun…