CITY HALL – People should be able to play in a park in peace. That’s the idea behind a bill officially declaring city parks as gun-free zones that passed the…
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Aldermen give initial approval to bill banning conversion therapy for minors
CITY HALL – St. Louis aldermen spent an hour on Friday in emotional condemnations of a therapy that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation. Then, in the first of…
IRS taxpayer advocate service is best-kept secret in town
ST. LOUIS – With tax season peeping around the corner, St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green invited the public to learn about the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) at a seminar…
City adds beds, warming buses for homeless this winter
ST. LOUIS – Passengers boarding a bus early each evening at a downtown street corner aren’t heading for a place to shop or work or a trip home. They don’t…
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane is monthlong block party
ST. LOUIS HILLS – In all of his Decembers, Peter Dunphy has known endless lines of crawling automobiles in front of his house, along with mounds of Christmas lights on…
Bill would keep handguns out of the hands of minors
CITY HALL – Backers of a bill now before the Board of Aldermen say they hope to take advantage of a loophole in state legislation to keep handguns away from…
New state office will promote apprenticeships, work-based learning
ST. LOUIS – Gov. Mike Parson recently inaugurated a new way to help Missourians train for and get jobs. His Executive Order 19-20 could help individuals steer a path to a…
St. Louis wins national praise for LGBTQ inclusion, equality
ST. LOUIS – LGBTQ inclusion and equality are AOK in the STL. That’s according to a report released recently by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the…
St. Louis mulls returning red light cameras to city streets
CITY HALL – Red light cameras may be returning to St. Louis city streets, but with a different face. Or, at least, a face. The cameras brought tickets in the…
Calling on higher power at aldermanic meetings pleases some, ruffles others
CITY HALL – Most of the time, the Rev. John Watson Jr. is co-pastor of the Maple Temple Church of God in Christ in the Academy neighborhood. But for exactly…
Electric buses are heading for Grand Boulevard Metro route
ST. LOUIS – In a little more than a year, some travelers on the busiest route in the area’s bus system will have quieter and smoother rides than they ever…
Buder Elementary looks forward to its second 100 years
SOUTHAMPTON – Stepping spryly with a cane, white goatee and plenty of gusto, Bob Clark, out in front of his wife, accelerated Saturday into the entrance of Buder Elementary School at…