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…
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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…
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…
'Mighty Mississippi' exhibit opens at history museum
FOREST PARK – “The Mighty Mississippi,” a 6,000-square-foot exhibit that explores the cultures and legacies that grew and prospered around the Mississippi River, opened on Nov 23. at the Missouri…
Muhammad delays criminal history bill for more work
CITY HALL – By all indications, the Board of Aldermen is solidly behind 21st Ward Alderman John Collins-Muhammad’s bill prohibiting employers from putting questions about criminal histories on job applications.…
St. Mary Magdalen Church celebrates a century of service
SOUTHAMPTON – In the second decade of the 20th century, the city of St. Louis was growing to the southwest. The establishment of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church to…
Committee wants yet more changes to freeholders slate
CITY HALL – To overcome a committee’s failure to approve Mayor Lyda Krewson’s list of nine potential members of the Board of Freeholders, some aldermen want to remove the names…
14 electric buses will serve No. 70 Grand line
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Metro Transit is poised to add 14 new electric buses to one of the city’s most heavily traveled routes. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Metro Transit…