Last week Post-Dispatch parent company Lee Enterprises rejected the offer from New York City-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital to buy Lee for $24 a share. Now, Alden is suing Lee and claiming that Lee ignored their own bylaws in rejecting Alden's offer.…
Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri and the District of Columbia are all coming together through theatre: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced today it will join a year-long artistic caucus. Four theatres, including the Rep, have hired a group of freelance artists who will participate as key parts of the artistic development teams in each of their institutions.
The artistic caucus is made up of theater artists outside the traditional dramaturgs or literary managers.…
A carjacker who killed a St. Louis artist pleaded last week today in federal court and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Demario Hunter, 35, of East St. Louis shot James "Anthony" Sapone in March 2019 in a parking lot off of Cherokee Street.
Hunter and two accomplices, Surrayah Hill and Hill's cousin Keombra James, were trawling the neighborhood that night, searching for someone to rob, according to Hunter's plea agreement.…
Kevin Nolan first donned a red Santa suit eight years ago to take photos at his daughter’s preschool with her classmates. He had gone to Walmart, picked up a Santa suit and his beard was still black.…
Dr. Alexander Garza of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said St. Louis is “losing ground” in the fight against COVID-19 during a briefing yesterday.
Joined by Dr. Clay Dunagan, Garza gave his first briefing since leaving to serve on a deployment to Kuwait as an Army physician. Now back in St. Louis, Garza said the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is increasing, as well as the number of people in ICUs and on ventilators.…
The Board of Aldermen passed a fourteen-ward redistricting map today. With 28 votes of approval, the map now heads to Mayor Tishaura Jones’ desk for either a final approval or veto.
Just after the vote was recorded, Board President Lewis Reed gave the aldermen a round of applause, calling the moment historic.
“When you think about what you’ve just done in terms of cutting the wards in half and you all were able to put your differences aside and get this bill done for the betterment of St. Louis, that’s just awesome,” Reed said at the meeting.…
A 17-year-old who escaped from the Juvenile Detention Center in September was killed this morning after being struck by a car on Interstate 70.
The events leading up to the death began around 8:30 this morning when the victim was a passenger in a car being driven by a female headed north on Broadway, near downtown.…
Schlafly Beer is adding another location to its brewpub family: With spots in downtown St. Louis St. Louis County and St. Charles, the brewery expands to the Illinois area with its new Highland location.
Schlafly Highland Square(907 Main Street, Highland, IL) opens on December 22 and has 80 seats in its restaurant, along with a three-season patio that will be able to seat an additional 80 guests. Schlafly has preserved some of the 71-year-old building’s historic features like a massive safe while also updating it with a new kitchen.…
Winters in St. Louis can be brutal. December usually brings oppressively cloudy days that can make even the most magical and light-filled holiday events feel gloomy.
St. Louis pastry enthusiasts may be well-versed in the many talents of chef and artist Tyler "Tai" Davis, but the rest of the country is about to see his skills for themselves. Tomorrow night, Davis will compete on Disney +'s Foodtastic, a new, eleven episode series that brings to life magical Disney scenes through food.
In this week's episode, Davis joins two other contestants as part of a three-person team competing to win the coveted Foodtastic Disney enamel pin, as well as bragging rights and national acclaim.…
Sitting at a black-tableclothed six-top inside Timothy’s elegant, dimly lit dining room sometime between the lobster pot pie and Caesar salad course, a flash of gold caught my eye. Roughly five inches long, the narrow metallic object was not merely a means to rid my table of puff-pastry crumbs, but a flashback.…
It’s about to get nerdy in Chesterfield, folks: Comedy singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is coming to the Chesterfield Amphitheater (631 Veterans Place Drive) for his “The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” on August 28, 2022.
The tour begins on April 23, 2022 and runs for six months throughout the United States. A press release details no two shows will be the same, each tour stop features a different set list due to his back catalogue of fourteen different albums.…
An unlimited open bar, live music and snack bar is heading to the 9 Mile Garden (9375 Gravois Road, 314-390-2806) for New Year’s Eve.
To usher in the new year, the food garden is turning its canteen into a party zone from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on December 31. Guests have access to snacks and plenty of drinks, such as cocktails, soft drinks, local and domestic beers, as well as a diverse selection of wines.…
One day before they opened their highly anticipated wine shop, Grand Spirits Bottle Co. (3194 South Grand Boulevard), Natasha Bahrami and Michael Fricker received the most delightful omen. A sweet, brown and white stray puppy was running around their neighborhood, begging for someone to take her in.…
A Missouri man sentenced to 241 years in prison for crimes committed when he was just sixteen will be released next year after a quarter-century behind bars.
The ACLU announced today that 42-year-old Bobby Bostic has been granted parole.…
When the governor of Missouri uttered strange words two months ago about using the Missouri State Highway Patrol to criminalize journalism, most of us thought he was just blowing off some steam.…
Appointments can now be made if you need assistance applying for the City of St. Louis' direct cash assistance program. The city, the United Way of Greater St. Louis and the St. Louis Treasurer’s Office partnered together in order to offer the clinic.
Direct cash assistance was a key piece in Jones’ plan for federal relief funds, but there was contention over the plan in the summer.…
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