Update: This event was postponed. Mali Music, the hip hop and gospel artist behind Grammy-nominated songs like “Still” and “I Believe,” is returning to St. Louis on Sunday, May 21. This time he’s lighting up the Big Top (3401 Washington Avenue, 314-549-9990) stage with soulful sounds presented by Angel and JAMO, independent event promoters.
Representative Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) unveiled a resolution today that urges the federal government to provide reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans and people of African descent. Bush's measure calls for the federal government to funnel $14 trillion to Black residents in the United States to close the racial wealth gap.
More than two and a half years after Sturgeon Stewart was arrested, his trial was supposed to begin next Monday. However, as of this afternoon, that trial date is almost certainly off.
For the past couple of years, Jason Bockman and Nathan Wright would do two things while working late nights at World's Fair Donuts: bake to ready innumerable doughnuts for the shop's storefront and delivery business, and marvel at just how many people passed through the Shaw-Vandeventer intersection in the middle of the night. For them, the graveyard shift was par for the course.
A bill filed at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen today would make it much harder for people to brandish loaded assault rifles on the city streets — by limiting open-carry rights to people with a concealed-carry permit. Alderwoman Cara Spencer, who filed the board bill for introduction this Friday, says that while Missouri law does not require concealed-carry permits, it gives municipalities the right to require them for anyone who wants to openly carry a firearm within its borders. Kansas City already does so — and lawyers Spencer consulted believe it would be one way to restrict some firearms in St. Louis, even with Missouri's notoriously lax gun laws.
If you’re queer and would like to meet the same, drop in to Queertown Underground tonight at the Royale (3132 S. Kingshighway, 314-772-3600). Tonight's event will feature a menu by Caitlin Neal, featuring braised pork belly, miso cornbread, and smoked tomato and chipotle soup. Out in STL contributor Gabe Montesanti will be performing, along with musician Ahna.
Even a decade ago, on the occasion of my 30th birthday, I was already arguably an aggrieved cyclist. For a long time now, my husband and I have been a one-car family, and with two jobs where we both have to be in person, that means I mostly bike or take the bus.
Editor's note: Evie Hemphill, program director for St. Louis BWorks, challenged St. Louis leaders to go car-free for one day. Only nine leaders actually went through with it.
In brief remarks to the media this afternoon, Governor Mike Parson said that St. Louis will have a new circuit attorney by Friday, but left it somewhat murky who is in charge of the office until then. Parson's remarks follow St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's abrupt resignation this morning. In Gardner's announcement she said that her office was working with St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell "to ensure a comprehensive transition plan is in place" — which many people took as effectively appointing Bell to lead her office amid the transition.
About an hour before a hearing in the quo warranto case to remove her from office, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced her resignation, effective immediately. Gardner had previously announced she'd leave the office on June 1. Gardner's office said in a statement that she has been working with St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to "ensure a comprehensive transition plan is in place to handle cases that prioritizes public safety."
Fox News finally said something that made some damn sense. Greg Gutfeld, a co-host of the conservative news channel's The Five talk show, hyped up the St. Louis-duo 100 gecs, calling them "probably the best new band" and described them as "The Beach Boys meets Zappa." Gutfeld's comments have since confused anyone even remotely aware of 100 gecs.
Celebrate everything that is great about the Maplewood and Richmond Heights food scenes this weekend at the 15th Annual Taste of Maplewood Street Festival. Held on Friday, May 19, from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, May 20, from 12 to 8 p.m., this big block party aims to bring neighbors together while also supplying visitors with a small sample of all that the area has to offer. In addition to downing tasty bites from local restaurants, guests can stop by the tents at this free festival and do a little shopping.
I travel a lot for my work. Whether the assignment is beer-related or not, no matter what city or town I'm visiting, I'm always looking for a local brew.
The Missouri Department of Transportation may permanently close the southbound I-55 ramp at Cherokee Street as drivers feel unsafe merging there. According to MoDOT’s website, the ramp at Cherokee Street was made during a time when vehicle traffic did not move as quickly or "aggressively" as it does now.
A man was shot in the drive-thru of a Taco Bell in St. Louis yesterday after refusing to give money to a man who approached his car. According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department incident report, around 5:30 p.m. yesterday, a 54-year-old man was in his car in the drive-thru at the Taco Bell at Kingshighway Boulevard and Delmar Avenue when he said another man approached him. The man, wearing a blue hoodie and white shorts, asked for money and cigarettes.
When Heather Gurnow entered her first powerlifting competition, she didn't know what to expect. She'd mostly been powerlifting in her home without the aid of a formal coach.
A police officer in north county handcuffed a man and allowed his brother to beat him, according to charges filed yesterday by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Corporal James Sims with the North County Police Cooperative was on duty in Dellwood on November 2 of last year when he received a call from his brother, Robert, who said he was in a fight in Pine Lawn and needed help. Sims responded to the 6200 block of Dardanella, which was outside of the area where Sims was supposed to be patrolling.
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