The University of Missouri has decided not to punish a student who shared a racist comment on social media. First reported by the Kansas City Defender, students started to demand Meg Miller’s expulsion soon after a screenshot of a Snapchat message she sent to a friend went viral.
It was a crisp fall day when the affable Joe Shields, development officer for Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, enthusiastically greeted me near the property's stone and iron gates. My interest had been piqued after seeing the cemetery's fresh and modern social media advertisements for its numerous events, including one called Death Positive Festival.
Yesterday evening as the City Paws Veterinary Clinic in Southwest Garden was closing down, police say four to five men entered the building brandishing weapons, intent on robbing the business of controlled substances. According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department incident report, the suspects ordered everyone to the rear of the clinic at gunpoint. The suspects then ordered the staff open the locker where controlled substances are stored.
At the start of a new year, everyone wants to know what the future holds, so we sat down with St. Louis psychic Jillaine Marie to find out more about communing with the dead and reading people's futures, and to hear if she had any bold predictions for St. Louis in 2023. This interview is edited and condensed for clarity.
Remember when a Missouri woman managed to win $5.2 million after contracting HPV from her own boyfriend — and because she was supposedly infected while having sex in his car, it wasn't him, but his insurance company, GEICO, that had to pay up? Remember how it seemed impossible that a legal judgment like that could stand? Turns out it was impossible: The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down the appellate court ruling upholding the award, and the woman and her disease-spreading beau are now back to square one.
The sound of gunfire was the first indication to Je'Rya Luster that this was more than a drill. Moments before, an announcement had sounded on her high school's intercom.
It seems like the hottest spot in town lately is Slick City (17379 Edison Avenue, SlickCity.com) in Chesterfield. Local kids are obsessed with the giant slides, air courts and other fun that can be had at the indoor action park.
The official numbers won't be released until later this week, but an advisor to Lucas Kunce's campaign for U.S. Senate says that they've seen record-breaking fundraising since Friday, when the former Marine announced he'd seek to unseat incumbent Josh Hawley. "This time going in, we're not starting from scratch," Kunce tells the RFT. "I'm not a nobody who's got no money and no connections anymore.
A former diversion specialist at the St. Louis Office of the Circuit Attorney is suing her former boss, Kim Gardner, alleging workplace discrimination. Rebecca Goetz was hired by the Circuit Attorney’s Office, or CAO, in October 2021 to work for its diversion program, which provides individuals accused of crimes the opportunity to avoid convictions by completing work, educational or treatment programs. According to the lawsuit filed today in federal court, Goetz, who is white, faced racial discrimination and then was fired when she spoke up about it.
Missouri Botanical Garden's popular Orchid Show will help alleviate the winter doldrums starting Saturday, January 28, and running through Sunday, February 26. The event will features more than 6,000 individual plants and 700 types of orchids. This year, the event will be in a new space, since the Botanical Garden redid its visitor center last August.
Sarah Clarke must be the luckiest lady to ever live in St. Louis because at one point she had Paul Rudd and Jon Hamm fighting over her. The 24 actress went to John Burroughs School in Ladue and attended the prom with Jon Hamm as her date. According to her brother, Preston Clarke, Hamm was always hanging out at the Clarke family house, too.
Stephan Shaw has waited for, talked about and worked toward this moment since he was a kid, punching the walls of his St. Louis home. It’s what he dreamed of when he won boxing’s National Silver Gloves tournament as an amateur. It’s what kept him going during his darkest depressions and during his longest stretches away from the sport.
Chicago Magazine likes what the Lou is up to so much they want us in their state. An article posted to the 50-year-old magazine's website yesterday argues that St. Louis should ditch Missouri and join team Illinois. The piece titled "We’ll Swap You Southern Illinois for St. Louis" argues that Chicago and St. Louis have much more in common with each other than they do the rural areas of their respective states.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2 Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapses on the field, and the nation holds its breath. The NFL increasingly feels like the vestige of a world that considered body blows entertainment. Does anyone really want their kid to regularly risk death for a six-figure payday?
This week, we are excited to launch 5 Top, a weekly roundup of some of St. Louis' most notable dishes, as chosen by our dining critic, Cheryl Baehr. Every Monday, Cheryl will bring you her picks for what to eat when you crave a certain dish, whether that be St. Louis style pizza, arancini, empanadas, or in this week's case, dumplings. Happy eating!
The first police chief hired outside of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department started his new job as top cop today. Chief Robert Tracy on Monday took the reins from Interim Police Commissioner Mike Sack after a national search for St. Louis’ next police chief grinded on for over a year. Tracy comes to St. Louis with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience at police departments from New York to Chicago.
The trial of a St. Louis man accused of carjacking three people in one day in 2021 kicked off this morning in federal court. Authorities say that 37-year-old Drew Hamilton Clark's alleged crime spree began on May 22 when Clark drove off in a vehicle being unloaded at Union Station, stealing the gun inside the car in the process.
Popular indie rock group the New Pornographers announced a new tour — which includes a stop in St. Louis in April. St. Louis fans can catch the band at Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Avenue, 314-533-9900, thesheldon.org) on April 27 at 8:00 p.m.
The tour coincides with the release of the 20-year-old group’s ninth album Continue as a Guest, on March 31. It is the band's first album under a new label, Merge Records.
There is nothing quite like a night of wrestling at South Broadway Athletic Club (2301 South 7th Street, 314-776-4833, sbacstl.org). Since 1985, the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance has organized match after jaw-dropping match within the historic south city institution, a location that has hosted boxing and wrestling tournaments in the Soulard area since 1899.
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