St. Louis has always felt a bit like the Wild West. But lately, things seem worse. If your Kia or Hyundai hasn’t been robbed and/or stolen yet, maybe your favorite business has gotten its storefront busted into.
In the mid-1970s, the residents at 665 South Skinker Boulevard, a posh high rise overlooking Forest Park, made the acquaintance of a newly hired night security man with a warm smile and affable manner. Many did not know he also had a day job, which at the time, paid him nothing at all. But he was very good at it.
Last winter, short staffing at FedEx and a nasty omicron surge put a stop to Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria's online ordering platform, which allowed patrons to ship the St. Louis-based eatery's popular frozen pizzas and pastas to any destination throughout the U.S. But this year, fans of the brand’s signature pies are in luck: Katie’s online ordering is back for the holidays. From now until January, customers can ship items on Katie’s frozen menu throughout the U.S. Customers get a free frozen pizza or restaurant gift card with every order as a thank-you for sticking by the brand after last year’s hiccup and for their continued support of the burgeoning frozen pizza line.
Since 2014, Earl McWilliams has served as a matchmaker and promoter for amateur boxers throughout the St. Louis area. McWilliams, a St. Louis native who works in medical equipment delivery, is a self-described "boxing Wikipedia."
Confessed serial killer Gary Muehlberg has spoken publicly for the first time since September, when prosecuting attorneys from three jurisdictions announced murder charges against him for a spree of serial murders that occurred in 1990 and 1991. "I took five innocent lives. That's fact.
The artistry of the natural world and human-made sculpture collide in Jean Shin: Home Base at Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road, 314-615-5278, laumeiersculpturepark.org). The Laumeier 2022 visiting artist in residence's work is all about "giving new form to life's leftovers," and uses familiar materials, such as fallen trees, and transforms them into pieces that focus on memory, desires and failure.
A deal to sell a car painted like the American flag turned scary quickly for the seller last night, leading to a gun being drawn — all over a $20 discrepancy. The victim, who asked we only refer to him by his first name, Wayne, had arranged to sell his Chevy Cobalt through Facebook Marketplace. The Cobalt's trunk area has been painted blue with white stars while the rest of the body is red and white stripes.
A former Missouri basketball player James "Jed" Frost allegedly killed himself and his wife in a Dallas-area office building on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Dallas Morning News. According to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, Jed, 51, and his wife, Beth, 46, were found dead on the second floor of the Stemmons Corridor building, where Beth worked as a medical examiner. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told the Morning News that Jed allegedly murdered his wife, before killing himself.
After spending much of the year on a national tour, St. Louis death metal band Summoning the Lich will return to its hometown this weekend for a special headlining event. This Saturday, November 12, Pop's will play host to the popular local band's big homecoming alongside a slate of supporting acts from St. Louis and beyond.
Ballwin residents can now get a taste of Hi-Pointe Drive-In closer to home, albeit as a pint-sized version of the brand. A Little Hi (15069 Manchester Road, Ballwin; 636-220-7176), a spinoff of the popular burgers and shakes spot, opened on October 23, promising big Hi-Pointe flavors in a smaller space. "This has been an idea that has been in my partner Mike's [Johnson] head for a while," says co-owner Ben Hillman.
Next Wednesday, Rec Hall STL (which is actually in St. Charles) hosts a bingo extravaganza that promises to be a "cut above the rest," where players can cover their cards in the hopes of scoring some serious meat during Meat Bingo. That's right.
Two momentous St. Louis cultural institutions come together during St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Live at the Pulitzer, proving the old adage that two greats are better than the sum of their parts. The collaboration brings adventurous chamber music from the 20th and 21st century, curated by SLSO Creative Partner Tim Munro, to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation gallery (3716 Washington Avenue).
Free wood! From now until March, you can grab free firewood at select city parks, courtesy of the St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. All the wood comes from dead or damaged trees that forest and parks employees had to remove.
Whether you’re for it or against it — recreational weed will soon be legal in Missouri. The majority of Missouri voters said “Yes, we can(nabis)” on Tuesday and approved Amendment 3, an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in our state that will also provide legal expungements for those with certain marijuana-related offenses.
A Kansas City–area drug kingpin, whose organization once distributed a kilogram of meth throughout the state every day, was found guilty in federal court of leading a criminal enterprise that, among other things, allegedly kidnapped and murdered two people from St. Louis. Trevor Scott Sparks, 33, is the 32nd person to plead guilty in connection to the statewide distribution ring.
The French onion financiers served at Bistro La Floraison (7637 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton; 314-725-8880) are less a bite-sized bar snack than a cosmic wonder. Like a supernova that concentrates the energy of a massive star into a black hole's unimaginably small singularity, Chef Patrick Fallwell's financiers distill a universe of flavor into a single bite. A cylindrical, savory almond flour cake, roughly the diameter of a quarter, has the spongy, pleasantly sticky texture of cornbread.
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