In the early morning hours of September 19, Paul and Wendy Hamilton got a call that would upend not only their lives, but the lives of their staff, regular guests and the St. Louis dining scene as a whole: Their beloved mainstay, Vin De Set had caught fire, catastrophically damaging the restaurant's indoor and outdoor space, special events rooms and the pizzeria, PW Pizza, that was also located in the building. What will come of the tragedy remains unclear — will they rebuild Vin De Set as it was?
Everyone knows that St. Louisans love to ask where you went to high school. Well, now there’s a new list to pair with your high school questions. Founded in 2002, the Pittsburgh-based website, Niche, has served as a leader in school rankings from the elementary to college level.
Last week a Granite City tattoo artist who inked professional wrestler Randy Orton won her yearslong lawsuit against a video game company over its use of her creative work in three video games. On Friday, a jury in federal court in southern Illinois awarded artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 after ruling in her favor in her lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive Software, 2K Games and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Want to get to know the Hill better but don’t have time for a guided tour? Look no further than The Hill: A Walk Through History, a self-guided walking tour of St. Louis’ Italian neighborhood by Hill resident and veteran tour guide Joseph DeGregorio.
Last week, my son turned 15 just a few days after his very first high school homecoming. Now we’re having a conversation about another important milestone: when he’ll get his driver's permit. The biggest question on my mind is similar to other parents across St. Louis: How do I teach my teenager to drive in St. Louis?
At some point this month — or maybe into November if we're lucky — the lights will go out on what arguably has been the greatest year in modern Cardinals history. That's not a stretch for a season that saw the joyful race to 700 home runs by Albert Pujols; a record 328 starts, and counting, by Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina; and more than 3 million fans attending games at Busch Stadium.
A slew of charges have been brought against the 48-year-old O'Fallon, Missouri, man who is accused of stealing an ambulance yesterday in Crystal City then leading police on a chase in St. Louis. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Officer Evita Caldwell says that Dwane Vardiman of O’Fallon was charged with tampering with a vehicle, assault, armed criminal action and felony resisting arrest Authorities have not said why they believe Vardiman stole the ambulance from Crystal City, a town of 4700 people that lies on the Mississippi River, and then drove it the approximately 35 miles north to St. Louis.
Frontier Airlines announced today that they will be flying direct from St. Louis to Montego Bay, Jamaica, starting early next year. The nonstop flights will be offered seasonally beginning in February. “We, at STL, are eager to see Frontier’s seasonal nonstop service to Montego Bay on our airport’s schedule,” Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said in a statement posted to Frontier's website.
The City of St. Louis Department of Health is hosting two new monkeypox vaccine clinics next weekend. The clinics will run from 10 a.m until 3 p.m. on Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15. To make an appointment to get the vaccine, you must first fill out a scheduling form.
Though some recent polls have found mixed results for recreational marijuana legalization, the latest one shows a plurality of voters support the initiative. Emerson/Hill found that 48 percent of voters support the initiative, Amendment 3, with 35 percent against and 17 percent undecided. The organization interviewed 1,160 Missouri voters over a four-day span from September 23 to 27.
The St. Charles County Police Department is looking for four suspects they say were captured on surveillance video stealing checks from church mailboxes. "The suspects were specifically looking for checks mailed to the church," the department said in a statement.
Mohammad Almuttan, also known as "John Doe" and "John Smith" in the indictments that brought down four public officials, was sentenced in federal court in St. Louis to a four year prison sentence yesterday. Almuttan, 40, was sentenced on charges related to trafficking cigarettes and synthetic marijuana. According to the 2017 indictment, Almuttan and more than 30 others were involved in a scheme to produce synthetic marijuana near Dittmer, Missouri, at a property referred to as "the Farm," and then sell it at stores run by Almuttan.
For a decade, Jefferson County–native Franklin Killian lived in Los Angeles, where he wrote film scripts, acted in television shows and gave very little thought to boba tea other than wondering why kids seemed to be lining up around the block to get a taste of the tapioca-laden beverage. However, as he watched it turn from niche drink to bona fide trend, he got curious, then hooked and started to seek it out both around LA and any time he'd come back to the St. Louis area to visit family. When Killian moved back to St. Louis in 2020, he was struck by how few boba shops there were and couldn't help but feel he was meant to do something about it.
Cori Bush has always had a story to tell, and she's never shied away from telling it. From living unhoused as a single mother, to her two abortions and fighting on the frontlines of Ferguson, Bush has recounted her life story to countless crowds and reporters.
Sean Milford has biked to his job in downtown St. Louis from his home in Tower Grove South for years. Lately, doing so has felt unsafe. At least eight people were killed by motorists in the city this summer including one pedestrian and a cyclist on South Grand.
One hundred days after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood announced on Monday that it will bring a mobile abortion clinic to the St. Louis area. Set to open by the end of 2022, the 37-foot long by 8-foot wide RV will travel throughout southern Illinois, with “the full suite of services available at Planned Parenthood’s brick-and-mortar health center,” including two exam rooms, a lab and a waiting room, according to statement. It will offer consultations and abortion pills for women who are up to 11 weeks pregnant.
This past weekend, Pusha T's show in St. Louis made headlines for reasons having nothing to do with the Virginia Beach rapper's performance. A little after 5 a.m. the morning after the show, @mitchellbuchn tweeted, "@PUSHA_T i lost my prosthetic leg at your stl show, still had fun tho"
Despite the tweet being sent just a little bit after 5 a.m., Pusha T responded in just a matter of minutes. In a quote Tweet, the "If You Know You Know" rapper responded, "We gotta find that man…if you were at the STL show and know where my guy’s prosthetic leg is…pls hand it over."
A Ferguson man has been charged with multiple offenses for pretending to be a high school student and entering the female bathroom at Normandy High School. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office says that on September 22, 18-year-old Antonio Batts passed himself off a new student to gain entry to the north county high school. According to a probable cause statement, Batts entered the school's women's restroom and "touched the buttocks of one female student."
This reporting was supported by the International Women's Media Foundation's Reproductive Rights Reporting Fund. It’s been a busy three months for abortion funds. In the months since the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, abortion funds have juggled a larger patient load in tandem with higher travel costs.
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