It’s that time of the year again. You can almost hear the leaves crunching under your foot as Eckert’s Farms (951 South Green Mount Road, Belleville, Ill.; 618-310-1962) opens its doors for the apple picking season. Yes, that’s right.
Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols, 42, had a great weekend. He hit two more home runs as the Cardinals swept the Diamondbacks, bringing his career home run total to 692. Plus, he edged out Stan Musial and took second place on the career list for total bases.
As an outdoor photographer and wilderness guide living in St. Louis, I spend weekends working in one of the most ecologically sensitive and biodiverse regions of the world: the Missouri Ozarks. One of my favorites is Hawn State Park in Ste.
It happened without a press release, but on November 3, 2020, Eric Schmitt stepped aside as Missouri attorney general to join the Army. That would be the insurrectionist army of Donald Trump.
There are five new baby Clydesdales at Grant’s Farm and they are ready for you to come and meet them. The foals are on display at the Clydesdales stables and the bootcut babies are available for a close-up viewing through this Sunday, August 21.
It was PokeNerds owner Brian Trull’s birthday when the war in Ukraine began. As he and his wife, Valeria, watched the conflict unfold, they knew they needed to do something. Valeria is from Ukraine, and after debating what to do to help, they settled on visiting Poland to deliver aid directly.
Pops of color peek out from black and white outlines on the walls of the Missouri History Museum. All along the walls of the 6,000-square foot special exhibition space are illustrations of 50 local structures printed on a white-board-like material.
In an effort to curb the spread of monkeypox in the state, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an emergency order requiring cases to be reported within one day of detection. The emergency ruling puts monkeypox on par with other communicable diseases such as polio and cholera, which also must be reported as soon as detected. "Reporting of the monkeypox virus has not been required in the past, but due to its severity and the rapid increase in the number of cases, it is imperative for the local health authority or DHSS to be notified within one day of detection in order to take the appropriate measures," the rule says.
Laura Hughes didn’t come back to St. Louis to run an amateur boxing event. She came back to bring people to The Ville. She came back, specifically, to create a master plan for portions of The Ville, to rehab homes and to help develop the area that she grew up in.
Before the New York Times Magazine's glowing recommendation for flavored, effervescent water, before Millennials were bedecking themselves in brand T-shirts, before ranking every flavor became the thing to do, there was a humble Midwestern household where cans of a beverage called LaCroix were regularly consumed without much comment. Yes, that's right: my family loved LaCroix before it was popular. We didn't call it LaCroix though.
Travis Dillon, owner of legendary St. Louis custard chain Ted Drewes, can be found most days inside the Chippewa shop. More likely than not, he'll be mixing custard base alongside the rest of the employees — nearly all of whom are at least a few decades younger than him. Dillon, dressed in the typical uniform of pastel-yellow Ted Drewes shirt and baseball cap, says he only recently started taking weekends off from the store since he started working there over 40 years ago.
Three "Kia Boyz" led a police helicopter on a chase throughout St. Louis city and county Wednesday night. According to Evita Caldwell with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, on Wednesday police observed two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old near Vandeventer and Forest Park avenues driving a Hyundai Santa Fe that had been reported stolen that same day. A police helicopter surveilled the teens driving the Santa Fe through both the city and the county.
This story originally appeared in the Missouri Independent. A day after preliminary test scores showed Missouri students’ performance on standardized tests have not bounced back from the pandemic, education advocacy groups and parents urged state lawmakers to take a comprehensive approach at crafting accountability measures for schools.
St. Louis knows how to party, and it's time to show off those skills this weekend. Find yourself with a disco fever, hit up a new block party (courtesy of the RFT and Schlafly Beer) or maybe even blast off to the past with a 2010s dance party. The city is your oyster this weekend.
We're a bit light this week, but quality over quantity is the theme. Art is at the center of it all, and we're excited for the weeks to come. There is a full weekend ahead, so don't forget to make some plans:
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A Missouri toddler found a gun left unattended in a purse and ended up shooting a 10-month-old in the abdomen on Tuesday. The incident happened in Gasconade County near Hermann and Washington, Missouri, in the 400 block of Crystal Lane. Deputies from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Gasconade County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident.
Florida lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill in recognition of St. Louisan Tyre Sampson after the 14-year-old fell to his death from a Florida amusement park ride in March. Florida State Representative Geraldine Thompson announced Wednesday she will introduce a bill in the next legislative session called the "Tyre Sampson Law" aimed at ensuring amusement park rider safety. Sampson fell from his seat in the Orlando ICON Park's Free Fall Drop Tower about halfway through the ride.
The London Tea room, a bakery and cafe that offers afternoon teas, is moving from its Tower Grove South location to the Downtown West neighborhood this fall. "I'm excited to be in the middle of something really amazing!" owner Jackie James said in a statement. James took over the London Tea Room from her parents in June.
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