Euclid Media Group announces the appointment of award-winning journalist Sarah Fenske as executive editor, effective June 27. In her new position, Fenske will be supervising all editorial content for the Riverfront Times, Detroit Metro Times, Cleveland Scene, Cincinnati City Beat and Louisville Eccentric Observer. "I've never had more fun in journalism, or did more important work, than in my years at alt-weeklies, so I couldn't be more excited about coming back," Fenske says.
Fair St. Louis is returning in a fashion more akin to the way it was held in pre-pandemic times, with a slate of national acts set to perform across three days to celebrate the Fourth of July. The party will see performances from pop-rock acts X Ambassadors and Third Eye Blind alongside throwback jams from '90s House Party, featuring Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Coolio, Tone Loc and Young MC. The festivities will take place from July 2 to 4 at Kiener Plaza and Ballpark Village.
Everyone is ready to make this a summer to remember. There are rivers to be floated, stars to sleep under, coolers to pack and concerts and events to attend.
Meredith Shadwick isn't completely sure if the story of how Tropical Moose (150 East Argonne Drive, Kirkwood) got its name is true. Still, it's the legend everyone tells.
If you find yourself on the banks of the Huzzah donning a pair of frayed jorts (homemade, obviously) and hunched over the back end of a canoe trying to push off from the gravely landing, you've already reached peak St. Louis summer. However, as any seasoned sailor of the low seas knows, this quintessential experience can be made or broken based on the refreshments.
A federal judge sentenced a Belleville man to 25 years in prison today after authorities caught him attempting to have sex with an underage boy. Kenneth Rogers, 24, traveled to Brentwood in 2020 thinking he was about to meet a 14-year-old boy but ended up in handcuffs instead. A St. Louis County Police sergeant posing as the boy’s older brother on Grindr made arrangements with Rogers to have sex with the purported 14-year-old.
It’s been three years since Tammy Bufford’s son was shot and killed by St. Louis police in a dark south city gangway. On the day that would have been Cortez Bufford’s 27th birthday, Tammy Bufford and four others who lost family members to police violence stood on the steps of St. Louis City Hall to demand police reform. [content-2] Bereaved speakers brought various demands, from reparations to a ban on no-knock warrants.
It wasn't always like this. Some 15 millennia ago, we were noble, fearsome creatures. We traveled in packs, hunting our prey with fierce determination.
Yet another beloved St. Louis institution is closing indefinitely. Your favorite Slinger supplier, the Courtesy Diner (CourtesyDiner.com) at 3153 South Kingshighway, will close at the end of service on Wednesday, May 25.
Next week, St. Louis diners can dig in while helping out during Tempus’ Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner. Most proceeds from the two-day event will go toward the James Beard Foundation’s Open for Good initiatives, helping independent restaurants rebuild and thrive in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and creating pathways in the industry for individuals from underrepresented groups. The dinners will take place at Tempus (4370 Manchester Avenue, 314-349-2878, www.tempusstl.com/JBF/) at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June 3.
Today, a judge in federal court handed down a two-year prison sentence to a 40-year-old St. Louis man who, in February, pleaded guilty to selling a company in Madison, Wisconsin, $169,000 worth of N-95 masks that didn't exist. In addition to the mask scheme, Prince Vamboi also admitted to applying for and receiving more than $18,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans, which were intended to keep struggling businesses afloat during the pandemic. According to the original indictment, Vamboi was one of multiple co-conspirators who, in April 2020, duped Verona Safety Supply into transferring money to a bank account in St. Louis in what they thought was a payment to secure shipments of N-95 masks.
A Cottleville family is mourning the loss of their three-year-old dog this week after their asshole neighbor, a St. Charles County Sheriff's deputy, allegedly shot and killed it with a pellet gun. News of the shooting, which claimed the life of the Spanish mastiff named Apollo on Sunday night, came via a series of viral Facebook posts. (We've chosen to redact the officer's name, as he's not yet been charged with a crime.)
One of St. Louis’ favorite summer concert series returns next week. Just like sledding down Art Hill or getting Ted Drewes after a Cardinals game, going to the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Avenue, MissouriBotanicalGarden.org) is a St. Louis tradition. Held on the lush grounds of the garden, attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket and relax while taking in some of the best music that St. Louis has to offer.
After a long wait and with a considerable amount of fanfare, the lifestyle brand turned vaunted cannabis company Cookies has officially entered the St. Louis market. The popular San Francisco-based brand, founded in 2010 by rapper Berner and Bay area breeder and cultivator Jai, has partnered with Swade Cannabis to unleash its products on the Show-Me State.
What are organic followers? We all know Instagram is a very sought after medium to popularize yourself to the world. You can project yourself as a brand.
The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act narrowly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week after U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) led a push to revise language in the bill. The act seeks to create offices in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice to monitor and track potential domestic terrorism threats. If signed into law by President Joe Biden, the bill would direct the FBI to assign a special agent at each field office to investigate hate crimes related to domestic terrorism.
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