One of the St. Louis Cardinals’ biggest charity events of the year has been cancelled, according to a press release from the organization. The Winter Warm-Up, originally scheduled for January 15 through January 17, will not go on as the Major League Baseball and the players’ union were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract in early December.
The Winter Warm-Up usually features fans interacting with the players on the team, a self-guided tour of the Cardinals Clubhouse and admission to the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum.…
Somehow, against just about every odd you can think of, the St. Louis restaurant scene made it through another pandemic year. While we were all eager to reflect on the year (or two) as a whole as it drew to a close, several businesses were still writing their restaurant stories, closing out the year with moves, rebrands, new locations and difficult decisions to say goodbye.…
New data from Missouri's Office of Administration shows that five state agencies saw employee turnover rates of 30% or higher throughout 2021.
The Department of Mental Health had the highest turnover rate for the past year, at 38%, meaning nearly four out of ten full time employees left the agency over the past twelve months.…
The new year has begun and many people are eager to forget that last year ever happened. (Can you blame them?)
If you’re on the “out with the old and in with the new” train, there are multiple spots around the city of St. Louis where you can lay your old 2021 Christmas tree to rest.
Here’s how it works: You bring your tree to one of the three locations listed below.…
State Representative Justin Hill, who skipped his swearing-in last year to join the January 6 crowds in Washington, D.C., is skipping the rest of his term, he announced today.
Hill, a Lake St. Louis Republican, had represented the 108th District, covering part of St. Charles County, since he was first elected in 2014. In a news release posted to his Facebook page, he said he was moving to Florida to "build my consulting business."…
State Representative Justin Hill, who skipped his swearing-in last year to join the January 6 crowds in Washington, D.C., is skipping the rest of his term, he announced today.…
Matt Ratz will never forget the feeling he got from watching the moving trucks roll into the lot of the Clayton Regions Centre office building in early March of 2020.…
A racist caller's complaint against KSDK journalist Michelle Li — for committing the supposed offense of "being very Asian" — has become something more than just a viral video fit for internet outrage: Indeed, one day and millions of views later, a video of the caller's intolerance has launched an outpouring of support for Asian Americans beneath a hashtagged version of the original insult.
Uploaded by Li on January 1, the video shows the award-winning journalist reacting as she listens to a voice mail from someone who claimed they were offended by Li's on-air coverage of New Year's Day meals — which included Li noting, "I ate dumpling soup.…
We don’t know what St. Louis did to deserve Andy Cohen, but we are so grateful to have him.
Cohen and Anderson Cooper hosted their fifth New Year’s Eve on CNN on Friday; traditionally, the event involves the two taking shots and interviewing a plethora of guests live from New York City.…
Starting today, people in the St. Louis area have a new option for COVID-19 testing.
The parking lot at the Family Arena in St. Charles (2002 Arena Parkway) is now a drive-through testing site and offers PCR tests with results 48 hours after the receipt of the sample.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PCR tests are generally more sensitive than the more common antigen tests that are sold over-the-counter. PCR tests can indicate an infection on a lower viral load, which means that PCR tests can often give a more accurate result.
This testing site will be open from today, Monday, January 3, through Thursday, January 13, 2022.…
Governor Mike Parson apparently stumbled upon a genie to end the year 2021. After two years of trying next to nothing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 16,000 Missourians, the governor pivoted to a new strategy: wishing it away.…
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For years, Kristan Nickels and other members of the Zombie Squad have prepared for a possible apocalypse through the tropes of their favorite horror movies, approaching real-life disaster preparedness as if they were also facing hordes of the shambling undead.…
The City of St. Louis Department of Health is reporting a “staggering rise” in COVID-19 cases.
In a press release today, the city says that cases of COVID-19 have “more than doubled from the week starting December 14 to the week starting December 21,” and they’re expected to continue climbing.
“New data shows the 7-day average positivity rate has climbed to 24%,” reads the report, “The highest since the department reported its first COVID-19 case in March 2020.”
And the news about COVID-19 hospitalizations isn’t good, either. From the press release:
UPDATE: This concert has been rescheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022. If you walked down the cobblestone streets of Laclede’s Landing in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s, you were almost certain to hear the eclectic sounds of Pale Divine booming from classic, bygone venues such as Kennedy’s 2nd Street or Mississippi Nights.…
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