Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit against a St. Louis County mask mandate has met a loss: A judge denied a temporary restraining order, dealing a blow to Schmitt’s efforts.
This means St. Louis County can continue, for now, with its mask mandate put in place on January 5. Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, D-5th District, sponsored the bill and it passed along party lines. The current mask mandate applies to those older than the age of five, vaccinated or unvaccinated, while indoors; it does not apply to people who are eating, drinking or alone in separate rooms or offices of public places.
“This is a win for public health, and a loss for Coronavirus,” Clancy wrote in a Tweet after the ruling.
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page also celebrated the move on Twitter, saying he was pleased with the ruling and that masks and vaccines are the way out of the pandemic.…
A few years ago, while chatting with a friend that doesn't eat sweets, chef Heidi Hamamura accepted a challenge that would change the way St. Louisans celebrate their birthdays.
"She said to me, 'It would be so baller if you could make me a sushi cake,' so I told her I was going to make her one," Hamamura says. "I used to make sushi pizzas at my dad's restaurant [Sansui] and have made sushi in the shape of Christmas sweaters and menorahs.…
More than a week after their son died in Missouri Department of Corrections custody, Pat and Edie Hewitt are relying on hospital records and organ transplant center employees to piece together what happened.
In an interview with the Riverfront Times, Pat Hewitt says his 43-year-old son Joshua died at Mercy Hospital St. Louis on January 11 after sustaining injuries three days earlier while incarcerated at the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Missouri.…
For the past ten years, St. Louis producer Ian Jones has crafted a hazy, hip-hop-informed body of electronic music under the name Parisian. And so it was a surprise last month when he released a long-awaited full-length album under the new name of Shinra Knives.…
A beloved returning concert will have to wait just a bit longer for its anticipated comeback: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has postponed its performances of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ - Part 1.
Scheduled for January 21 through January 23, the shows have been rescheduled due to the surge of COVID-19 cases, a press release from the organization reads. The new show dates are set for April 15 and 16.…
The demand for COVID-19 tests remains high, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said in a press conference this morning. In order to meet the need, the county will tap into two library branches to give out at-home COVID-19 tests.
Residents will be able to pick up the tests next week at the Weber Road Branch, 444 Weber Road, and the Rock Road Branch, located at 10267 St. Charles Rock Road.…
Ever since starting his catering business, JR's Gourmet, when he was just a high schooler, Juwan Rice has been humbled by the support he's received from St. Louis and beyond. Now, he's excited to have a way to give his boosters a taste of his talents, even if he can't cook for them personally.
This past December, Rice launched J Rice Spice(www.jricespice.com), a spice and sauce company that he hopes to grow into a national brand.…
For Julia Dunaway, it began with a message on Facebook from a man in uniform. "Hello there thanks for adding me as a friend, tell me how are you doing?"…
An emergency alert that hit Missouri phones Tuesday listed a vehicle in "Gotham City" that matched the year and model of the Joker-themed vehicles used in the 1989 film Batman — which seemed to be an odd thing to appear on the statewide system that is supposed to alert residents to events like child abductions and imminent danger.
The alert blasting into phones detailed a purple/green 1978 Dodge 3700GT — the same car that Joker's goons used to pursue Batman through the streets of Gotham in the film.…
In a press release sent out today, the Rep said it is temporarily closing curtains on its productions and adjusting the remaining programming of its season “in response to the rising COVID-19 rates in the St. Louis community.”
An email from the Rep’s Box Office said this:
“Our primary focus during this public health crisis remains the safety and well-being of our artists, staff and audiences.…
Completing his years-long metamorphosis to political cockroach, St. Louis police union spokesman Jeff Roorda is joining the Republican Party and launching a campaign for a 2022 state Senate seat in Jefferson County.
Making the announcement in Tuesday in an interview with FM NewsTalk 97.1's Marc Cox, Roorda declared his candidacy while touting his record of "standing up for law and order and a safe community" — even though Roorda's history suggests his principles have less to do with community needs and more with making sure police officers can do whatever they want without consequences.…
Originally slated to begin tomorrow, the United States Postal Service has opened its portal to order four free at-home COVID-19 tests, delivered to your address.
President Joe Biden announced the move last week, saying half a billion tests would be available to order; tests are limited to four per household and will ship seven to twelve days after you place your order. The tests available are rapid antigen at-home tests, not PCR, and show results within 30 minutes, so no lab drop-off is required.…
The St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back, lads and lassies, along with a slew of others. After a 2020 cancellation and a virtual parade for 2021, the parade will hit the city streets on March 12.
The 53rd annual parade starts at 20th and Market Streets and will conclude at Broadway and Clark streets.…
Cupid’s Undie Run is planning a return to St. Louis streets on February 12 and you’re invited to let your freak flag fly. (For a good cause, of course.)
Running around on downtown streets in your unmentionables might get you a visit from the cops on any other day, but on Cupid’s Undie Run day it’s not just allowed but encouraged.
Cupid’s Undie Run is a charity event that bills itself as the “nation’s largest pantless party” and you’re encouraged to go as bare as you dare in the name of charity.
Like a lot of people during the first weeks of the pandemic, Mike Evans found himself stuck in his home with nothing to do but eat, drink and doom-scroll through social media.…
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