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Ex-St. Louis cop Dustin Boone was sentenced today to one year and a day in federal prison in the beating of a Black colleague, whom he mistook for a protester.
The sentence handed down by Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Webber was lower even than the 26 months requested by Boone's attorneys and a sharp departure from the ten years recommended by prosecutors and federal guidelines.
Before announcing the sentence, Webber said that Boone was being judged "for his actions and not the action of others" — a reference to the chaotic scene during a protest on September 17, 2017, in which multiple officers set upon Detective Luther Hall with fists, knees and sticks.…
The city of St. Louis hosts a town hall tonight to answer parents’ questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for their kids ages five to eleven. Parents are invited to ask questions, share comments or concerns and learn more about the shot.
“We want to make sure parents are provided the most accurate and up-to-date information on the proven safety of the COVID-19 vaccine,” director of health for the city of St. Louis Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis says in a press release.…
St. Louis city has a chance to receive $5.5 million dedicated to public safety, but Mayor Tishaura Jones and Attorney General Eric Schmitt have to agree on how it will be spent.
In 2018, the city of St. Louis reached a settlement agreement with George Allen, a Black man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in the 1980s. St. Louis was due to pay the state back for that settlement on September 1, but Jones says Schmitt told the mayor’s administration in September they could keep the funds if they used them on police personnel.
“I assumed it was a political stunt, like most things coming out of the attorney general’s office these days,” Jones said in a press conference on Monday morning.…
Community and care. Those two words encapsulate what the Contemporary Art Museum (3750 Washington Boulevard) will focus on for its upcoming event Day With(out) Art: Enduring Care on December 1.…
Riding high on the acclaim and popularity of his Fox Park restaurant, the Lucky Accomplice(2501 South Jefferson Avenue, 314-354-6100), chef Logan Ely is preparing to take on yet another project: a new restaurant just down the street called Press(2505 South Jefferson Avenue) that will be based on a type of pizza he's not sure if anyone has ever done.
"I've said it before, and I will say it again: We like to have fun with food, and we like to play with our food," Ely says. "We had this funny idea that we just acted on right away, and it seems kind of crazy.…
In some recipes, tripling one ingredient might lead to disaster. But in Honeybee's line of popular Blood Orange Strawberry fruit gumdrops, tripling the THC content — from 100mg to 300mg — has made no difference to the fruit flavors imbued into each drop by chef Dave Owens.
"It's still such a small amount," says Owens, the director of culinary for Proper Brands and its line of Honeybee edibles.…
About three years ago, Maria Giamportone and Daniel Gonzalez found themselves in St. Louis and in need of a place to eat. Having come to town from Miami to visit their relatives, the husband and wife wanted to take the family to a traditional South American-style grill — the sort of place that honored their respective Ecuadorian and Uruguayan heritages.…
The Cardinals have the best players in the league. This is undisputed, but, if you need proof, look no further than pitcher Adam Wainwright.
We’re not talking scores or averages, but about how our players are consistently giving back and caring about their community; this week, Wainwright is back in his hometown of Brunswick, Georgia, where he's been spotted serving food to those standing vigil outside the Ahmaud Arbery trial.
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Rick Balducci learned a lot about the restaurant business from his father. Though not a restaurateur himself, the elder Balducci owned a wine distribution company that sold to restaurants, grocery and liquor stores, and he would often take his son along with him on sales calls and deliveries.…
Warning: Text messages quoted in this story include racial epithets.
In a letter, retired St. Louis police Sergeant Anthony "Tony" Boone wrote that his stepson Dustin Boone decided to switch careers from electrician to city cop because he wanted to "follow in my footsteps." If racist text messages released in newly filed court documents are any indication, that's exactly what happened.
As protesters hit the streets in 2017 following the acquittal of a former police officer accused of murder, the elder Boone texted family members, "The zoo keepers cut off the supply of bananas and they are PISSED."
Two days later, he texted, "I'm sure the primate house will be the first to get broken into—free all their cousins and shit."
Federal prosecutors had focused on Dustin Boone's text messages during his two trials for the beating of a Black undercover officer.…
Thanksgiving and the holidays that follow it usually trigger humanity’s kinder instincts; you may find yourself wanting to give back to those who struggle during the holiday season — but you might not know where to start.
The St. Louis Area Foodbank aims to help St. Louisans give back this giving season with their "Season of Giving" campaign. Beginning today, the organization has various opportunities for the rest of November to get involved and help out our neighbors.…
A minor earthquake with an epicenter near Poplar Bluff struck Missouri Wednesday night and sent tremors that were felt across much the state, including more than 100 miles away in metro St. Louis.
Registered as a magnitude 4.0 by U.S. Geological survey, the quake's occurrence in the New Madrid seismic zone drew immediate reactions online.…
St. Louis will soon be getting a taste of globally-inspired Asian and Puerto Rican fusion cuisine courtesy of Saucy Porka(3900 Laclede Avenue). The Chicago-based restaurant has plans to open its first location outside of the Windy City in the former Kaldi's Coffee location on Vandeventer Avenue.…
Contrary to the beliefs of some of the more skeptical among us, not every person who uses cannabis is looking to get stoned out of their mind. In the medical marijuana community — the real one, where real people use weed to assist with real maladies — patients have to walk a tightrope, balancing cannabis' health benefits against its propensity to send its users into outer space.…
Shop until you drop this holiday season with the return of the City Foundry’s “WinterMarkt.” The City Foundry (3730 Foundry Way) has hosted plenty of marketplaces this year, but this one will help you support local businesses while also checking names off your gift list.
The marketplace is organized by the St. Louis-based organizations Women’s Creative and Joya. Hosted every Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. beginning November 27, the boutique market features 50 different vendors each weekend.…
If the pandemic has taught Tiffany Kaltenbach one thing, it's that people are willing to brave the elements and take their parties outside. That's why this year —instead of closing up shop for the season — she's turning her traveling bar theWandering Sidecar(thewanderingsidecarbarco.com) into a winter-themed pop-up party, Wandering Winterland.…
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