A victim of convicted child sex predator Brandon Milburn is suing the First Christian Church of Florissant, alleging church leaders were repeatedly warned about the former youth minister's pattern of grooming boys and teens long before Milburn's arrest in 2014.
Two of Milburn's victims, abused in 2007 at the ages of eleven and twelve, reported him to police as adults. After a guilty plea, Milburn was sentenced in 2015 to 25 years in prison on seven counts of first-degree statutory sodomy.…
Dogs are man's best friend, but it turns out they're also our fiercest competitors: The dogs at Gateway Pet Guardians' animal shelter completely annihilated their caretakers in a viral hot dog contest.
To the tune of “Candy Shop” by 50 Cent, six staffers and five dogs go toe to paw in a hot dog catching contest. The TikTok has received over two million views and 300,000 likes on the site and is even going viral on Reddit.…
As spooky season closes out and the holiday season looms, you may be wondering just how to give back this year. If you’re a drinker and a giver, then Twelve Bars of Charity might just have the opportunity you’re looking for.
Twelve Bars of Charity, started in 2012, returns to St. Louis this year to raise money for eight different organizations.…
Once upon a time, if you walked into any bar in St. Louis looking for a classy cocktail, your options were likely to consist of an apple-tini or a Stoli Vanila and Coke. Then came Taste(4584 Laclede Avenue), Gerard Craft's revolutionary establishment helmed by acclaimed barman Ted Kilgore, that lit the spark that lit the city's beverage scene afire and changed the way we drink forever.…
Update: The following article has been updated to reflect comments from Chatawa owner Thomas Crone.
Chatawa(3137 Morgan Ford Road), the much buzzed about bar in Tower Grove South that opened late August of this year, will close after service this Sunday, October 31.…
Well, well, well, NFL; if it isn't the consequences of your actions (trusting the incurable weasel that is Stan Kroenke).
On Wednesday, the Rams owner was the subject of an anonymously-sourced ESPN bombshell that describes, in sumptuous detail, a Tuesday meeting in which various NFL team owners learned that Kroenke might not be such a great guy after all.…
Serious candy hauls require some heavy hitting of houses during the Halloween season. Yet, finding the perfect spot for your kiddos to trick or treat safely can be difficult, especially when it comes to busy streets and COVID germs.
The city of St. Louis is hoping to solve your family’s problem by providing a “fun, safe space” at five recreation centers for families to enjoy the Halloween spirit.
“Our staff has worked hard to make our recreation centers places where communities can come together, especially around holiday events,” Greg Hayes, the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Division Director, said in a statement.…
On a hot September Sunday in Missouri wine country, patrons lounge on a sun-drenched patio at Balducci's Vineyards in greater Augusta. Forests sweep up the surrounding hillsides, and though the tree leaves haven't yet started to turn, elsewhere you can just see the hints of the seismic change coming to this small town of a few hundred people alongside the Missouri River.…
From as early as the age of five, Josh Essman knew he wanted to be a chef. Singularly focused on following his passion for food, he has memories of putting together traditional Korean New Year feasts for his family as a middle schooler, and executing full-fledged, globally inspired catering jobs when he was a teen.…
Everyone has a hometown, whether it’s big or small. Today, Mayor Tishaura Jones joined Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert, elected leaders from all 50 states and other influential figures to launch the “Honor Your Hometown'' campaign.…
If you’re looking to get the kids out of the house this holiday season without exposing them to COVID cooties, the drive-through Holiday Lights at Grant’s Farm(10501 Gravois Road, 314-577-2626) event is a great option to explore.
It goes like this: You make a reservation for which night you’d like to roll through, you pack up the car with the kids and blankets and snacks, then you tune in the radio to holiday songs and slow-roll yourselves through a twinkling paradise.
St. Louis mini golf lovers, rejoice: The City Foundry(3730 Foundry Way), is getting a place to putt-putt your heart out — and it’ll be here by next fall.
Puttshack, a “tech-infused mini golf experience with global food and drink,” has signed a lease with the St. Louis spot, according to a press release. It’ll occupy the 26,500-square-foot space once reserved for Punchbowl Social, a virtual reality game space that fell on pandemic hard times and was unable to pull through with its St. Louis plans.…
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