The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force rescued 95 Labrador retrievers — both adults and puppies — from Sho-Me Labradors for multiple, repeated violations of Missouri’s Animal Care Facilities Act. For the last five years, Sandra Kozlowski, owner of Sho-Me Labradors in Memphis, Missouri, has been included on the national “Horrible 100” list — which catalogs the worst dog breeders in the country.
Fans of the beloved Bosnian daytime spot Balkan Treat Box have much to celebrate. The Nalic family is holding the grand opening for their second concept, Telva at The Ridge (60 North Gore Avenue, Webster Groves), tomorrow. A counter-service cafe and coffee shop, Telva is located within Rolling Ridge Nursery and will sell roasted coffee, salad, soup, pastries, tartines and more.
The first record I ever owned was a 45 rpm single of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” the infectious whistling, bones-clacking jazz instrumental originally recorded by Brother Bones and His Shadows in 1949. We’re not talking with-my-own-money owned: I was six years old at the time, so the single was delivered overnight by the Easter Bunny, of all things, the vinyl record nestled into my Easter basket amid shredded-plastic grass and jelly beans.
Some city leaders had an easier time than others at last night’s public safety town hall. The event, which went down at the Urban League and was so packed as to require multiple overflow rooms, saw six of the City of St. Louis’ top elected leaders answer pre-selected questions from the public in a conversation (of sorts) moderated by Ward 10 Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat is supposed to keep postal carriers from delivering the mail. But they’ve apparently given up on that whole gloom of night thing.
Imo's celebrating 60 years is exciting stuff. After all, one cannot even begin to talk about St. Louis food without mentioning the most St. Louis food of them all: cracker-thin pizza topped with the outrageously melty "cheese" that is Provel.
Officers behind the wheel of a St. Louis police SUV collided with a sedan at a Downtown West intersection yesterday, the third such police crash in the city in less than a month. Video of the collision shows a light-colored sedan move through the intersection at Olive and 20th streets at what appears to be a normal speed. It makes impact with a speeding police SUV near its rear wheel.
With more Missouri school districts switching to four-day weeks — including some of the largest — education leaders and state legislators are raising concerns. Four-day weeks have been an option for Missouri schools since 2011, and now over 30% of the state’s districts have adopted this shortened week — serving around 11% of the state’s students.
There’s a new spot to get a sandwich in Florissant called Big Belly Deli, located at 392 St. Ferdinand St., next to Helfer’s Pastries. Lifelong friends and now business partners Chris Timmermann and Nick Boyd opened the deli last month.
For the past three years, Series Six has been one of the region's favorite places to purchase apparel that shows off St. Louis pride. As of this past weekend, the shop can now claim a St. Louis address. Series Six opened its (new) doors at 3719 Watson Road in Lindenwood Park on Saturday — a location that it boasts is six times the size of its previous storefront in the Boulevard shopping center in Richmond Heights.
Around 19,000 young Catholics descended on downtown St. Louis last week for the annual Seek conference, put on by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students at the Dome at America's Center. The conference promised five days of life-transforming speakers and a performance by Judah and the Lion.
One day after media outlets published a photo of a St. Louis City Justice Center detainee with an untreated, cantaloupe-sized hernia, the jail has banned attorneys from bringing in their phones when they meet with clients. The photo of Kevin O'Shaughnessy was taken by public defender Erika Wurst and given to multiple media outlets yesterday at a bond hearing for O'Shaughnessy.
Porano Pasta (13323 Manchester Road, Des Peres) is making its comeback in March 2024. Niche Food Group’s fast-service restaurant, which shuttered its original downtown St. Louis location in 2018, will be making the move to a shopping center in Des Peres.
A local destination for St. Louis-style Italian cuisine has closed one of its outposts. The Town & Country location of Massa's (14312 S Outer 40, Town & Country) served its last meal on December 30. "We appreciate you all and hope you have a blessed and Happy New Year," its Facebook post read simply.
Missouri Representative Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis) plans to withdraw a bill he pre-filed that would have banned behavior that's already illegal. Mackey has, for years, attempted to bar law enforcement officers from using the smell of marijuana alone as probable cause for warrantless searches of property. One of the bills he pre-filed for the state's legislative session, House Bill 2132, sought to do just that.
More than 40 percent of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday. About half of those owners came from California, Michigan, Louisiana and Arizona collectively.
UPDATE: Less than one day after issuing a mask mandate for city employees, the City of St. Louis has pulled back a bit on its authority:The mandate has now become a strong recommendation, with strong recommendation in (actual) italics. The new guidance went out to city employees at 2:45 p.m. on the same day the new mandate had gone into effect. It follows some grumbling from mask foes suggesting the city's health director, Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, did not have the authority under state law to issue such a mandate.
Last September, Opportunity Trust, a St. Louis nonprofit that aims to support education reform initiatives, was awarded $35.6 million in federal money to expand access to charter schools in Missouri. Since then, the nonprofit has beenquiet about how they plan to use this unprecedented amount of money to improve education.
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