One year ago this week, three area prosecutors gathered in a briefing room near the St. Louis County courthouse to announce that a 30-year-old cold case had been closed. Earlier that day, murder charges had been filed in three different jurisdictions against 73-year-old Gary Muehlberg.
A Missouri woman yesterday filed a lawsuit against Six Flags, saying she suffered serious injuries to her back and neck when an overgrown vine "in the shape of a noose" caught her around the neck as she rode the Log Flume in Eureka. The Log Flume, as anyone who has been to Six Flags knows, is a water attraction in which amusement park-goers sit in a vessel that looks like a hollowed-out log and then ride along a flume of water.
St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Scott Millikan today denied a request from former KDHX Andrea "Drea" Stein for a temporary injunction that would have restored her status at the station. After hearing arguments from both Stein's attorney Christopher Blake Schwartz and Adam Hirtz of Jackson Lewis, who is representing the St. Louis radio station, Judge Millikan declared that there was not enough evidence to show that Stein has suffered both long term and immediate harm. [content-1]
"It's kind of limited in what I can do today under the statute, under the rules of the court," he said, saying that he didn't find the allegations rose to the level of a temporary restraining order.
Small Sharing Plates With Expertly Curated Wine Pairings Showcasing Heart Of City Winery’s Winemaking City Winery, the culinary and cultural experience for local wine enthusiasts, has launched a new elevated “Pairing is Sharing'' dining experience showcasing the heart of their winemaking.
A woman has died after crashing her vehicle into the Brentwood Target early Wednesday morning. Multiple outlets report that an unidentified woman, 20, slammed into the Target at 25 Brentwood Promenade this morning and died at the scene.
St. Louis community radio station KDHX has hired a lawyer in advance of several pending legal issues, Board President Gary Pierson revealed at a virtual board meeting Monday night. Pierson identified a lawsuit from Andrea “Drea” Stein and an attempt from the DJs to institute a collective bargaining agreement as the impetus.
On Sunday, organizers of the annual bike ride Moonlight Ramble sent an email to participants apologizing for the event’s cancellation. A third-party security contractor failed to secure the route, the email explained, and drivers had streamed into the course.
A St. Louis judge Friday issued a ruling barring the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from publishing any information from a mental health evaluation of an accused cop killer until his trial has concluded. The controversy around the mental health report has been before Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Hogan for four months now — and stands as a rare case of prior restraint barring the daily newspaper from publishing.
Fields Foods' last two remaining locations have closed after months of uncertainty over the future of the small grocery chain. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Fields Foods' final locations in Downtown West and Lafayette Square closed Saturday with no notice. The most recent closures come after the grocer's locations in Dogtown and Skinker-DeBaliviere halted operations in July.
Last month's hostage situation at the St. Louis City Justice Center brought increased scrutiny and a greater public awareness of the reportedly deplorable conditions at the facility. In the weeks since a 73-year-old guard was taken hostage, demonstrations have been held outside the jail and a bill introduced at the Board of Aldermen creating a pathway for members of its civilian oversight board to have access to it.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s annual free concert in Forest Park is the thinking St. Louisan’s event of late summer — one of the few things everyone can agree is worth braving that horrible Hampton Avenue I-64 exit to attend. And this year, we have the perfect way to avoid that snarl of a roundabout and get your Strauss and Sousa too.
Nothing kills a good roller rink buzz like some bad music. One minute you're happy and dancing while you’re rolling along to the beat and then: What’s this song? Matchbox 20?
A storm is brewing in local weather coverage in St. Louis. Today in federal court, the parent company of KMOV (Channel 4) filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that KSDK (Channel 5) stole the phrase "First Alert Weather" from them.
The era of rampant speeding and drivers running through red lights in St. Louis may soon come to an end. The city is working to bring red light cameras back.
Pretty soon, if you're shopping at the Galleria and you get peckish, it will basically be a crime to head down to the food court. That's because one of St. Louis' favorite Thai restaurants is opening its doors just a short drive away. That's right: The King & I will be open at its new location at 8039 Dale Avenue in Richmond Heights come Wednesday.
A prominent personal injury attorney was charged with felony assault on Friday for allegedly attacking a man who was with his estranged wife. According to police, John Wilbers sat in his wife's car in Maplewood "waiting for her to show up" on Friday.
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