While a student in Saint Louis University's cannabis science and operations certificate in 2019, Ashanti Hasam, 41, started to learn the true power of cannabinoids. "I was learning different ways to help relieve [pain in] people without them having to take actual medication," she says, adding that in addition to business classes, the program also teaches about the holistic benefits of weed.
More details are emerging about the commercial building in downtown St. Louis that was the site of this weekend's mass shooting in which 11 young people were injured and one killed. Interviews with a former building manager, tenant and other downtown stakeholders paint a picture of a building that had a lax attitude toward security and an unlicensed bar operating sporadically on the first floor.
Inspiration comes from strange places for Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult of Sleepy Kitty. Take, for example, "Alceste in Silverlake," which might be Brubeck's favorite track from the indie rock duo's forthcoming album Blessing/Curse, due out June 23.
Beloved South City institution Courtesy Diner hit the real estate market on Friday. The South Kingshighway restaurant closed in May 2022 due to staffing issues. Marji Rugg, the restaurant's chief accountant, said the restaurant had had to go down from three shifts to one shift in the lead up to closing entirely, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The New York Times reminded everyone that Branson has an outsized homelessness and poverty problem on Saturday. An article about Elevate Branson, a nonprofit working to get Branson's low-income workforce affordable transportation to their jobs, included this startling statistic: "By some estimates, close to 20 percent of the people living in Branson are homeless or staying in motels.
Charlotte Sumtimes first started taking off her clothes for a crowd when she was 40. "I think it was one of those F U's to society for saying that that's not when a woman should be on stage and be proactive and take your clothes off for strangers," she says.
In the hours after 10 young people were shot downtown, police are focusing their investigation on the fifth floor of a Washington Avenue building, which despite being an office space, had a group of youths partying in it at 1 a.m. on a Sunday. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Tracy said at a press conference today 17-year-old Makao Moore was killed and nine others aged 15 to 19 were injured by gunfire this morning around 1 a.m. in the building near the intersection of North 14th Street and Washington Avenue.
Soul sensation Brian Owens will play a special St. Louis show, “Duets with Dad,” at the Touhill Performing Arts Center (1 Touhill Circle) on Father’s Day at 6 p.m. In 2013, Owens and his father, Thomas Owens, released a smash-hit cover of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come,” which garnered nearly 100 million views on YouTube.
Get on your best cottagecore duds and head to the Big Queer Picnic in Tower Grove Park this Sunday. Bring your own picnic and supplies (blanket, pillows, chairs etc.) to Tower Grove Park to spend the afternoon with the community. The theme is "cottagecore daydream."
City Nerd, a YouTube channel about urbanism, walkable cities and public transportation, recently found that two ZIP codes in St. Louis are a great deal for the rent price. Ray Delahanty, the host of City Nerd, crunched a huge data set that included all of the available apartments for rent in the United States. Using that, he calculated the median rent per square foot for each ZIP code.
St. Louis County prosecutors have charged a Georgia man with felony stealing after he and others used an "altered" bill to trick video slot machines in gas stations into letting them play for free. According to a police probable cause statement, when 29-year-old Tio Robinson was questioned by police about the scheme, Robinson defended himself by arguing that "the machines were themselves illegal." Police say Robinson and other men altered a $100 bill in such a way that a gaming machine would be tricked into thinking it had retained the currency when in fact the men could use it over and over again.
Bud Light has been dethroned. The beer that tastes like water has been beat in sales by Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager. But while Modelo overtook Bud Light in sales in the four weeks before June 3, according to NBC News, Bud Light still leads overall U.S. beer sales so far this year.
A St. Louis woman was charged Wednesday for allegedly throwing a credit card machine at an Imo’s Pizza employee after demanding a refund, according to police. Evelyn Williams, 30, now faces charges of assault, armed criminal action and second-degree property damage over the incident which occurred on April 30.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office announced today that it is bringing on five new prosecutors, new hires in addition to the five other prosecutors who have joined the office since May 30. Christopher Faerber, Bret M. Rich and Sherry Wolk are joining the office as assistant circuit attorneys. Allison Schreiber Lee and Terrence J. O’Toole Jr. are signing on as special prosecutors, meaning they will remain in their current private practice jobs while working pro bono to help the office clear its case backlog.
In 1901, a man submitted a 13-chapter account of his life to a medical fraternity in St. Louis. The submission, about 100 pages long and titled The Story of a Life, covered the writer's “strange” life.
Now that cannabis is legal in Missouri, drug-sniffing police dogs face early retirement if they are attracted to the smell of marijuana. Because some police dogs are sensitive to the odor of pot, they can compromise an investigation and prevent a successful drug prosecution.
Missouri superintendents are over it. The group has been retiring or resigning at higher rates since the pandemic hit, and the trend continues this year, reports the Springfield News Leader. The number is not official, but according to the Missouri Association of School Administrations, more than 95 districts lost their top leaders during the 2022-23 academic year. That includes St. Louis Public Schools, which lost superintendent Kelvin Adams in December of 2022.
Thursday 06/15 Raise Your Glass
If you've been on the fence about attending the new Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard, 314-577-5100), don't be.
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