Each year, more celebrations crop up around Juneteenth, which celebrates when Gordon Granger, a Union general, told the enslaved African-Americans of Galveston, Texas, that they were free on June 19, 1865. This was about two months after the Civil War ended. The holiday now has come to encapsulate Black liberation and is a federal holiday.
There might be other pizza towns — New York and Chicago can do their own thing — but it's hard to say there's a better pizza town than St. Louis. Even if you're not a fan of the divisive Provel cheese, you still have a plethora of pizza options that range from no-Provel St. Louis-style pie to charred and chewy Neapolitan-style fare. The St. Louis pizza passport is the natural outgrowth of all that.
Date of sighting: June 14 Location: Barton Street, between 10th and Menard in Soulard. What's going on here: We can't help but suspect this is the Moorlands peeping Tom of light poles.
Looking back, Martha Bass and Sophie Mendelson were destined to be together. Both were interested in food systems from both a sociological and environmental perspective. Both had committed themselves to pursuing academics and shared many of the same values.
One week after city prosecutors dismissed triple murder charges against him, a St. Louis man is now being charged with drug trafficking after being caught in the county with 800 pills of fentanyl. For almost three years, Joshua Amerson, 20, had been facing three counts of murder stemming from an an alleged July 2020 drive-by shooting that took place in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. The victims in the incident were Malik Taylor, 22; Elijah McKinney, 18; and Daijon Nearing, 18.
St. Louis CITY SC’s culture thrives off belief and trust. This unwavering confidence presented itself after CITY’s 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy on Sunday.
Molly Housh Gordon is a Unitarian-Universalist minister from Columbia, Missouri. Gordon also has an autoimmune disease that can make pregnancy a life-threatening condition. That’s one reason Gordon joined other religious leaders in a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s near-total abortion ban, arguing the lawmakers behind it are openly using the law to impose their religious views on others who don't share them — in violation of the Missouri Constitution.
When Obiefuna, a teen living in Nigeria, is caught fooling around with his family's male apprentice, his father sends him to a strict, Christian, all-male boarding school. There he encounters homophobia but also finds friends and even lovers.
To celebrate Pride, the RFTÂ invited our sister publication Out in STL to take over the paper. Here, Out in STL editor Chris Andoe talks about the headwinds that the LGBTQ+ community is facing in Missouri, as well as some of the signs that everything's going to be all right.
We were hopelessly lost, two gay teenagers who sneaked away from Tulsa looking for the promised land but were now driving in circles because we couldn't read a map. My best friend Donald stared intently out the passenger window, seeming to search for landmarks to guide us.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital registered nurses gathered on the side of Grand Boulevard this morning to protest for better conditions for fellow nurses and their patients. During the one hour event, organized in solidarity with thousands of nurses nationwide in a Day of Action held by National Nurses United, a labor union, the SLU Hospital RNs joined voices in chanting for change — many sacrificing lunch breaks, stopping by after a shift or returning to the medical campus on their day off to do so.
At the beginning of Tyler Childers’ sold-out show at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Childers noted that “besides festivals and things, this is, like, the biggest Tyler Childers gig we’ve ever played.” Indeed, the place was packed with 18,000 fans who, incredibly, were on their feet for the entire two-hour show singing along to songs that get zero radio airplay. Even during a five-song opening sequence featuring Childers alone on stage with his acoustic guitar, the crowd — heavily composed of young fans in boots and ballcaps — squealed with recognition at the first guitar chords of each song.
Dispensaries may be banned from selling recreational marijuana in Des Peres, depending on a vote by residents next year. Last night, Des Peres aldermen voted 5-0 to be the first city in the area, and the second in the state, to put the recreational dispensary question in front of voters, Post-Dispatch reports.
Last Wednesday, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell surprised just about everyone by announcing his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Josh Hawley. Bell will have his work cut out for him. His first opponent will be former Marine Lucas Kunce, who has already racked up numerous endorsements and some impressive fundraising.
Basketball courts at Tower Grove Park are now underway. Local and state officials broke ground on basketball courts that will be near Arsenal Street and Bent Avenue in the southern end of the park today.
Here's a fun little exercise the next time you're at a public place: Mention The Flash and witness people immediately get into a discussion/debate about just how batshit-insane Ezra Miller is. That's what happened when I brought up the movie at a neighborhood bar.
Taylor Swift’s rebound is headed to the Enterprise Center (1401 Clark Avenue) as part of his band’s biggest North American tour to date. Of course, we’re talking about The 1975 (and the band's lead singer, Matty Healy, who was just recently in headlines for being linked with Swift…and all of his problematic comments), which is embarking on the Still … at Their Very Best tour.
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