Nowadays it would be treated as snowmageddon. But the heaviest snowstorm St. Louis has ever recorded did not even make front-page news on March 31, 1890.
The upcoming mayoral election here between an incumbent and a perennial candidate is sparking debate about what it will take for Ferguson to accelerate, the impact of leadership and what progress has been made over the past decade.
St. Louisβ population dropped 2.38% from July 2021 to July 2022, to 286,578, according to census estimates. St. Louis County and the overall region also lost residents but outer suburban areas continued to gain.
The campaign, dubbed βDonβt Lie for the Other Guy,β aims to remind people it's a crime to buy a gun for someone who can't legally buy their own firearm, a maneuver often called a "straw purchase."
Bryant Pirtle, 20, faces several felony charges after prosecutors say he and another person shot Devon Williams at a BP gas station just north of I-70.