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Saint Louis Art Museum closed Tuesday, Wednesday due to power outage

1 year 3 months ago
The Saint Louis Art Museum closed early Tuesday and will remain closed through Wednesday due to a power outage. A spokesperson with the art museum said that around noon Tuesday, a transformer went out of service and caused the power outage. The art museum closed shortly after the outage and will remain closed Wednesday. There is no estimated time on when the power will be restored, the spokesperson said. All tickets for "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" will be refunded,…
Alli Hebel

Long-awaited demolition of shopping mall near Florissant began Tuesday (Photos)

1 year 3 months ago
Tear down began on a once-popular north St. Louis County landmark. Jamestown Mall has been sitting empty now for nearly a decade along Jamestown Road and Highway 67. Several St. Louis County and state leaders came together at the old Jamestown Mall to mark the start of the demolition Tuesday. The tear-down began at 10 a.m., after remarks from public officials, who've been working on this for years now. "This is by far the most personal and important one to me because of the fact that we have…
Mercedes Mackay

Judge rejects, rewrites summary for Missouri abortion initiative petition

1 year 3 months ago
A Cole County judge rewrote the ballot titles for six initiative petitions seeking to enshrine the right to abortion in the Missouri Constitution, ruling that 13 phrases in the summaries written by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft are “argumentative” or unfairly biased. In a ruling issued Monday morning, Circuit Judge Jon Beetem wrote that the summaries crafted by Ashcroft completely ignored the initiative proposals’ protections for contraceptives and other reproductive health needs. In a…
Rudi Keller

Confusion continues over how hemp was processed in recalled Missouri cannabis products

1 year 3 months ago
At the center of Missouri’s massive marijuana recall is a THC concentrate, or distillate, made partially from hemp. Robertsville-based marijuana manufacturer Delta Extraction has denied accusations that it illegally imported marijuana into the state by arguing it actually imported a non-psychoactive hemp product that was converted into THC once in Missouri. The commissioner overseeing Delta’s appeal of the recall and license suspension said the company will likely lose that argument, because…
Rebecca Rivas