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It's been two years since Dogtown was filled with St. Patrick's Day revelers, but this spring on March 17, organizers hope the streets will go green once again. "We're back. The parade's back. The Dogtown festival is back," Jim Mohar, the parade's publicity chairman, said. The parade is run by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mohar said they've been working with City Hall and their local board of aldermen representative to make sure things are good to go, and the numbers are looking better and…

HDA Architects hopes to build a hotel, ground-floor restaurant, multifamily residential and parking structure at the site in downtown Clayton.

The number of Covid-positive patients in St. Louis-area hospitals is starting to decline from the record-high numbers of the Omicron variant, but hospital leaders said their staff is still stretched thin. "We're finally starting to see some good progress in our fight against Omicron," Dr. Alex Garza of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said in a briefing Tuesday. "Our hospitalization totals continue to bounce around a little bit, but in general, they're trending down. And that's really…

"We'll be opening for takeout only to start, but guests will soon be able to stick around and enjoy a beer with their pizza once our patio opens."

Why is tax lawyer who runs political action committees suing school districts?

The pandemic has exacerbated the growing gap between people with extreme wealth and those struggling to make ends meet. What does wealth inequality mean and what does it look like in St. Louis?

This column is prompted by a question from a long-time statehouse observer as to why Missouri’s legislature has become so divided. My answer involved the number of changes in the statehouse over the decades. A major cause has been the deep and growing ideological divide for the public and elected public officials. Years ago, a […]

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The newest winners of Purina’s annual innovation initiative include early stage companies that have developed an array of technologies and products, ranging from plant-based treats to a social network for dogs.

For about six days in 1918, William M. Riley was the first elected Black lawmaker in Missouri's state legislature.…

State Representative Brian Seitz was called by God, in his telling, to serve in the Missouri General Assembly.…

"Our history is going to the grave," says Butler, "and nobody is telling the stories. That’s what we need to stop."

"Our history is going to the grave," says Butler, "and nobody is telling the stories. That’s what we need to stop."

The pop-up pizza concept from Elmwood’s Adam Altnether and Chris Kelling now has its own location next to Shared by Side Project, plus a 60-seat, four-season patio on the way.

The pizza concept from Elmwood's Chris Kelling and Adam Altnether finally has a home of its own.

Pizza Champ, which started as a takeout concept at Chris Kelling and Adam Altnether's Elmwood restaurant in Maplewood, is their second establishment.

Hidden recorders, dirty politicians, and the corrupt companies that financed it all.

The so-called 'solar tax' could be a boon to low-income families.

But a move to hire a firm that did work for the Treasurer’s office gets pushback from the board of the St. Louis Development Corporation.