FERGUSON -- Two people are dead after a shooting at a Ferguson gas station. A police officer shot the suspect, killing them. The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. at the QuikTrip on West Florissant Avenue. According to St. Louis County Police, a Ferguson police officer leaving the QuikTrip heard gunshots near the gas pumps. [...]
After 10 collective years of running Pizzeoli in Soulard and Pizza Head in Tower Grove East — though he’s since sold both of them — Pizza Via owner Scott Sandler comes to his new restaurant at 4501 Maryland Avenue in the Central West End with a few new ideas. He’s thinking artisan crusts, he’s thinking nuts. “I love nuts on pizza,” he says before going on to talk about a marriage of ingredients that isn’t on the menu yet, but possibly will be soon.
What most people might assume is a topic both sides of the political spectrum can agree on led to a lengthy debate on the floor of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen this morning. The topic in question? Whether to place a baby box at a north city fire station.
Just ahead of the international stoner holiday 4/20, local dispensary Swade Cannabis has announced it’s launching Best Buds, a series of infused dinners held in collaboration with some of St. Louis’ favorite local restaurants and chefs. Participating restaurants include Up Late, Pie Guy Pizza, El Molino del Sureste and Indo. Each meal will utilize a new product to the local cannabis market called “Stiribles,” an unflavored, water-soluble THC-infused powder from the High Five Edibles brand that’s manufactured by Teal Labs.
When St. Louis Police crashed an SUV into LGBTQ hotspot Bar:PM last December, it horrified many locals — but especially the leather group that has long considered the bar its home base: Rudis. The leather scene is believed to have grown in part out of World War II biker culture. Rudis President Nathan Shepard says leather clubs historically offered a safe place for men to wear leather, and they remain a way for the community to gather.
ST. LOUIS -- The family of Ben Polson, a St. Louis city firefighter who tragically died in 2022 while fighting a fire, has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of his safety equipment. The lawsuit claims that there was a critical failure in the equipment that contributed to his death. Polson died after a burning [...]
POCAHONTAS, Ill. -- A tragic incident occurred in Hawaii last Friday when a shuttle bus struck and killed a 68-year-old woman from Pocahontas, Illinois. The victim has been identified as Dianna Cricelli. According to investigators, the accident happened when the shuttle bus driver exited the vehicle without realizing it was still in motion. In an [...]
The star projector beamed its first show on April 16, 1963. A few people complained of a lack of headrests on seats, but lines kept forming for more star shows.
ST. LOUIS -- A warm and windy day Tuesday, with highs in the low 80s. By the afternoon, we’ll be tracking rain and thunderstorms. Some storms will be strong to severe. While the highest threat for severe weather is across northeast Missouri and western Illinois, we are just south of that zone and should be [...]
ST. LOUIS -- Two people are dead after a domestic violence incident that escalated into a shooting and subsequent police standoff. The tragic event unfolded late last night near Hartford and Bent, just south of Tower Grove Park. According to police, the situation began just after 9:20 p.m. when they received a call about a [...]
Over the last two decades, the number of newspapers in the U.S. has dropped by nearly a third. Rural areas have been especially impacted. But newspapers are experimenting with different strategies in an effort to keep local news alive.
An evangelist loudly preaching on the campus of St. Louis Community College-Meramec last week made hateful claims about Muslims — but it's the response by a campus police officer that has now triggered an investigation by the college. In a livestream later captured for posterity on YouTube, the street preacher, reportedly with a group called Kingdom Reconcilers, shouted that students should prepare for hell's "darkness and fire." "Many of you on this campus think your way is OK," the preacher lectured.
We won’t have to wait much longer to find out which artists are getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for 2024.It was revealed Monday on American Idol that…
When it comes to backdoor schemes to help the financial industry, the frequently progressive Senate majority leader is still the senator from Wall Street.
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