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An inmate escaped from the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center around 5:30 p.m. on February 3.

A 17-year-old boy escaped shortly before 6 p.m. from the Juvenile Detention Center at 3847 Enright Avenue.

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: It would be easier for Bell if he could show his progressive bonafides, and what better way than freeing an unjustly convicted Black man from prison?

Drawn from the rich collection of the National Building Arts Center (NBAC), Urban Archaeology brings together salvaged architectural elements from landmark buildings, residential homes and neighborhood institutions built in St. […]

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Bold abstraction and intense color are signatures of the New York-based painter Sarah Crowner, who brings these elements to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, beginning Sept. 8. In three new site-specific […]

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Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela will present a new site-specific installation and solo exhibition on the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall. Favela creates vibrant large-scale murals and sculptures […]

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents new works by Dominic Chambers at his first museum exhibition in his hometown of St. Louis.   Chambers creates vibrant paintings that engage […]

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents Montreal-based artist Hajra Waheed’s first major solo museum exhibition in the US.   Waheed’s multidisciplinary practice explores the legacies of colonial and state […]

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in […]

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Police responded to Forestwood Park on Ferguson Avenue at about 4:30 p.m.

Pecans are a long-term commitment, with 13 years from planting trees to harvest.

Claude McGee is a little-known figure in Missouri history. He was one of the 40 inmates executed in the gas chamber from 1937 to 1989 when the Missouri State Prison death row was closed. Subsequently, all capital punishment inmates were transferred to a new prison in Potosi.

Federal Reserve officials have said countless times they take a “data-dependent approach” to their policy decisions. But what if the data isn’t as dependable as it once was?

The Missouri Botanical Garden’s ever-popular orchid show returns on Jan. 27. The Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one […]

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Installed in summer of 2022, the two electric vehicle chargers on the Marietta Parking Lot haven’t always worked. Often one worked and the other didn’t. Now they are both out of commission. The city is waiting for the vendor, VSA (Veterans Serving America), to service the charger. Ward 3 Councilman Nick Homa talked with City […]

If you are looking for the best free places around St. Louis, here is a list curated by our Facebook viewers. The attractions listed have free general admission, but parking at the location might not be.