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The festival, which returns Sept. 28-29 to Forest Park, features a lineup of more than 28 national, regional and local acts.

Artists like The Who, Santana and Jimi Hendrix have fans all over the world, but their music is no longer limited to folks here on Earth.Billboard reports that digitized recordings from a slew of…

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Chicken Out, the fast-casual fried chicken sandwich restaurant, has shuttered its last remaining brick-and-mortar location, in Kirkwood. A social media post teases "other concepts" are to come.

Last week, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent letters to the heads of three St. Louis County school districts, ordering them to "cease and desist" after receiving reports of discriminatory policies.

For semi-obvious reasons, I’ve been following developments at Bluesky closely, given that my Protocols, not Platforms paper was originally part of the reason Jack Dorsey decided to create Bluesky. I have no official association with the organization, though I did help Twitter review some of the early Bluesky proposals and spoke with a few of […]

With a high violent crime rate and claims of inequitable policing in St. Louis, local leaders are questioning the $100,000 per year Chief Robert Tracy receives from local business owners. “Can the criminals get together and pay the chief?” asked one alderwoman. ProPublica reporter Jeremy Kohler talks about his story on the topic.

Join us Monday, February 26, at 5:30 p.m., for a free public lecture with architect David Dowell. Dowell has been a partner at architecture firm El Dorado for more than […]

The post The Historic Preservation Lecture: David Dowell appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

Hundreds of students within the St. Louis Public School District were left stranded Monday morning after many Missouri Central Bus Company drivers called off.

In the Missouri legislature, 2023 was the year of bills targeting trans people. But there is a bigger picture here: For observers of the national picture, Missouri is a bellwether and a trendsetter. We sit down with two trans journalists to talk about what they’re seeing in Missouri in this movement, and this moment. Joining the discussion is Erin Reed, the author of the newsletter Erin in the Morning; and Evan Urquhart, founder of Assigned Media.

Late February record warmth had St. Louisans out and about at our area parks. But there’s also a warning from fire officials due to the windy and dry conditions.

It serves about 25,000 Scouts, making it one of the five largest local Boy Scouts organizations in the country.

Two suspects have been taken into custody after a pursuit ended Monday in St. Louis, according to officials.

The shooting occurred before noon in the 400 block of Montauk Drive, near Festus, said Grant Bissell, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

The Beatles have had one of their Billboard records broken, this time by Taylor Swift.This week’s Billboard 200 features three Taylor albums in the top 10: 1989 (Taylor's Version), Lover and Midnights. That…

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St. Louis has seen its second-warmest February on record, so far. And temperatures are set to climb even higher, toward 80 degrees.