ST. LOUIS -- A vacant house in south St. Louis caught fire early this morning. This was on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood. There are no reports of any injuries. Firefighters are investigating the cause.
Most of the films are from the relatively recent past, but the festival also includes Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" and Jean Cocteau's "The Storm Within."
On April 11, 1934, lawyers filed incorporation papers for the new Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association. It would change the face of downtown St. Louis forever.
Over the last month, Muslims across the world have observed the holy month of Ramadan with fasting, gatherings for meals, community prayer, and intentional giving. And yesterday marked Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan. We hear from with a range of St. Louis area Muslims about the way they’ve experienced Ramadan this year:
On the surface, Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale can be interpreted as an indictment of excess and selfishness. Dive in a little deeper, however, and you will find a poignant examination of love, death, loss and despair that’s deeply personal and affecting. In St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s finely wrought production, director Annamaria Pileggi and a talented cast mine those depths, finding connection in loneliness and compassion in sorrow.
A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday dug into complaints against a Missouri-based student-loan servicer, though the organization’s executive director refused to attend. Wednesday’s meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs focused on the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, or MOHELA, and other loan servicers that have received widespread criticism in […]
A 54-year-old man from Maryland caused an entire floor of a St. Louis County hospital to be evacuated yesterday after he barricaded himself in his father's room and threatened to "blow up the hospital." Robert Connor has since been charged with two felonies for making terroristic threats and resisting arrest. Connor reportedly barricaded himself in his father's room at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights after traveling here from Maryland and becoming "upset about his father's condition and the nature of his treatment."
Humans have been fascinated with space — the stars, planets and the possibility of extraterrestrial life — for as long as they’ve been looking at the night sky. In the United States, that fascination, particularly with alien life and the possibility of them visiting and observing our planet, created a significant subculture active since the middle of the 20th century. West End Players Guild explores the phenomena in a captivating, suspenseful production of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Dark Matters.
After months of speculation and chatter in the community, Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis at 999 North Second Street in downtown St. Louis has officially announced Ramsay’s Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay, a multi-Michelin-starred chef and TV personality, is opening in the restaurant space formerly home to Cinder House. Few details are available at this time, but Ramsay’s Kitchen is slated to debut in a soft opening period on Wednesday, April 17, with a grand opening celebration to take place in June. "The Ramsay’s Kitchen concept, inspired by chef Ramsay's travels, will take guests on a global culinary journey," according to a statement from the hotel, which also said that details on the menu and decor, as well as images, will be shared in the coming weeks.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones' announcement last month of a city-wide hiring freeze was met with confusion and criticism from members of the Board of Aldermen, highlighting a split between the two branches of city government that has become apparent in recent months. Details shared at the Budget and Public Employees Committee Wednesday suggest that this may not be so much a hiring freeze, but is rather a hiring frost and doesn’t impact as many positions as one might expect. Jones announced the freeze on March 29, the day after aldermen overrode her veto of the firefighter pension bill.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule that would require anyone selling a gun to obtain a federal license and conduct background checks. The rule aims to close what’s known as the “gun show loophole.” Gun merchants who sell online, by mail or at flea markets and gun shows until now […]
As a humanitarian aid worker, having traveled to over 40 refugee camp sites around the world throughout Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, I have seen the worst of human nature: experiencing second-hand trauma through horrific recounts of torture, sexual assault, slaughter, and oppression. Yet even after all of my field experiences, I have […]
ST. LOUIS -- A smash and grab in the city's Tower Grove South neighborhood. Burglars broke the front door of the Girlfriend's Boutique at Gravois and Bamberger. surveillance video shows one person standing outside while at least four others exit with boxes and clothing The owner says they may have gotten away with $20,000 worth [...]
ST. LOUIS -- After a wet night, the steady rain will pull away to the east Thursday morning. However, scattered showers will linger through the day. It will be a windy day as well, gusts up to 40 mph. Highs in the low 60s. Skies will clear out overnight. Breezy with overnight temperatures falling to [...]
Billy Idol's single “Rebel Yell" was a huge hit for him, thanks to its video being in heavy rotation on MTV, and that was exactly what he was hoping for when he…
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