Missourians in need of help accessing public benefits saw wait times for the state’s long-overloaded call center increase in the final months of 2023. The average hold time for the state phone line dealing with food assistance interviews reached 1 hour and 12 minutes in December, more than double what they had been in August, […]
An off-duty St. Louis City police officer is recovering Wednesday morning after being shot overnight while confronting suspects who were allegedly breaking into cars, including his vehicle.
Police said the victim was unconscious and not breathing when officers arrived. Homicide detectives were called in to handle the ongoing investigation.
Launching in March, mobile coffee bar The Spilt Milk Café will be appearing at farmers' markets around St. Louis, as well as taking reservations for private events. Owner Phoebe Cuevas said the coffee cart is her first step on the road to eventually launching a brick-and-mortar cafe.
Ahmad Haynes and a handful of employees at BeLeaf Medical’s Sinse Cannabis site in St. Louis anxiously waited for the clock to hit 5 p.m. He and his coworkers had gathered outside the St. Louis Public Library’s Barr branch, where they had cast their votes to unionize earlier that afternoon on February 6.
Customers can expect the same offerings as the original Ellisville location, including the popular chocolate long johns and apple fritters, as well as Kaldi's coffee.
For years St. Louis restaurateurs have dreaded the city’s liquor licensing process and hit roadblock after roadblock on their way to obtaining these licenses. A new bill making its way through the Board of Aldermen seeks to change that, but opponents argue the bill hasn’t had enough public input and goes too far in removing neighborhood voices from the process.
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund A sign on the wall of Barbara Baker’s office proclaims “Everything Is Possible,” and Baker’s life might be the ultimate proof of that.
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