Tower Grove Park will break ground Tuesday on new basketball courts — bringing them back decades after their removal and, in the eyes of some, helping make the park more racially inclusive.
This article originally ran on St. Louis Post Dispatch on June 13, 2023. The recent opening of a major expansion of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport’s terminal was marked at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday attended by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other officials. The project added more than 41,000 square feet to the terminal, almost doubling its size. The expansion area […]
Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 building, the
The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms
EDWARDSVILLE – City Park in downtown Edwardsville once again will feature fun for all ages as part of Arts in the Park, the Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department’s summer-long series of free events. Fresh off last weekend’s blockbuster Edwardsville Route 66 Festival, this long-running summer tradition returns with concerts, movie nights, a children’s art program, theatrical events and a new feature – a family-friendly improv series. “There’s so much to see and hear in City Park over the summer,” Mayor Art Risavy said. “We are excited to provide these fun activities for everyone to enjoy.” The fun gets underway this Friday, June 16, when the Zydeco Crawdaddys cook up Cajun-flavored tunes to kick off the Friday Night Concert series. Concerts are set for June 16 and 23, plus July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 8 p.m. on the City Park bandstand. The lineup also includes Lustre Lights, Honkey Tonk, the Steve Ewing Band, Blue Suede
Prosecutors said Marty admitted to living in the warehouse on the 2900 block of N. Jefferson Avenue while it was being used to store and disassemble stolen vehicles.
"It is painfully clear that my colleagues are not familiar with the disinvestment that has occurred in southeast city," said Alderman Shane Cohn, of Dutchtown.
A community group is calling for more police presence downtown.
Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis released a report Tuesday claiming the downtown area is significantly understaffed by police.
The report comes after months of troubling incidents downtown from shootings to fights to large crowds taking over the streets.
Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis is a group made up of residents, developers and business owners all passionate about downtown, who want to see it better.
Chair…
One would think that the US would have a museum dedicated to the history, interpretation, and evolution of maps–a National Map Museum if you will–but we do not. If such a place existed, you might expect to find it on the National Mall in Washington D.C. among all the other great institutions there that hold […]
Story after story after story has showcased how the intentionally convoluted adtech and data broker market sloppily traffics in all manner of sensitive consumer data, whether it’s your daily physical movements (say, the last time you visited an abortion clinic), your granular browsing habits, your medical history, your household energy use patterns, or even your mental health data. This massive trove […]
Greenwood Cemetery is in the St. Louis County community of Hillsdale. It was established in 1874 and is believed to be one of the oldest historically Black cemeteries in the region.
Shovels dug into the dirt Tuesday morning at Tower Grove Park near Arsenal Street and Bent Avenue.
St. Louis leaders broke ground while trying to break a stigma.
Two new basketball courts are coming in late fall to the 289-acre park, and crews were already hard at work following the ceremony. A ribbon cutting could happen in late October or early November.
The two full-size courts will have post-tension concrete for durability and four nets total.
Bill Reininger, the executive director of Tower…
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