As suspected, Aerosmith is saying goodbye to the road. The band just announced dates for their “Peace Out” farewell tour, featuring special guests The Black Crowes. “It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT!,” the…
My doctors have been insistent that if I spike a fever above 100.4 I should get myself down the ER. Last night that happened—though just barely. The ER thermometer clocked me at 100.6, and that set off a truly impressive blitzkrieg of testing. I didn't really understand it. They took blood tests by the dozens; ...continue reading "Health update"
Workers at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park carefully attend to Murphy and bald eaglet 23-126 while fielding inquiries from around the world about the unlikely pair.
For decades, academics have been trying to warn anybody who’d listen that the death of your local newspaper and the steady consolidation of local TV broadcasters has created either “news deserts,” or local news reporting that’s mostly just low-calorie puffery and simulacrum. Despite claims that the “internet would fix this,” fixing local news just wasn’t […]
Soundgarden, Warren Zevon and Iron Maiden are among the artists who made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2023 fan ballot, Billboard reports. For the past 10 years, the…
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked for a new judge to oversee the Missouri attorney general's efforts to remove her from office — but the attorney general's office is asking the judge to make one more crucial decision before he is replaced.
Gardner’s attorneys, Jonathan Sternberg and Michael Downey, filed a motion for a change of judge Friday to remove Judge John Torbitzky.
Requesting a change of judge is a right both sides are given, and attorneys do not need to state their reasons…
If you ever run into Flea and want to impress him with your musical knowledge, here are some songs to study up on. The Red Hot Chili Peppers co-founder has…
A few days after a judge called the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office a “rudderless ship of chaos,” another violent crimes prosecutor is off the boat. Assistant Circuit Attorney Alex Polta has parted ways with Kim Gardner's office, leaving the city’s violent crimes unit with only three prosecutors remaining, according to a document shared with the RFT.
Mike Shannon, the St. Louis native who became the voice of his hometown team for 50 years, has died. He was 83.
The team confirmed the news Sunday afternoon.
Shannon was born and raised in St. Louis, graduating from CBC High School in 1957 and attended the University of Missouri for a year before signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958. He made his major league debut in 1962 and played his entire career with the Cardinals.
After a nine-year career with two World Series championships, Shannon…
A World Series winner as a player and the big, booming voice of summer as a broadcaster, St. Louis native spent more than 50 years as a champion of Cardinals and baseball.
By Rick Hummel, Derrick Goold and Dan Caesar • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
KISS’ Paul Stanley is facing some backlash after posting his thoughts about gender confirmation treatment for children, suggesting it’s been “turned into a sad and dangerous fad.” “There is a BIG difference between…
Friends and family of Monsignor Salvatore Polizzi are saying goodbye to him this week. The priest whose efforts to organize and preserve The Hill neighborhood died last Monday.
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