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Residents Have Waited Years for New Sidewalks. Can STL Catch Up?

2 years 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Scott Green first called the city about his broken sidewalk about a decade ago. Tree roots were pushing up some of the slabs and turning them into trip hazards, and he wanted it fixed. Every year since, he’s called the city to remind them of his request. And of his elderly […]
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Harm Reduction Advocates Working to Prevent Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

2 years 10 months ago
From PBS News Hour: It’s been eight years since Doug Griffin lost his 20-year-old daughter Courtney to a fentanyl overdose. Her story, and Griffin’s loss, were featured during President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State of the Union address as he spoke about the toll of the opioid crisis in the United States. Griffin, the president said, is not […]
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Your Business Could Win 6 Months of Free Rent on Cherokee

2 years 10 months ago
Retail or experiential businesses longing for a space of their own might want to take a look at Cherokee Street — where the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District will choose one lucky company to take up residence for free. The offer is good for six months, no strings attached and no obligation for further payments unless the business chooses to stay on site after that. And it comes in a high-profile storefront, 2616 Cherokee, on the first block of Cherokee west of Jefferson in Gravois Park.
Sarah Fenske

Orchid Show

2 years 10 months ago

Experience a beloved tradition in a brand-new space as the annual Orchid Show returns in its new home in the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center’s Emerson Conservatory.   For most

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Long Awaited Riverpoint Development Underway in St. Charles

2 years 10 months ago
From KMOV4: A $350 million development project in the heart of St. Charles is underway as the first major tenant of the Riverpointe development begins construction. Kansas City-based Chicken N Pickle, an expansive pickleball and restaurant entertainment complex, is currently under construction just east of Streets of St. Charles. The piece of land nestled between Streets […]
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Costs Mount on Fix for Aging St. Louis County Government HQ

2 years 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  St. Louis County has already spent nearly $2 million to come up with ideas to replace or repair its aging government building. Now the county executive’s administration wants to spend millions more on detailed plans. The county paid $300,000 in 2020 to a group of consultants tasked with developing ideas. It has […]
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Guns N' Roses coming to Busch Stadium in 2023

2 years 10 months ago
Rock band Gun N' Roses recently announced that their 2023 world tour will kick off in June. Busch Stadium will host one of the shows on Saturday, September 9. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 24 at 10:00 a.m.
Reggie Lee

AUDIO: St. Louis Sheriff Uses Racial Slurs Against Own Deputy

2 years 10 months ago
St. Louis City Sheriff Vernon Betts grew so enraged that an employee failed to support him politically that he boasted of demoting the staffer, repeatedly referred to him using racial slurs and said he could have fired him for his actions, according to audio obtained by the Riverfront Times. The employee has now filed a lawsuit against Betts. Deputy Sheriff Steve Chalmers, 65, was demoted from the Civil Process Servers Unit to the Security Unit in November 2020 after seven years as a deputy, according to the lawsuit Chalmers filed last September.
Ryan Krull