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KMOV.com
April 27, 2018
Delaney Glazer discovered her talent to dance at Renee's Dance Studio in Ellisville, MO when she was 3 years old. By the time she graduated Lafayette High School in 2014, she knew it was time to chase her dream of becoming a professional dancer, she couldn't hold off. She made the move to LA andÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
Castillo, a member of the Mariachi Los Compadres band that performs in St. Louis-area festivals and restaurants, was charged in 2013. He was accused of trying to fondle a 12-year-old girl who was a friend of his relative during a sleepover at Castillo's wife's Ferguson home in late 1992 or early 1993.
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
Autism on the rise again: 1 in 59 children in St. Louis are diagnosed by age 8 .... to 2.5 percent of boys and nearly 1 percent of girls, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that tracked thousands of 8-year-olds at several sites across the country, including St. Louis.
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
No plaque lauds his work, no building bears his name, but the best choice for “Father of St. Louis Radio” is Brother George E. Rueppel. Rueppel was a Bavarian librarian and Jesuit brother at St. Louis University who founded WEW, one of the oldest radio stations in the United States. He was 82 when heÃâà...
fox2now.com
April 27, 2018
ST. LOUIS, MO — Area restaurants will donate some of their profits Thursday to the 25th annual Dining Out For Life event. It helps fund the fight against HIV and AIDS in St. Louis. Eat at any of the participating restaurants and at least 25-percent of your check will go to help Saint Louis Effort for Aids. Some ofÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
ST. LOUIS • Shots fired near the intersection of North Taylor Avenue and Margaretta Avenue at about 10:24 p.m. Thursday struck a vehicle with five occupants and a nearby firehouse and firetruck, ... No St. Louis Fire Department personnel were in front of the firehouse at the time of the shooting, police said.
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
ST. LOUIS • Police issued an alert on Thursday for a 69-year-old man with dementia who vanished from his home a day earlier. ... or has information related to his disappearance is asked to calll 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or the St Louis Police Department at 314-444-5738.
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
ST. LOUIS • A woman was killed and a child suffered a severe cut to the head in a head-on crash in the 8200 block of Hall Street on Thursday evening, according to police. Police responded to the crash around 8 p.m.. The woman was taken to Barnes Jewish Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
St. Louis American
April 27, 2018
I have lived in St. Louis city my entire life and have enjoyed living in this city. Although life has allowed me to travel to many beautiful places, I have always felt that St. Louis was my home. I felt a bit disappointed when my adult children left home and vowed to never live in St. Louis ever again. HoweverÃâà...
KSDK.com
March 21, 2018
ST. LOUIS — James Comey, Jay Leno, Gloria Steinem, Jeb Bush and several other notable personalities were announced for the upcoming St. Louis Speakers Series season. The St. Louis Speakers Series, presented by Maryville University, begins the season on Tuesday, October 9, with former FBIÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 21, 2018
Popular country band Rascal Flatts is planning a St. Louis location for its restaurant concept. A building permit application filed with the city earlier this month indicates the restaurant is eyeing space in the MX District (Mercantile Exchange) at 600 Washington, Ave., as first reported by development news siteÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 21, 2018
The St. Louis County Police Department will continue to ensure that officers treat every member of our community with dignity and respect. ... had used racial epithets while ordering officers, sometimes during roll calls, to racially profile black people in and around shopping centers in south St. Louis County.
STLtoday.com
March 21, 2018
St. Louis Police investigate a homicide on Ridge Avenue and Arlington Avenue after a 22-year-old victim was fatally shot, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in St. Louis. ... Homicide detectives were called to the scene of a shooting on Tuesday night and found a man with a head wound, St. Louis police said.
STLtoday.com
March 21, 2018
According to St. Louis County's election website, Stenger and Mantovani were the only Democrats in the running as of Wednesday, but candidates have until March 27 to file. Other candidates who have filed so far include Republicans Paul Berry III and Daniel Sampson, and Libertarian Nick Kasoff.
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 21, 2018
This Saturday, demonstrators across the country will take to the streets and march in support of gun reform, in a movement spurred by the Parkland school shooting that claimed the lives of seventeen students last month. St. Louis is one of the cities participating in the event; activists will gather at UnionÃâà...
Riverfront Times
March 21, 2018
When Jason Holler and his wife Kate packed up and moved to Austin in late 2014, they knew they were in for some big changes. Just months before, Holler had performed with his group, Kentucky Knife Fight — a St. Louis favorite, and recipient of many music awards from this publication — for the last time.
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 21, 2018
As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported yesterday, the city quietly changed its self-reported stats recently to show that it had given away $29.6 million through tax incentive financing in 2017 alone — much higher than the $17 million previously reported. Much of that money would have gone to the cityÃâà...
Riverfront Times
March 21, 2018
When she made the decision to move to St. Louis, she had only previously been to the city to visit a friend. But money was a powerful motivation; she knew that being on a fixed income would not sustain her in San Francisco. In her late 60s she decided to make one more move, to have one more adventure.
TIME
March 21, 2018
Both the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the St. Louis County Department of Public Health are investigating. Measles symptoms usually appear seven to 14 days after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The first symptoms can include highÃâà...
fox2now.com
March 7, 2018
ST. LOUIS - After decades of feeling ashamed, made fun of and hiding her underdeveloped leg, a St. Louis woman decided to have it amputated. Last summer, Kristy Wimberly made the tough decision to have her right leg amputated above her knee. It was a decision 25 years in the making. “When I was 5,Ãâà...
STLtoday.com
March 7, 2018
There are hidden treasures within St. Louis' cultural jewels. We asked St. Louis museums and cultural institutions to share beloved exhibits from each of their institutions. These may not be the most popular selections of all time, but they have proven to be crowd favorites, drawing big numbers over the yearsÃâà...
CityLab
March 7, 2018
Crape applied the last time the St. Louis Housing Authority opened its waitlist—a fleeting five-day window in July 2014. Over the course of those five days, 27,708 residents of St. Louis put their names on the list. In other major cities, the demand for vouchers is just as extraordinary. The last time ChicagoÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 7, 2018
St. Louis Police Maj. Joseph Spiess (who was a captain when this photo was taken). Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; Print; Save. BRENTWOOD • A 32-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department has been tapped to run the Brentwood department. The Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Monday nightÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 7, 2018
ST. LOUIS • The latest homemade video of a daring stunt motorcyclist is making the rounds on social media — and St. Louis police are featured in an unlikely role. Stunt riders long have boasted that St. Louis is a haven for them. Some say St. Louis police are so preoccupied with violent crime that they don'tÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 7, 2018
Repeatedly calling his affair a private matter and saying questions had already been answered, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was peppered with more questions about it as he presented his budget proposal to reporters at a news conference in his capitol office in Jefferson City on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 7, 2018
Did you see this thing? It was huge! It seemed like all of St. Louis stopped yesterday and pointed at the sky and shouted "Rainbow!" After all of the crappy weather lately, we earned that rainbow. And as Dolly Parton says, "If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain." Rainbows only occur whenÃâà...
Riverfront Times
March 7, 2018
During her travels through China during World War II, war correspondent and St. Louis native Martha Gellhorn bet her then-husband, Ernest Hemingway, that a foreigner she'd spotted on a train hailed from her hometown. "I think it's a law," Gellhorn wrote in Travels With Myself and Another. "When you getÃâà...
Riverfront Times
March 7, 2018
St. Louis has a history that stretches back beyond the birth of America. We have been French, Spanish, German, the last city in the East, the first city of the West, the second-greatest metropolis in the country, a broken hulk rapidly losing population and a city fighting its way back to respectability. Yet to listenÃâà...
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 6, 2018
A viral video making the rounds on social media today offers compelling evidence that shit is indeed wild on these St. Louis streets. ... on a motorcycle, and it shows a second man riding very close to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department vehicle while standing on his bike and executing a wheelie.
fox2now.com
March 5, 2018
ST. LOUIS, MO — About 180 college students from around the country will be spending their spring break in our area. The non-profit group Living Lands and Waters invites college students to spend a week cleaning up rivers around the country. Different groups will be in Grafton over three weeks in marchÃâà...
St. Louis Game Time
March 5, 2018
Through the middle of December of this 2017-18 season, only the Tampa Bay Lightning had more points than the St. Louis Blues, and it looked like the Blues were contenders for the Presidents' Trophy. A title they have seeked since their memorable 1999-2000 regular season. St. Louis rang in the newÃâà...
fox2now.com
March 5, 2018
ST. LOUIS, MO — One man was shot and killed early Monday morning in north St. Louis. Police say the man in his 20's was found around 2:45am on Shreve Avenue just north of I-70. Homicide detectives are investigating. No word yet on suspects or a motive.
fox2now.com
March 5, 2018
Madison County Sheriff John Lakin recently said the county is starting to feel the effects of being close to what he calls “one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.” The sheriff's comment came after St. Louis resident Tyrone Grady was shot and killed in the rural Illinois village of Glen Carbon onÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 4, 2018
With a steady rise in e-commerce driving demand for new logistics space, strong economic fundamentals and plenty of land still available to develop the giant warehouses the industry wants, St. Louis is coming off one of its strongest years for industrial real estate. And many in the industry locally aren'tÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 1, 2018
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 -- An un-identified pedestrian walks by the Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel and Suites (400 S. 14th St.) in the Edison Brothers Warehouse, Tuesday in downtown St. Louis. Large painted murals decorate the exterior of the hotel. More than 400 guests attended the ribbonÃâà...
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 1, 2018
DANNY WICENTOWSKI; Sam Dotson was let go from his job as the city's police chief last year. The mother of former St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson has entered a guilty plea. Carol Dotson, 70, was accused by federal prosecutors of embezzling more than $2 million from the Olivette commercial realÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 1, 2018
ST. LOUIS • Five news media companies Thursday filed a motion in Gov. Eric Greitens' invasion of privacy case seeking advance notice of pretrial court hearings. The motion filed Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court complains that “proceedings in this case have not been readily accessible to the public or toÃâà...
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 1, 2018
Since he clearly needs a break from a government devouring itself with accusations of cover-up and criminal behavior, President Donald Trump is heading to, uh, Missouri later this month. Here, he'll be a featured guest at a fundraiser for Attorney General Josh Hawley — a Republican who hopes to win aÃâà...
fox2now.com
March 1, 2018
ST. LOUIS, MO — Do you want to name one of the city's newest and fastest growing districts? Saint Louis University and SSM Health are asking the public to help come up with a title for the section of Midtown that connects their campuses. The name of the district will be announced on March 20.
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 1, 2018
St. Louis Ballet is known for its classical productions of grand ballet on the big stage at the Touhill. But this weekend the company expands its purview by presenting a program of contemporary ballet in an intimate venue. Its Go! series offers you the chance to see the world premiere of a new piece by KevinÃâà...
fox2now.com
March 1, 2018
ST. LOUIS, MO — A water main break has closed several area schools Thursday. Morning classes have been canceled today at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Classes have also been canceled at Lucas Crossing Elementary and Normandy 7th-8th Grade Center. A fire hydrant was being replaced inÃâà...
fox2now.com
March 1, 2018
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Two St. Louis area state lawmakers are trying to quiet discussion about a St. Louis City and County merger in the state Capitol. Sen. Gina Walsh, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors, and Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, filed a resolution Wednesday. It would prevent the General AssemblyÃâà...
Riverfront Times (blog)
March 1, 2018
It was a busy month in the St. Louis suburbs. Pi Pizzeria closed in Kirkwood, citing its landlord's redevelopment plans. Vernon's BBQ also saw a much-lamented closure in University City, while candy shop Rocket Fizz said goodbye to the Loop. But more than a few exciting openings made up for it.
