Imagine you are looking for a safe place to lay your head and instead of support you are given a ticket for $750 or thrown in jail for 15 days. This will be the reality for some of your most vulnerable neighbors.
On a list of butter’s best uses, there’s no question that laminated dough would be near the top. A painstaking process that results in a decadent, flaky layers, the technique dazzles in its most beloved form: the croissant. These five, produced by masters of their craft, are the embodiment of pastry perfection.
There was chaos on St. Louis highways last night when the roads went from wet to icy. Slippery streets caused multiple accidents across the area with one of the biggest pileups happening on Highway 64 near 270. People on the scene reported an 18-wheeler jackknifed in the middle of the highway with a whole line of multi-car crashes behind it.
Virginia-based Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, like a lot of coastal elites, struggles with the finer points of Midwestern geography. In the lead up to yesterday's Kansas City Chiefs win over the Cincinnati Bengals, Hawley did one of those dumb politician sports bets, waging Ohio Senator JD Vance some Missouri BBQ on the outcome of the game. The only problem for Hawley was that the BBQ he wagered was actually from Kansas.
The Rockwood R-6 School District is one of Missouri’s best, ranking fourth among 455 districts in the state — and in the top 3 percent nationally — according to the 2023 rankings at niche.com. But Rockwood holds another distinction that has not been officially measured: From all indications, the students’ proficiency in reading and language arts exceeds that of the school board.
Yesterday, an unidentified person called three LGBTQ bars in the Grove neighborhood and threatened to shoot them up, multiple bar owners say. All three bars that received threats are on Manchester Avenue in an area of St. Louis known for its LGBTQ nightlife. The strip is also frequently home to drag shows, which legislators in Jefferson City sought to place new rules on last week.
Kendall Davidson has a quiet, but strong force about him in person. That comes as no surprise after listening to his brand-new album Somewhere In Between and something each track reflects.
Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted to nearly double aldermanic salaries today. With a 15-8 vote, aldermen passed a bill that will raise aldermen’s salaries from $37,400 per year to $72,000 after the next general election in April.
Earlier this month an Illinois woman called BS on those cheap miniature bottles of Fireball Cinnamon liquor that have become ubiquitous at grocery store checkout lanes, in liquor stores and in the pockets of travelers about to get kicked off of airplanes. Anna Marquez is suing Sazerac Company, Inc, the maker of Fireball Cinnamon, in federal court. The suit claims that the product's label is so similar to that of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky it is intentionally confusing, leading consumers to believe that Fireball Cinnamon contains whiskey when in fact it does not.
They are all music people. The kinds of people who may have full-time jobs, kids and partners, but still carve out the time to join multiple bands, subgroups, trios and duos and make music.
It's the end of an era at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as layoffs across parent company Lee Enterprises have claimed the job of the last employee remaining on the newspaper's library staff. Once, even relatively small daily newspapers had operations to archive their work. Staffers knew they could visit the morgue (oh, that glorious newspaper lingo!)
A 16-year-old apprehended in Downtown West on Wednesday is potentially facing charges in federal court. The 16-year-old was apprehended with two other teenagers Wednesday afternoon when he was riding in a dark-colored Ford Fusion that was being pursued by police. The car ran a red light before colliding with another car.
A new 24-hour safe haven offering wrap-around services for people experiencing homelessness in St. Louis has opened in the city’s Old North neighborhood. The safe haven, called Grace House, is the first of its kind in St. Louis, according to St. Patrick Center.
Just one block outside the Grove’s main drag, a terrific bar has opened — a serious place for drinks on the edge of what’s often a gloriously unserious neighborhood. The Vandy (1301 South Vandeventer) opened January 17 in a building you might never have noticed, and even now could easily pass by.
The Lemps may be St. Louis' second-most famous beer brewing family, but they are way more haunted than their A-B counterparts. The Lemp family was once one of the most prosperous in town, but when they moved into a mansion in the Benton Park neighborhood in the 1860s, paranormal misfortune befell them.
Charges were filed today in St. Louis Circuit Court against an 18-year-old whom police say was one of three individuals in a stolen car that was involved in a collision in Downtown West yesterday. Today, prosecutors charged Cameron Brown with two counts of tampering with a motor vehicle and one count of resisting arrest. SLMPD Major Janice Bockstruck said yesterday that police and federal authorities had formed a joint task force to investigate the recent spree of carjackings in St. Louis.
Throughout history, cats have been viewed as both divine creatures and bad omens capable of bringing bad luck. But lately, we tend to think of cats as fluffy friends we love to snuggle and adore. This is especially true at cat cafes like Whisker Station Cat Cafe and Lounge (212 North Kirkwood, 314-394-1071) in Kirkwood, where adoptable cats keep customers company as they munch on light snacks.
Books are everywhere — in the library, in your house, in those little shelves on the street. But have you ever thought about how they were made? No, not the words.
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