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Unusual objects are lurking in the Missouri Historical Society Collections! Some seem spooky to modern viewers, like death masks. Others sound gross, like art and jewelry made of human hair. And some present us with mysteries, like this coffin handle that spent more than half a century buried underground in Virginia before somehow making its …

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Lynn Hinton, an 8th grade English Language Arts teacher with the Parkway School District at Northeast Middle School, will be honored by The St. Louis American Foundation as an "Excellence in Education" awardee at the 2021 Salute to Excellence in…

America’s favorite drag queen, Trixie Mattel, has spent some time in St. Louis these past couple of days recovering from emergency surgery.

The television star, YouTube celebrity, podcast host, makeup entrepreneur, icon and skinny legend was headed into St. Louis for an event at Webster University but an emergency appendix surgery ruined all of those plans.


A Tweet posted last night said that Mattel was recovering at St. Mary’s hospital after Mattel’s appendix “basically imploded” on the airplane into town. Mattel hadn’t felt well lately and this explains it all.


That Tweet has since been removed but you know that Mattel is speaking the truth because this tweet from last night showed Richmond Heights as the location and referenced a Lindsay Lohan clip that is extra funny when one is bored and laid up in a hospital bed because their appendix got turnt.


We reached out for an interview but Mattel’s people declined.…

The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and children across the country are planning their spooky costumes. Holidays and other festivities during a pandemic can spark both …

Homer G. Phillips Hospital was internationally known as a state-of-the-art institution and for training Black medical graduates, when few institutions in the U.S. did so. Former nurses and a historian remember its legacy.

In this "bonus" episode, Farrakhan Segog talks to St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum about his work on a commission tasked with drawing Missouri Senate districts. Shegog was interviewed for a larger story on the state legislative redistricting process, which has historically deadlocked. Shegog, though, is optimistic.

Kelli McCrary, executive director of the Downtown St. Louis Community Improvement District, discusses the tax district’s quest for renewal and vision for downtown amid criticism from some local property owners.

Grab your masks, your costume and get ready to party: The Central West End’s Halloween party is back on this year and it’s shaping up to be a good time.

Billed as the “Legendary CWE Halloween Party,” the party takes place on Maryland and Euclid Avenues, with the festivities running all day on October 30.…

A victim of convicted child sex predator Brandon Milburn is suing the First Christian Church of Florissant, alleging church leaders were repeatedly warned about the former youth minister's pattern of grooming boys and teens long before Milburn's arrest in 2014.

Two of Milburn's victims, abused in 2007 at the ages of eleven and twelve, reported him to police as adults. After a guilty plea, Milburn was sentenced in 2015 to 25 years in prison on seven counts of first-degree statutory sodomy.…

The Board of Aldermen passed a resolution prohibiting construction of new schools in the city of St. Louis Friday.

The 30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is back this year with both virtual and in-person programming at the Tivoli Theater, Washington University, Webster University, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and the St. Louis Public Library’s Central Library Auditorium. Kicking off on Thursday, November 4, and running through Sunday, November 21, the fest is stacked with offerings from local filmmakers, international festival hits, and upcoming awards contenders. There’s no wrong way to enjoy SLIFF, but here are some highlights we think you shouldn’t miss:

KANSAS CITY — Evergy can retire two more coal-burning power plants within the decade without sacrificing affordability or massively increasing rates, environmental advocates say in a new report. The electric utility, which serves 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri, is scheduled to stop burning coal at its Lawrence plant by the end of 2023. […]

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Dogs are man's best friend, but it turns out they're also our fiercest competitors: The dogs at Gateway Pet Guardians' animal shelter completely annihilated their caretakers in a viral hot dog contest.

To the tune of “Candy Shop” by 50 Cent, six staffers and five dogs go toe to paw in a hot dog catching contest. The TikTok has received over two million views and 300,000 likes on the site and is even going viral on Reddit.…

Sister concept Grand Pied, under the same roof, will remain in operation.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is meeting with congressional Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to pitch lawmakers on a new slimmed-down framework for what would be included in a massive social reform package, according to senior administration officials. The $1.75 trillion blueprint that Biden is presenting to Democrats includes a universal pre-K program for 3-and-4 year-olds, […]

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The space will be rebranded to an expansion of Brasserie, Craft's French bistro concept.

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I went down to the South Riverfront bright and early on Saturday and cut through the flood wall. The sun was shining across the Mississippi River. The water level is still low, but I think it has been rising a… Continue Reading →