Choir Vandals Releases Animal Style Records Debut, Dark Glow
Like a lot of young bands, Choir Vandals rose from the ashes of several even younger bands — groups such as Strangers Now, Best Friends and Forever Young that had shared bills at DIY basement shows...
View ArticleProsecutors Question Why Stockley Was Allowed to Search Suspect's Vehicle...
Before becoming a prosecutor this year, Robert Steele's career as a defense attorney spanned 24 years and more than 100 trials. Now, in his very first trial for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's...
View ArticleLoop Trolley Wants Another $500K from St. Louis County
If the Loop trolley doesn't get more money from St. Louis County taxpayers, the entire region's federal transit funding could be in jeopardy. That's the doomsday scenario being claimed in a report...
View ArticleThe Muny Wants to Sell You a 15-Person Ferris Wheel
So what if NIMBYs blocked the Ferris wheel that was once envisioned for the Delmar Loop? And why cry over the similar fate that befell the one once planned for Downtown St. Louis? You can now buy your...
View ArticleWyndham Lathem, Ex-Washington University Scientist, Wanted in Chicago Killing
A former Washington University researcher is the subject of a national manhunt following the killing of a man in Chicago. Microbiologist Wyndham Lathem, 42, is wanted for the stabbing death of a...
View ArticleFormer Kinloch Mayor, Wife Admit to Stealing Fire District Money
Two former top Kinloch officials, who happen to be married, have pleaded guilty to charges connected to the theft of funds from Kinloch's Fire Protection District. Darren Small, 51, served as...
View ArticleThe City Says It's Cracking Down on Tax Incentives. It's Not
While city elected officials and the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) have spent significant time touting their new “guidelines” for the use of tax incentives, it is already becoming apparent...
View ArticleFestival for Soulard Shooting Victim Moves to Grand Center After Huge Response
The response to plans for a new arts festival benefiting St. Louis dancer and Soulard shooting victim Rain Stippec has been so big that the festival has already outgrown its original venue. Stippec...
View ArticleThree Days in, the Murder Case Against Jason Stockley Rests on Audio and...
Over the last three days, prosecutors have called eighteen witnesses to testify in the murder trial of former St. Louis cop Jason Stockley, and nearly every one of those witnesses has been questioned...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: August 4 to 6
The Open Highway Music Festival and the Burbs Music and Art Fest plant a big exclamation mark on a packed weekend that offers a hip-hop showcase, a legendary noise act and the return of glam legends...
View ArticleSt. Louis Pot Kingpin Thomas Anderson Jr. Made $10 Million Profit,...
A St. Louis county man who started out with small-time sales of marijuana to students at Mizzou eventually grew his enterprise into a multi-million dollar business that brought more than 2,000 pounds...
View ArticleGrove Sign Damaged by Passing Garbage Truck
A portion of Manchester Avenue was closed around noon today after a passing vehicle smacked into the Grove's overhead sign, damaging its underside. The street was closed from Sarah Street to...
View ArticleSweetFixx Is Now Open in the Grove, Offering Luxury Desserts
The wall of SweetFixx(4420 Manchester Avenue), the new bakery in the Grove, says it all: "Kiss boring desserts goodbye." And if that's the command, you're well on your way to achieving it by visiting.…
View ArticleThe Sweet Divine Is Open Again, with a Stylish New Storefront
Ten months after flames gutted the Sweet Divine(1801 S. 9th Street), the Soulard bakery is back in business. The local favorite went up in flames last October due to a malfunctioning compressor under...
View ArticleSt. Louis County NAACP Reverses Course, Applauds Missouri Travel Advisory
Just days after the St. Louis County chapter of the NAACP criticized a "travel advisory" issued by its national conference for Missouri, the local branch has returned to the fold. In a statement...
View Article'This Place Is Hell': An Undercover Trip Inside St. Louis' Workhouse
By reputation, the St. Louis Workhouse is a mold-infested pit whose 700-plus detainees — nearly all of whom are merely awaiting trial — are drawn from the ranks of the poor, addicted, homeless and...
View ArticleRichmond Heights Man Who Impregnated Disabled Woman Faces Rape Charge
In the summer of 2016, authorities say Edward Crockett, 47, targeted a disabled woman on her daily morning walk through her neighborhood, approaching her with promises of marriage and a baby — even...
View Article'Save the Raise' Boasts 100+ St. Louis Businesses Pledging to Pay $10/Hour
More than 100 businesses in St. Louis have committed to paying wages higher than the law requires — keeping a $10-per-hour rate even as a new state law will soon drop the city's minimum wage back down...
View ArticleIn The Half Beneath, B. Robert Wilson Explores the Life of a Slave — His...
St. Louis writer B. Robert Wilson's first book may be a novel, but its inspiration still comes from real-life — the very real life of his great great grandfather. John Lyle Wilson was born a slave,...
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