Hero Dog Saves St. Louis Family from Burning Home, Is Very Good Girl
A St. Louis area dog is being hailed as a hero after saving its entire family from a house fire. River, a black Labrador retriever who spends her time living with the Beaudreau family in south county,...
View ArticleWash U's 'Gatekeepers' Keep a Construction Zone Smiling
Danyeal Crittenden and Marjorie Lindsay couldn't be blamed for complaining about their jobs. The pair have a two-year assignment as "gatekeepers" on the edge of Washington University, charged with...
View ArticleNewly Announced: Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Hot Snakes, FemFest 4 and More
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention.…
View ArticleCatholic Priest Gerald Hechenberger Busted With Meth, Child Porn in Metro East
A Catholic priest in the Metro East was trading in child porn and drugs, authorities say. Belleville police detectives served search warrant at 7 a.m. on Monday at Holy Childhood Catholic Church in...
View ArticleSleeping 8-Year-Old Shot When Gunman Fires Into Her Bedroom
An eight-year-old girl was sleeping early this morning when someone shot into her house, hitting her in the leg, St. Louis County police say. The girl was in her bedroom when a bullet burst through...
View ArticleVietNam Style Is Now Rebel @ VStyle, Serving Asian Fusion
VietNam Style, the well-reviewed Vietnamese restaurant on the eastern edge of the Delmar Loop, is now Rebel @ VStyle(6100 Delmar Boulevard, 314-405-8438) — an Asian fusion spot with a late-night...
View ArticleSt. Louis Pastor Charged with Child Molestation
A St. Louis minister has been charged with molesting an underage girl. Jesse Claybon, the 47-year-old pastor of New Age Missionary Baptist Church, abused the girl multiple times between the beginning...
View ArticleThe Best Things to Do in St. Louis this week, January 12 to 17
Our pleasant-weather reprieve is over, and now we're headed back to the ice mines for a few days. That's OK — there are a lotta indoor events to tide you over, and the lone outdoor one has beer.…
View ArticleI Pay $80 Every Month to Ride a Metro Bus, and I'm Happy
Twice a day, five days a week, I ride the mighty 97 bus from county to city and back again. I walk a brisk mile to avoid a transfer and the occasional delay, but walking's good for you; besides, I...
View ArticleParm Pasta & Sandwich Co. to Open on Cherokee This Month
The sandwich shop planning to open on Cherokee next week, Parm Pasta & Sandwich Co. (2619 1/2 Cherokee Street, 314-833-3034), will be a father-and-daughter operation. Diane Maijala has spent her...
View ArticleEric Greitens Is in the Hot Seat. But We're Wrong to Let a Spurned Ex Drive...
Last night, KMOV dropped the bombshell that everyone who's anyone in Missouri politics has been whispering about for more than a year: Governor Eric Greitens had an affair. He confirmed it.…
View ArticleLawmakers Begin Call for Greitens Resignation —'Stick a Fork in Him'
As the scandal around Governor Eric Greitens' infidelity and alleged blackmail swirls into a maelstrom, some state lawmakers are already calling for resignation. And the calls are not restricted to...
View ArticleDriver Charged with Being Drunk in Crash That Killed His Son
A Florissant teen had been drinking before flipping his car last summer in a crash that killed his fourteen-month-old son, authorities say. Keshawn Hampton, 19, was charged today with a driving while...
View ArticleSTL's FarFetched Collective Kicks 2018 off with Two Stellar New Releases
When he was a young hip-hop head, taking his first serious dives into the outer boroughs of the art form, Mathias James became transfixed by the sounds he heard coming out of LA's underground scene.…
View ArticleNelly and Vatterott College's Ex'treme Institute Cut Ties
Vatterott College, a for-profit career training institute with locations set up all around the Midwest, has removed rapper Nelly's name from its St. Louis-based music production program, the Ex'treme...
View ArticleWomen's March Returns to St. Louis January 20
Get out your pussy hat and posters: The Women's March intends to again make its way through downtown St. Louis. Last year's St. Louis march drew an estimated 20,000 women and their allies — even as a...
View ArticleJames O'Keefe, Noted Bullshit Artist, Is Coming Back to St. Louis
James O'Keefe, the filmmaker behind a hilariously busted scheme to embarrass the Washington Post back in November, is heading to St. Louis next week to bask in a conservative love-fest courtesy of the...
View ArticleBurglars Shoot Their Way Out of Dogtown Liquor Store After Owner Locks Them In
A pair of burglars narrowly escaped from a St. Louis liquor store after the owner locked them inside. Patrick Wrzesinski, owner of Patrick's Dogtown Liquors, lives above the store and heard the...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: January 12 to 14
As the city plunges back into a mini ice age, St. Louis offers the kind of hot and heavy shows that would feel right at home in the dead of summer. For one, Tef Poe unleashes Black Julian 2 with a...
View ArticleMean Superintendent Refuses to Call Snow Day Despite Bribes, Music Videos
Hillsboro Schools superintendent Doc C. Cornman will not be moved. Not by begging, not by bribery, not even by well-reasoned discourse delivered in rhyme and put to video. Absent a sufficient amount...
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