Group promotes after-school programs to ease gun violence
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – The return of a robust number of after-school programs is the latest course of action being…
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Builders of NGA seek minority-, women-owned businesses
DOWNTOWN – McCarthy Building Companies and HITT Contracting, a joint venture that will build the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new headquarters…
Seniors yearn for a Steakburger, or fries, as Steak ‘n Shake’s future seems shaky
BENTON PARK WEST – Back in the 1950s, Carol Schultheis recalls, teenagers had more in mind than fries and steakburgers…
Closed St. Louis charter school owes Missouri millions, state auditor says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a closed St. Louis charter school was overpaid $1.4 million after…
The curious tale of the St. Louis street barriers
Story and photos by JACK GRONE When Henning Lohse-Busch and his wife, Emily, relocated a few years ago from Chicago…
State agency tracked Planned Parenthood patients’ periods
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director said Tuesday that he had tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood…
Sav A Lot grocery brings new life to food desert
HAMILTON HEIGHTS – When Pete’s Shur Save grocery store packed its bags and moved to University City in December 2016, it…
Ex-FBI agent hired by Gardner in Greitens case faces March trial
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former FBI agent hired by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to help investigate…
Spencer, transportation committee clash on tabling airport privatization vote bill
CITY HALL – Depending on who is talking, action by an aldermanic committee last week could either advance proposals to…
Data breach at health center hits up to 152,000
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials at a St. Louis health center that serves needy, uninsured residents say a cyberattack has…
Bill would ban declawing of cats as cruel and inhumane
CITY HALL – A certified animal lover, Christine Ingrassia keeps her own cat, two foster cats, and a dog. In…
City awards $1 million contract to cut down 2,000 dead and diseased trees
CITY HALL – In St. Louis, it’s time to clear away a bunch of old trees – a couple of…
350-pound baby due next summer at the zoo
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The popular elephants exhibit at the St. Louis Zoo will grow by one next year. The…
North side aldermen stall freeholders nominations
CITY HALL – As the apparent deadline for approving the city’s nine members of a freeholders board passed, action stalled…
Sumner’s homecoming draws hundreds, including from Vashon
THE VILLE – Sumner High School. It’s the first black high school west of the Mississippi River. Situated at 4248…
Recent fires were intentionally set, residents fear
ACADEMY – Carl Solomon predicted that his house at 5107 Enright Ave. would catch fire. Sure enough, in the wee…