Neighbors band together for event that combines street clean-up, networking and beer
BENTON PARK WEST – A small but eager group gathered outside Earthbound Beer on Cherokee Street around 3PM on Thursday…
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The Central Library celebrates Hip Hop Appreciation Week
DOWNTOWN – This week the Central Library will host the 6th Annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week. Jam-packed with events Monday…
Alderman wants to bring back State of the City addresses
A presidential State of the Union Address always is a great made-for-television spectacle. Sometimes, it also provides insight into what…
MoDOT continues work on I-44 bridges in city
Relief is in sight for long suffering south side users of Interstate 44, but only if you judge relief in…
Crime concerns eclipse airport talk at ward meeting
DUTCHTOWN — Concerns over public safety trumped airport privatization at a south side ward meeting this past week, after a…
New look for old bank retains historical style
The site of a bank robbery so iconic that it inspired a Steve McQueen movie is being downsized. But don’t…
Public safety to go under microscope at meeting
To improve public safety in the city, 23rd Ward Alderman Joe Vaccaro says it’s time to put everything on the…
VIDEO: Spire packs up, leaving mess and angry residents
UPDATE: Spire workers returned to this street on May 13 to restart work on the project. They were accompanied by…
Tesseract Theatre premieres first annual Festival of New Plays
GRAND CENTER – In 2010, Taylor Gruenloh saw a production of Lisa D’Amour’s “Detroit” at Steppenwolf in Chicago and knew…
Sells: Blues a big winner, St. Louisans win bigger
On a Tuesday night at the corner of 14th and Clark, we saw what it can look like when sports…
Treasurer wants $15 minimum wage for her office, battle with Aldermanic president may be brewing
CITY HALL — St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones says “it’s only right” to raise the wage of everybody…
Missouri budgeters move to end rule on immigrant tuition
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a debate being watched closely by St. Louis’ immigrant community, Missouri budgeters have moved…
Rebuild or relocate? Big decisions ahead for burnt-out museum
SHAW — The owners of the burned-out Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum want to reopen in St. Louis, but they cannot…
Alderwoman seeks citywide vote on residency requirement
By Jim Merkel The SouthSider A South Side alderwoman says it’s time to end the requirement that city employees live…
Better Together decides it better wait on St. Louis merger
DOWNTOWN – Better Together, the group working to merge St. Louis city and county governments, has pulled its plan…
Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee Street
BENTON PARK – Cinco de Mayo and the festival surrounding it is something business owners in the Cherokee Street district…