City treasurer changes banks, makes cash
By Jim Merkel The SouthSider By switching much of its business to two new banks, the St. Louis City Treasurer’s…
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North St. Louis residents fed up with slow response of city on maintenance and cleanup
HYDE PARK – Getting city help when it comes to basic cleanup of things like trash, brush and debris is…
Safety or discrimination: company’s zip code policy scrutinized
OLD NORTH – Safety or discrimination? A local company has drawn criticism for refusing to work in certain neighborhoods based…
The future of comedy is female at The Heavy Anchor
BEVO MILL – Once a month at the Heavy Anchor in south St. Louis, women pack the lineup of a…
Health, happiness and sisterhood
ST. LOUIS—Since 1996, GirlTrek has focused its energy on the health of black and brown girls and women, motivating them…
Aldermen keep gallery open to public
DOWNTOWN – Newly-approved rules would keep lobbyists, along with anyone else interested in pending legislation, off the floor of the…
Alderman seeks dress code for meetings
DOWNTOWN – John Collins-Muhammad says it’s time for every alderman and alderwoman in the City of St. Louis to look…
Bill would regulate medical marijuana facilities
DOWNTOWN – Less than six months after Missouri residents voted to allow state-licensed physicians to dispense medical marijuana, a St.…
2020 city budget has biggest reserve in 11 years
DOWNTOWN – A proposed new general fund budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 shows the city in better…
Ramps at edge of Tower Grove Park to help disabled
TOWER GROVE – Everybody on the south side knows Tower Grove Park for its statues, its trails and its farmers…
Tales of troublemakers fill Shameless Grounds
BENTON PARK – A pirate who commanded thousands. A swordsman who broke into a convent to rescue her lover. Soviet…
Church brings old neighborhood theater back to life
DUTCHTOWN – For seventy years or so, people living around the Melvin Theatre could see the best in movies, from…
Consultants want some ‘LOVE’ in Bevo Mill makeover
BEVO MILL – There’s nothing wrong with the Gravois Avenue business district around the Bevo Mill that a little LOVE…
Close the Workhouse hosts “People’s Budget Hearing”
GRAND CENTER – The Close the Workhouse campaign convened last Thursday evening at the Deaconess Foundation for what they called…
Reset Africa Reset America
DOWNTOWN – In the coming weeks, City Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will be in talks with the Ugandan Parliament to…
34-unit apartments building approved in Ellendale neighborhood
ELLENDALE – Some neighbors worried that putting a 34-unit loft apartment building in a former school building might clog parking…