Residency requirement stifles city, should be dropped, department heads say
CITY HALL – All through the city’s government, managers are telling the same story: Jobs are going unfilled, forcing employees…
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Armed strike force to fight violent crime here
An armed force of federal and local law enforcement is aiming to target St. Louis to help fight the continued…
MoDOT asks residents for suggestions on calming Riverview Blvd. traffic
BADEN – MoDOT has set aside $4.3 million to resurface and construct a median on a stretch of Riverview Boulevard…
Play Gloria! Blues head to first Stanley Cup Final in 49 years
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues are marching into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in…
Hundreds gather near Arch to protest abortion ban
DOWNTOWN – Tuesday at noon, activists, political leaders and concerned citizens gathered at Luther Ely Smith Square near the Gateway…
Annie Malone parade continues to wow spectators, help families
DOWNTOWN – Scores of spectators lined up Sunday along both sides of Market Street downtown to get an eye- and…
Edwards declares city safe despite cop shortage
CITY HALL — To St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards, one of the biggest things holding back the city…
Lack of applicants keeps city jobs vacant
CITY HALL – Good jobs are going unfilled in city government because nobody’s available to fill them. In hearings on…
Spring Fest seeks to grow relationship between cops and the community
A good, positive day in the park: no drug deals, no riffraff, no arrests. It was just police making a…
Children hip hop to music and stories at the library
DOWNTOWN – On Friday morning, parents brought their kids to St. Louis Public Library’s Central location for “Hip Hop Storytelling…
Bruce Franks to resign from MO House seat
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist who became a prominent urban voice in Missouri’s largely conservative…
8-week abortion ban passes, heads to Parson
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature approved on Friday a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of…
ReCAST recognized by FOCUS St. Louis
St. Louis ReCAST – a grant-funded effort to promote community well-being – has been recognized by FOCUS St. Louis as…
It’s not just the murders: Gunshot wounds taking enormous toll on survivors
Last week, Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club football alum Ezekiel Elliott, now star running back for the Dallas Cowboys, offered…
Muny updates its stage to ‘make the magic’
FOREST PARK – The Muny might feel a bit different when it opens for its 2019 season in June. That’s…
New apartments signify resurgence of Morgan Ford business district
TOWER GROVE SOUTH – Tenants are snapping up the 26 apartments and three first-floor retail spaces of a just-completed three-story…