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…
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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…
Ted Drewes celebrates 90 years
LINDENWOOD PARK – St. Louis’ favorite summer treat turned 90 this past Thursday. Ted Drewes on Chippewa celebrated 90 years…
Krewson says city is on the move, despite census data
DOWNTOWN – Mayor Lyda Krewson celebrated the halfway point of her four-year term in office by bragging about all the…
Director of embattled city agency steps down
DOWNTOWN WEST – Caught up in a controversy over mismanagement of public funds, Dr. Alice Prince has resigned as director…
New tattoo shop opens on Jefferson
BENTON PARK – If you’re on Jefferson with some free time, why not stop in for a tattoo? Arch Nemesis…
County Executive Stenger resigns after being indicted
BREAKING NEWS — St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has resigned in the face of corruption charges. The U.S. attorney…
Short film sparks conversations about race and ‘Other People’
FOREST PARK – After the 2016 presidential election, Aisha Sultan felt a turmoil of emotions that she didn’t know how…
South Side’s only new alderman celebrates his swearing-in day
DOWNTOWN – From now on, meeting days for new 24th Ward alderman Bret Narayan will be work, work, work. But…
Gent!: a pop-up shop just for men
THE GROVE – Fashion might be considered women’s territory, but the minds behind Gent! are working to change that. On…