Five downtown I-64 ramps closed
ST. LOUIS – As part of a project to reconfigure traffic patterns to accommodate the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and…
The SouthSider
If Missouri follows trend, some marijuana licenses will sell
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has awarded licenses for the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry, but it’s a safe bet…
Neighbors question ‘HGP’ in bill for hospital to be named ‘Homer G. Phillips’
THE VILLE – What’s in a name? Apparently a lot when when it comes to the historic Ville’s eponymous, venerable Homer…
MoDOT’s safety plan for Natural Bridge includes medians, new crosswalks
HAMILTON HEIGHTS – Just on the heels of a new report flagging St. Louis as the 16th most dangerous city for…
Resolution opposes state effort on residency
CITY HALL – There’s pushback in the Board of Aldermen over an effort to pass state legislation that would end…
Save Our Sons town hall uses ‘rock, paper, scissors’ to motivate youths
MIDTOWN – A keynote speaker at the Save Our Sons town hall meeting against violence Saturday used the childhood game…
New interactive kiosks provide extra information downtown, elsewhere
ST. LOUIS – At about eight feet tall, the new interactive digital kiosks downtown look like Paul Bunyan’s cellphone. In…
Mungenast museum honors motorcycles, autos, car dealer
BEVO MILL – Dave Mungenast started selling a gentleman’s motorcycle at a time when people thought of it as a…
Speakers, marchers honor MLK
ST. LOUIS – Blacks and whites together braved frigid temperatures Monday to celebrate the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King…
Mayor orders $15 minimum wage for city civil service workers
CITY HALL – Starting in the middle of February, all civil service employees working for the city of St. Louis…
Reed pushes for breakthrough on freeholders board
CITY HALL – Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed plans to spend the week turning up the heat to get…
Churches, nonprofit cure medical debt for 11,108 Missouri families
ST. LOUIS – Millions in medical bill debt for 11,108 Missouri families have been cured by The Deaconess Foundation, area…
City officially grounds airport privatization effort
CITY HALL – The Board of Estimate and Apportionment met for less than three minutes on Wednesday, long enough to…
Resolution seeks to close city workhouse
CITY HALL – A resolution now before the Board of Aldermen outlines a plan to use pressure to force the…
Police chief, aldermen clash in committee meeting
CITY HALL – Questions about reorganizing the city police department brought sharp clashes Wednesday between police Chief John Hayden and…
Racist rant attacks circuit attorney’s backers as ESOP supports federal lawsuit
ST. LOUIS – One day after six fellow reform-minded black female lead prosecuting attorneys converged on St. Louis to rally for…