Mayor Tishaura Jones held a press conference this morning with Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation asking them to create a plan to address two troubled downtown buildings: the Railway Exchange Building and Millenium Hotel. In a post to X (formerly Twitter) Jones said she asked the two organizations “to deliver a plan for bold ...

Frankly, St. Louis would be disappointed if beloved Hill sandwich shop Gioia's Deli (Multiple locations including 1934 Macklind Avenue, gioiasdeli.com) celebrated another year of greatness with anything other than its notable hot salami. And naturally, Gioia's doesn't disappoint. That's a long way of saying that next Thursday, Gioia's is turning an ...

Social justice warrior (and Missouri Attorney General) Andrew Bailey has a new cause to rally behind for right-wing clout. He said his office plans to “enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act,” because, he says, Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker was targeted for his religious beliefs. How?

The legalization of adult-use cannabis in Missouri continues to be more than just fun, or pain relief, for the state's smokers. It's also meant serious bucks for the state's veterans and other beneficiaries of the constitutional amendment that legalized weed. Today, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced it had transferred ...

In April, one of St. Louis' favorite bars shut its doors indefinitely after a kitchen fire. Stella Blues Bar (3269 Morgan Ford Road), beloved for its cash-only, dirt-cheap neighborhood vibes and its delicious Korean-inspired fare (dreaming of that kimchi pizza), quickly vowed it would be back. "We love our community as much as they love us," bar manager Zoe ...

Aaron Neiman was excited to move to St. Louis for a job as a lecturer at Washington University.  His position in the anthropology department was his first job after earning his Ph.D. Before the April 27 protest on campus, he’d accepted a different position with the university, one that would allow him to spend more time on his research. 

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has agreed to review the 1988 rape conviction of a man whose attorneys say was targeted by police. Fredrico Lowe-Bey has been in prison for more than 30 years after being found guilty of raping a woman who was abducted in the early morning hours of May 21, 1988, in the city’s Tiffany neighborhood. The victim had ...

As cannabis becomes increasingly commonplace in Missouri, and the companies peddling it work hard to set themselves apart from the pack, a growing number of more obscure cannabinoids are popping up in their products. When I saw Good Day Farm's High Dose Daydream THCV-infused gummies at Codes Dispensary marketed as a sativa-like product — my personal ...

This week sees Australia’s finest Ramones-aping, smoke-breaking, lightning-struck band of unruly reprobates, the Chats, pull their 6-litre GT-R up in St. Louis for a Friday night rager at Off Broadway — and hopefully you already have your tickets, because they are otherwise long since sold out (though we’re betting you could get the band to let you in ...

Loretta Boesing’s son is a transplant survivor who needs medication every 12 hours. His family, like many others, decided to try a mail order pharmacy. They say it nearly killed him.

So the insufferable, attention-starved Valentina Gomez, who is vying to be Missouri’s next secretary of state, posted a video of herself jogging through historic Soulard in a tactical vest saying, “Don't be weak and gay.” This stunt sparked global headlines about Soulard being a (shudder) gay-friendly neighborhood.  Explore St. Louis could spend tens ...

Bob Cassilly played a profound role in reshaping the look and feel of St. Louis. The sculptor turned curator and creator of City Museum, Turtle Park, and many other beloved local installations remains one of St. Louis’ most esteemed residents more than a decade after his tragic death in 2011. But before Cassilly became a visionary for a new urban ...

A bill under consideration by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would raise sales taxes to fund early childhood education programs. However, public schools currently cannot qualify for the funds — and the state legislation that backers say would change appears very unlikely to pass this session. Board Bill 7, sponsored by Ward 10 Alderwoman Shameem Clark ...

Lawyers seeking to stop the activities of the St. Louis Charter Commission made their case in court yesterday before Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte — arguing that the commission was formed in a way that's contrary to law and must be declared invalid. The lawsuit was filed by Charles Lane, a city resident and occasional plaintiff on litigation affecting ...

A year or so ago, literally moments after I'd filched a bite, and then another, of my son's hot chicken sandwich from Chuck's, I was wrenching my car into gear and scorching my Michelins all the way to Rock Hill. And never mind the nonsense about the 20-minute distance between any two points in this town; that journey seemed to take forever. I can ...

When Honey’s first launched in North City in 2016, it was a home-based bakery business. But in 2022, on Valentine’s Day, the bakery moved into a storefront at 5051 Riverview Boulevard in Walnut Park. Since then, it has evolved further: Now, it’s a takeout restaurant open for pre-orders only, and as a result has expanded both its offerings and its ...

No Ordinary Rabbit, a restaurant and wine and cocktail bar, is set to open at 1621 Tower Grove Avenue in Botanical Heights by September 1 in the former home of Ben Poremba’s Nixta, a distinct and whimsical “tiled” building a few paces from Union Loafers Cafe & Bread Bakery. Steve Gontram, owner of 5 Star Burgers in Clayton, is partnering with 5 Star ...

Thursday 05/16 Skin Show In what has become a celebrated tradition for local lovers of boobs, butts and bawdy behavior (the four Bs!), the 13th Annual Show-Me Burlesque festival is bringing glitz, glam and a whole lot of ass to Cherokee Street this week. Though founder Lola van Ella no longer lives in St. Louis, she has made an indelible impression on ...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has launched an internal investigation in response to a video taken over the weekend showing an officer light up a stogie in the middle of placing a man under arrest.  That video, originally posted by Voice of the People News, shows the officer pinning the detained man on the ground with his knee. The officer ...

A warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of Arnoldo Galvez, a man living in St. Louis originally from Mexico, who allegedly threatened to kill a man helping members of Galvez's own family seek asylum in the United States.  According to a St. Charles County Police probable cause statement, Galvez went so far as to threaten to burn down the house of the ...

Jen Jester is no stranger to grief. Throughout her career as a midwife and doula, she has become adept at helping grieving parents advocate for the ashes of their lost children, at helping mothers say goodbye to babies that were never born, and at sitting with these parents as they experience the darkest days of their lives. Jester learned these skills by ...

St. Louis police are watching you with 630 cameras, two unmanned aircraft systems (a.k.a. drones), 379 license plate readers and more. These eyes in the sky are documented in the city’s first annual surveillance technology report. The report, compiled by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Commissioner Robert Tracy, details the use of surveillance technology in ...

In January, the City of St. Louis sent a very unusual notice to one of the biggest law firms headquartered within it: a Statement of Tax Delinquency. The notice was sent to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, one of the few white-shoe law firms remaining in downtown St. Louis. Most of its competitors have decamped to Clayton, where the lawyers aren't subject to ...

Police have identified the 19-year-old woman killed over the weekend on a MetroLink platform. Police say that Jordan Gunn was on the platform near Forest Park and the Missouri History Museum on Saturday, May 11, when another teenager, a 17-year-old, opened fire, striking her in the chest and killing her.  The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. and Gunn was ...

A St. Louis bakery known for its gluten-free, vegan, allergy-friendly offerings will open the doors to its new and expanded location in Maplewood on June 1. Prioritized Pastries Chef-owner Alex McDonnell told Sauce Magazine she was closing the bakery's five-year-old home on Devonshire Avenue in south city in February, saying she'd simply outgrown the ...