ST. LOUIS (AP) – One of the nation’s largest Fourth of July celebrations is returning to Forest Park in St. Louis in 2017. Organizers of Fair St. Louis said Tuesday that the festival will be July 2 through July 4. The fair was on the grounds of the Gateway Arch for its first 33 years. The…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A nonprofit organization in Missouri says it’ll take lessons learned from protests in Ferguson after an unarmed black man was fatally shot by a white police officer to help parents address the challenges of trauma. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Parents as Teachers of Missouri is part of a national group…
The department store has been open on Thanksgiving evening since 2013, but remained open through the night.
(KTRS) – If you want to help the BackStopper help Office Snyder’s family, it is easy to get involved. You can click here and make a donation or you can send a donation to: The BackStoppers, Inc. PO Box 795168 Saint Louis, MO 63179-0700 BackStoppers begins helping families of fallen first responders within hours of…
University president Fred Pestello said they have plans for another overhaul
(KTRS) – Griesedieck Brothers Brewing is returning to St. Louis next year. The Post-Dispatch reports that the beer brewer will open a facility in the Baden neighborhood of north St. Louis. The family says next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the last back of Griesedieck beer brewed in St. Louis. The company was…
(KTRS) – St. Charles County joined St. Louis City and County in approving a prescription drug monitoring database. The county council approved a bill that establishes the program. Councilman Joe Brazil sponsored the legislation and says this is a huge step in the fight against the heroin epidemic. Missouri remains the only state without a…
(KTRS) – For the first time in more than four decades, organizers have canceled the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Officials say that fields in Forest Park were too wet to hold the event. But planners say they loook forward to next year’s race. Yesterday organizers canceled the annual Balloon Glow.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Voters in St. Louis have picked Bruce Franks over incumbent Penny Hubbard in what’s being called a “do-over” election for the Democratic nomination for a Missouri House seat. Unofficial results from the secretary of state’s office from Friday’s special election show Franks got 2,234 votes, while Hubbard received 701. The re-do…
