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Live music returns to St. Louis with drive-in concert series at PowerPlex

May 19, 2020

To make up for the lack of live music in St. Louis , the Powerplex sports complex at the former St. Louis Mills mall, 5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd., created a “safe, COVID...

St. Louis County Library will reopen next month for curbside books

May 19, 2020

After a two-month total shutdown, the St. Louis County Library will begin offering limited book-lending services starting next month. Book drops at all 20 St. Louis County...

House of Pain wins another delay by taking St. Louis County’s lawsuit to federal court

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 18, 2020

The gyms that are staying open despite St. Louis County’s stay-at-home order have won another delay in the county’s lawsuit trying to force them to close. At a Monday...

Stay-at-home order starts to lift in St. Louis County, but it’s no ‘return to normal,’ Page says

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 18, 2020

The stay-at-home orders issued in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis will start to lift today with some businesses allowed to reopen, but that is far from a “return...

It was going to be one of the best concert years ever for St. Louis; now everything is canceled or postponed

May 16, 2020

This year was going to be one of the best ever for concerts in St. Louis, with marquee bands like the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine coming to town...

House of Pain gym wins another court delay; county’s day in court postponed to Monday

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 15, 2020

The gym that is being sued by St. Louis County for staying open in defiance of the stay-at-home order has used two motions to delay an emergency hearing on the county’s...

County Council still has questions about small business grants as deadline looms

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 15, 2020

BREAKING: The county executive's office emailed County Council members late Friday afternoon, after this article was published, to postpone the deadline to apply for the grants...

Wizard World St. Louis comic-con is postponed to 2021

May 14, 2020

The annual Wizard World St. Louis comic-con will be postponed until 2021. Wizard Entertainment, Inc. announced Thursday that its Wizard World St. Louis convention originally...

Hearing rescheduled in county gym lawsuit over stay-at-home order

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 14, 2020

A hearing is set for Thursday afternoon in the lawsuit St. Louis County filed against two gyms staying open despite the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. The case was set for...

St. Louis County is charging first responders for masks, protective gear

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor

May 14, 2020

St. Louis County has nearly $175 million in federal grant money to spend in response to the coronavirus, but the county has been charging local first responders for masks. As...