Just drove down to St. Nicholas to grab a box of pastries before Greek Fest is over. It closes in 10 minutes, so hurry.
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Just drove down to St. Nicholas to grab a box of pastries before Greek Fest is over. It closes in 10 minutes, so hurry.
Last rays of the golden hour shine over Paint Louis along the Mississippi River flood wall in downtown #STL. Graffiti artists finishing their work today so check it out. #LaborDay
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Continue to marvel at night photography with the magic phone, as lanterns are lit at the Japanese Festival at @mobotgarden. Hand-held exposure of 2.3 sec. Fest runs through Monday.
The need remains as volunteers help distribute to hundreds of families today as part of the 50th anniversary of the @stlfoodbank.bsky.social in downtown #StLouis.
If I'm flying I'm wearing my 'America needs Journalists' t-shirt. Arriving back in St. Louis a man seeing the shirt looked down shaking his head while wearing his 'Alligator Alcatraz' t-shirt.
this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
Starting Friday, @stltoday.com will have NO PAYWALL Reading the paper makes you smarter 🧠, cooler 💅 and a good person 😇 (paywall returns Wednesday)
Albus' motion came shortly after Chakraverty hired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, Washington D.C. lawyer Brad Bondi, to defend him in the case. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
Letter from @apnews.com, @reuters.com on Nasser Hospital strikes www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/lett...
Just back from Colorado on some awesome hikes hosted by our son, who seems to know every hiking/biking trail in the state. Enjoy an escape from the madness.
Yeah me neither until the first time I saw it. Thought it was a ripoff as well. All well here, hoping the same for you. Been hiking. Pics to come.
Sorry I've been gone. As much as I'd love to claim it, the original Banksy, throwing flowers, showed up around 2003-2005.
Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame inductees announced mopress.com/stories/miss...
St. Louis man who opened fire in confrontation about molesting girl now headed to prison, via @katiekull1.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
Action St. Louis was on the ground in force. The broad stroke insinuation that Black people were not helping their neighbors is ludicrous. Read about their efforts here. indd.adobe.com/view/dcf80db...
I'm sorry, it's not for sale.
A moment of sadness today at the antique store.
McClellan: Age of People is much more fun than the Age of Machines will be www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
It's candlelight vigil night y'all. Wish I was there. #elvis48
3 months after tornado, St. Louis residents face a harsh reality. 'Not going to be rebuilt.' Nice work by Seth Nelson and Laurie Skrivan
3 months after tornado, St. Louis residents face a harsh reality. 'Not going to be rebuilt.' www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Last one just emerged.
Oh crap I'm so sorry. Hope at least it's a good story. We're about two weeks out from the 20th anniv of Hurricane Katrina. Would rec 'One Dead in Attic' by Chris Rose. It's a collection of columns from the former entertainment reporter of the Times-Picayune. These are anything but entertaining.
You've undoubtedly heard about the $5M in unaccounted for cars at the St. Louis city tow lot. The truth, @ryankrull.bsky.social learned, is a whole lot messier than the sexy headlines. www.stlmag.com/news/city-to...
New batch of monarchs are on the move. Enjoy your weekend.
Update: he got fired after less than two months.
Are WashU police actually *police*? WashU itself successfully argued to the appellate court this year that the answer was no. And that could have big implications for the criminal case against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested on campus www.stlmag.com/news/washu-p...
News Media Corporation ceases operations, with all newspapers closing The news desert spreads. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/news...
Messenger: The gerrymandering wars aren't just a bad idea. They're poison. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
How the US government turned a Big River park in Missouri into a 'death wish' Via Sam Totoni (Photos of searching for Devon Cotton, who drowned in 2017) www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
$3,888 at Top Golf $1,689 for four nights at Caesar's Palace in Vegas $1,282 for eight nights in an Airbnb in Atlanta Using taxpayer $$ for personal gain. Meanwhile, kids suffer www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
Happy Tuesday.
St. Louis Public Schools leaders gave illegal bonuses, broke spending laws, auditor says Via @blytheb.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
A crowd of more than 700 people in Nebraska heckled and booed Representative Mike Flood over the Republican congressman’s support of President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. Shouts of “Liar!” and “Tax the rich” filled the packed auditorium. nyti.ms/3J2Wjsz
Fitting to what he’s doing to the country…
St. Louis leaders vow to uncover how ex-comptroller got paychecks and pension pay, via @STLsherpa www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... via @stltoday
Morning everyone. ☕️ Just uh, making sure you saw that Senate Republicans just confirmed Joe Kent, a dangerous conspiracy theorist with ties to white nationalists and far-right groups, to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-ke...
Felony charges against Page draw surprise—and some legal skepticism, via @RyanWKrull and @sarahfenske www.stlmag.com/news/sam-pag...
Tho out of the game, thinking I can speak for many #STLCards photographers who won't miss trying to make the Helsley entrance photo. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Sam Page indicted on four counts, including election offenses www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
The gunman who conducted a massacre at a Midtown Manhattan office building obtained a firearm legally in his home state of Nevada, even though he had a documented history of mental health problems.
Drum corps groups are crisscrossing the country this summer — chasing a perfect 12-minute performance and the dream of a world championship. “It’s Broadway on a football field.”
Via St Louis Magazine Newsletter; STL County police chief Gregory opens the door (again) to work with the misogynistic company 1st Phorm. (The owner doesn’t think females should be police officers. Chief Kenneth Gregory hopes you forgot that podcast!) Subscribe to the free newsletter. #stl #slm
Affton resident Bob Suberi is onboard. @monicaobradovic.bsky.social tells us about it. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Mom found partially to blame for deaths of 5 children in 2021 fire. This was a difficult story to cover, including a stunning funeral that stays with you. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
Epstein matters, but there's a much greater story of American moral depravity that ought to be leading the news America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
“Every time I see this it's a tearful trip,” said Vietnam veteran Robert Lee Travers as he visits the names of his fallen unit members with granddaughter Emilee Thurman during a visit to 'The Wall That Heals’ in Jefferson Barracks Park last night. The wall stands through Sunday.
Shrimp hiding under grilled onions and peppers, topped with chopped raw onions, cilantro and radish.
Going out on a limb to proclaim these to be the best shrimp street tacos in St. Louis, at La Manganita on Cherokee Street.
Gorgeous!
I’m about to lose my health insurance. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The culture critic Wesley Morris talked to Samin Nosrat, a chef and food writer, about her love-hate relationship with “The Bear,” a show that’s always racing against the clock. https://trib.al/8HAXbwm
Comments on this post are limited so I’m going to speak here (where I’m sure nobody will see it). I’m a photojournalist, member of WHCA and I’ve covered Trump and his rallies for 3.5 yrs his first term and half of this year of second term. I can explain what you’re seeing here:
Well, this is an ominous sign for the Post. @pbump.com has done some of the best work at the Post this year, and he is one of the people most clearly able to explain this moment to people in a way that can actually make sense of the chaos. This sucks.
Read this. If you don't know him, Chris Rose spoke for NOLA residents in his book '1 Dead in Attic', a collection of columns in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina. It's a prized possession on my shelf. www.nola.com/news/katrina...
Citing tariffs, some local newspapers are raising their prices, including Lee Enterprises adding $4.99/month as a 'temporary' surcharge to subscribers. wyrk.com/newspaper-ra...
Ok then. I'll say something, but I'm weeks away, perhaps months, from making a decision.
Oh no. Nobody would care what I think. And I don't talk tech at all. My review would be like "this one felt good in the hand, focuses nicely and didn't break when I dropped it."
Right now the Canon R5II and R6II. Sony comes later this week.
Let the camera testing commence at the St. Louis Zoo. So far, so good.
The Clayton-based health giant is likely to face increased challenges as federal government tightens Medicaid eligibility and trims subsidies for Obamacare plans.
Have never really looked forward to reading newsletters until @stlmag.bsky.social's debuted. Teeny tiny staff kicking some butt. Check it out. info.stlmag.com/newsletters?...
Devastating news from the Grand Canyon where the Grand Canyon Lodge has burned on the North Rim. Recalling making reservations a year in advance to take the family there in 2008.
Have never returned anything to REI until today. A pair of shoes just wasn't fitting right after a few tries - no box, scuffed sole from wearing them a bit. At the counter there's no problem, no questions, no restocking fee. A full-smiling refund. Amazed.
Hahaha! But I hear you.
The macro feature on the iPhone16 Pro is remarkable, capturing milkweed bugs on the pods this morning at the retirement home. Y'all have a fine weekend!
Oh wow, have not seen that in our driveway. Still one a day. Wouldn't say that's OK at all.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
I am an @inquirer.com subscriber in part because of @willbunch.bsky.social, but that whole newsroom is great and the type of reporting we need right now.
Columbia Tribune press facility will cease operation in September; printing moves to Iowa, Illinois. This is not great news for papers printed in the area, including the Post-Dispatch. Ugh. www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/l...
Happy Fourth of July.
Many Republicans had harshly criticized President Trump’s domestic policy bill extending tax cuts and slashing social safety net programs — almost right up until the moment they voted for it.
Owner of St. Louis Post-Dispatch agrees to $9.5M payout, faces 3 new class-action claims missouriindependent.com/2025/06/27/l...
It was a busy day in the retirement home. #monarchwatch
Scenes from St. Louis today as thousands marched through downtown for the #NoKingsProtest #STL
Retirement may have come at a decent time as I'm reminded today that I may have lost a step. #NoKingsProtest #STLouis
Nice to see one nice catfish appearing on the side of Rick Lewis' new Grace Chicken + Fish in Crestwood as Lewis opens his second location tomorrow.
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Cyberattack on Post-Dispatch owner compromised the data of 40,000 people www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
There is a lot of talk, post-tornado, about what will happen to St. Louis brick from heavily damaged homes. A few years ago reporter Jesse Bogan and I took a deep look at that brick - how it's harvested, what it's worth and where it ends up. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Raised, glazed and amazed: St. Louis' most essential doughnut shops, via @ianfroeb.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
On this day in 2005, Lee Enterprises completed its $1.46 billion acquisition of Pulitzer Inc. “With the addition of about 4,000 people from Pulitzer, Lee’s roster of employees rises to 10,700,” Lee said at the time. investors.lee.net/news-release... #stlouis #newspapers
Breaking News: Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the hit TV series “M*A*S*H,” has died at 87.
The first two weeks of life after the St. Louis tornado, in pictures from the @stltoday.com photo staff. Have a look. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Bill Keenoy watches passing headstones in Arlington National Cemetery in 2009, traveling with the St. Louis chapter of Honor Flight. Keenoy set communication lines as an infantry soldier in the Army Signal Corps in the Battle of the Bulge. On this #MemorialDay
A required read for your Thursday morning. Antonio French: North St. Louis waits (as always) for the help it needs www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
Was there for a week and came back multiple times. Still have not seen any natural disaster like that one. You are right, it was horrific.
Thanks Monty.
Hi Brandon. I think we met out there. Yes, the studio restored the statue in 2018.
Tony Rocca recovers the tornado-damaged statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Fountain Park in St. Louis, where Friday's tornado killed a woman inside the nearby Centennial Christian Church. King's hand, torn away in the storm, was taken by a neighbor for safekeeping.
Many thanks. Still here and hopefully still working in some capacity. I just have to figure that out.
Hard to beat this hed. #pope
Great story by @stephkukuljan.bsky.social !
Via @katiekull1.bsky.social
Hoffmann Promises More Missouri Newspaper Purchases, But Locals Are Leery | St. Louis Magazine, via Ryan Krull www.stlmag.com/news/david-h...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Nope, but there's a lot of us out there.