WashU senior turns hair-care challenge into campus business with vending machine
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A Washington University senior saw a problem on campus and decided to create a solution that’s designed to help students feel seen, included and at home. Zariah Taylor, a fashion design senior from St. Louis, founded TheHairVault, a vending machine stocked with...
Data center shows it paid $16K for a license. A St. Louis report put...
When TierPoint, a St. Louis-based data center company, renewed its city business license in May, it paid by credit card. The card fee was $399.66. On Tuesday, a report from the office of Board of Aldermen President Megan Green said the entire license cost $200. The license cost $16,312.50, according...
The Black Rep turns 50 and brings down the house with ‘Tell Me Somethin’...
Some anniversaries are marked with speeches, flowers and candles. The St. Louis Black Repertory Company is celebrating its 50th anniversary the way it knows best: with powerhouse vocals, legendary music and an evening guaranteed to have audiences singing along and dancing in their seats.
Mary Engelbreit, whose illustrations touched on cuteness and protest, donates work to WashU
For years, Mary Engelbreit's work was defined by cheery, bright colors of "children and butterflies." But when Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in 2014, she felt a call to be more political in her work. "I didn't really care if I lost followers at that point,"...
Dr. John A. Wright, educator and historian, dies at 87
Dr. John A. Wright spent a lifetime making sure Black St. Louis history would not be forgotten. He died Monday, Nov. 9, of pancreatic cancer, just two weeks after receiving the diagnosis, according to his family. He was 87. His books chronicled communities that no longer exist in the same...
Dog survived on garbage scraps before heartwarming rescue changes everything
St. Louis, Missouri – Animal rescuers in Missouri were heartbroken to see the state of this emaciated dog, but what happened next left them totally speechless! The brown Pitbull named Valkyrie has suffered for a long time. By the time she arrived at the Stray Rescue of St. Louis, she was just a shadow of her former self. She should weigh around 50 pounds, but the scale reads just 33 pounds. "She's so skinny that you can see all of her ribs, her hip bones…her skull is even sunken in by her eyes,"
St. Louis Filmmakers Bring an Undead Wolf to Life in Horror Short
A St. Louis filmmaker has just shared a horror movie short starring actor Ray Wise who was in the movie "Robocop".
Two women injured during family fight in Lafayette Square: Police
Two women were stabbed during a family fight Tuesday night in the Lafayette Square neighborhood.
Sauget’s historic Statue of Liberty replica stands tall once again
After major repairs, a century-old Statue of Liberty replica is standing tall once again in Sauget, Illinois.
SLIFF documentary gives Black Vietnam veterans the chance to tell their own story
A conversation in the waiting area of a South County Costco laid the foundation for what became Brothers in Blood: Black in Vietnam. Filmmaker Joseph Puleo was waiting on repairs in September 2022. So was Vietnam veteran Edward Drew. They talked for more than an hour. Drew shared stories about serving in Vietnam as a Black soldier.
