These 8 Cities Are Quietly Turning Into Ghost Towns – What’s Behind the Exodus?
There’s something unsettling about watching a city fade. Not in a dramatic, overnight collapse kind of way, but slowly, almost invisibly. A shuttered storefront here. A “For Sale” sign that stays up way too long. Streets that used to bustle on a Tuesday evening now feel hollow and hushed. It’s happening across...
Toxic Legacy Still Haunts Black St. Louis Blocks, New WashU Report Finds
A new follow-up from Washington University’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic lands with a familiar punch: vacancy, illegal dumping, childhood lead exposure and poor air quality are still tightly packed into St. Louis’ majority-Black neighborhoods. The 2026 analysis stacks neighborhood-level data on top of...
Hoffmann Gobbles Up Another Prime Clayton Storefront
Downtown Clayton just got a little more Hoffmann, with Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate picking up another retail storefront on Central Avenue and tightening the family's hold on the heart of the city’s business district. According to The Missourian, the company announced it acquired the retail property at 1 N....
St. Louis Trash Shake-Up as Task Force Moves To Kill Alley Recycling Dumpsters
A mayoral task force is urging the City of St. Louis to ditch shared alley recycling dumpsters, move toward citywide roll carts and neighborhood drop-off points, and possibly hike trash fees to pay for it. The recommendations, released April 2, 2026, would be a major change from the blue alley bins that have been...
St. Louis considers new roll carts for trash and recycling
A St. Louis mayoral task force is proposing major changes to how St. Louis handles trash and recycling. The task force says the city should get rid of alley dumpsters and give households individual roll carts for trash, recycling and yard waste.
13-Year-Old Killed After Ferguson Track Meet Shooting: Community Mourns Tragic Loss
Teen Shot and Killed Outside School Event in Ferguson, Missouri. A tragic shooting in Ferguson has left a community grieving after a 13-year-old boy was killed following a track meet at a local high school. Police say the incident occurred Tuesday evening in the parking lot of a school campus...
3 separate St. Louis shootings on Friday leave two dead, three injured
ST. LOUIS — Three separate shootings in St. Louis on Friday left two men dead and three others injured. All three of the shootings appeared to have happened at or near gas stations in the city. Friday afternoon, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said a 15-year-old was injured...
Seattle Murder Suspect Freed By Jail Blunder Nabbed In St. Louis
A Seattle homicide suspect who authorities say was mistakenly released from a Bay Area jail last fall is back in custody. U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Isaiah Jamon Andrews in St. Louis on April 1, 2026, ending a months-long search that began after his October release from the Martinez Detention Facility in...
Trucker Sees Small Box On Trash Can In Missouri Park, Then Notices A Flicker...
While stopping to stretch during a long drive in Missouri, a trucker wandered into a nearby park, expecting nothing more than a quick break. But something strange caught his attention. A small cardboard box sat on top of a trash can, like it didn’t belong there. Easy to ignore, but...
Teen death spark wake up call
James Clark with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc., said the death of 13-year-old LaJuan Swopes needs to be a wake up call.
