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Seniors Can Celebrate the Holiday Season with Wonderful Wednesdays at The National Museum of Transportation

Celebrate the holiday season with Wonderful Wednesdays at The National Museum of Transportation on December 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2026. Seniors can spend a Wonderful Wednesday exploring magical model trains, including the original Famous-Barr downtown window display from the 1950s and 1960s. These nostalgic displays offer a delightful opportunity to revisit holiday memories and make new ones with friends.

St Louis County, MO · 1d

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Send holiday photos for the chance to win big

There’s still time to spread festive cheer by entering the annual Family Holiday Album photo contest. The Leader invites Jefferson County, Eureka and Wildwood-area readers of all ages to send photos of themselves, family members and friends celebrating end-of-year holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.

Jefferson County, MO · 2d

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Elk And Bison Wander Right Up To Your Car On This Free Missouri Wildlife Drive

A bison standing in the middle of the road is not something most people expect to see just outside St. Louis. Yet here, in the wooded hills of west St. Louis County, it happens all the time. Herds of elk rest near a lake, bison graze in open meadows, and...

St Louis County, MO · 2d

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Chef behind Famous-Barr’s French onion soup has died: His story and the recipe

Manfred Zettl, a master chef renowned for perfecting one of the St. Louis area's most iconic culinary creations — Famous-Barr's French onion soup — has died. Zettl, 85, died of natural causes Oct. 30 in St. Louis, but the culinary creations he crafted over a lifetime will live on in people's memories.

St. Louis, MO · 5d

Belleville News-Democrat

Barking dogs cause feud between animal shelter and Belleville neighbors

The opening of an animal shelter in a former furniture store on Sherman Street in Belleville over the summer has sparked a neighborhood feud that seems to be escalating. Operators of the TNR and Rescue shelter argue that they’re performing an important community service by taking in stray and abandoned dogs and cats and adopting them out to good homes. Neighbors say they can’t sleep, work or live in peace with 25 dogs barking at all hours. “When I’m in bed, I can hear those dogs barking,” said Michelle Orlando, 46, a veterans service officer who lives across the street from the shelter in a small white frame home on Page Avenue. “It’s constant. I have a hot tub and a pool in my backyard, and I can’t even enjoy them.” Orlando said her 12-year-old son is dozing off at school because he isn’t getting enough rest, her 23-year-old daughter held pillows over her ears while home sick with the flu and Orlando had to get a prescription for sleep medication from her doctor. Other neighbors voiced similar concerns to a BND reporter who visited in the early evening on a recent weekday, when a chorus of dogs could be

Belleville, IL · 2d

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More Than 8 Years Later, The Same Family Still Runs The Smoker At These Eight Missouri Barbecue Joints

Some barbecue spots open with a bang and fade a few years later, but Missouri has a stubborn streak of family pits that just keep going. The eight places on this list have been smoking meat for decades, and the same families still guide the recipes, the sauce, and the smoker.

St. Louis, MO · 4d

FOX 2

LIST: Holiday celebrations at St. Louis Union Station

Holiday celebrations are starting this week at St. Louis Union Station.

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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,"...

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Webster Groves’ BOSNIAN Coffee Cafe Is One of America’s Best Places to Eat

Upstairs at Rolling Ridge Nursery in Webster Groves, inside a historic feed store, Telva at The Ridge is pouring Bosnian coffee in copper pots and serving Balkan breakfasts that draw lines out the door. ☕. Yelp just named it one of America’s best places to eat, ranking it No. 77...

Webster Groves, MO · 3d

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Route 66 Turns 100, and St. Louis Is Suddenly Packed With World Travelers

St. Louis is having a moment as Route 66 marks its 100th birthday this week, with the Gateway Arch, a 97-year-old frozen custard stand, and a sprawling transportation museum all reporting a noticeable uptick in visitors from around the globe. The Mother Road, which stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica and once cut straight through downtown St. Louis, is pulling international travelers to the city's most iconic stops even without a single confirmed visitor count yet on the books.

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Since 1946, Ted Drewes Has Been Handing Frozen Custard Concretes Out The Window On Route 66 In St. Louis

They hand your dessert across the counter upside down, and not a drop falls out. That little flip is a famous ritual at a walk-up custard stand on old Route 66 in Missouri. The treat is called a concrete, and the name fits because it’s frozen custard blended so thick a spoon nearly stands up. The stand has no indoor seating, so everyone orders at the windows and eats outside.

St. Louis, MO · 6d

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The Missouri Sushi Spot Where Fresh Rolls Keep Coming And Nobody Counts Your Refills

Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, has a lunch secret that office workers whisper about in elevators. It involves a menu, a pencil, and a waiter who keeps coming back with more rolls until you wave the white napkin. The deal works for lunch and dinner, and the price stays friendly enough...

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This Former Missouri Library Is Now A Record Shop Where You Can Flip Through The Albums You Grew Up With

The old library shelves are long gone, but the stacks are still here. Only now they hold LPs, 45s, 8-tracks, and cassettes instead of books. This 1961 mid-century modern building once served readers as a public library branch. Today it’s a used record store packed from floor to ceiling.

St. Louis, MO · 4d

FOX 2

Flights resume after ‘ground stop’ lifted at Lambert, nationwide

Flights are halted Friday at airports across the United States due to “extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” according to an FAA alert.

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Tips to get your home ready for winter

St. Louis residents are advised to prepare their homes for approaching freezing temperatures by insulating windows, cleaning gutters, and inspecting chimneys.

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This Humble Missouri Deli Serves The Best Italian Beef Sandwich You’ll Ever Taste

Somewhere between a drive-thru window and a white tablecloth sits the sweet spot, and Blues City Deli in St. Louis planted its flag right there. This Benton Park favorite pairs a legendary Italian beef sandwich with a wall of blues memorabilia and a menu that reads like a road trip through three cities.

St. Louis, MO · 1d

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6 Home Remodeling Contractors St. Louis Homeowners Can Trust in 2027

Picking a contractor for a remodel usually comes down to scope. Some companies focus on one area of the home, others handle both interior and exterior work, and a few are set up to manage design and construction together from the start. Knowing which lane a company works in before you call can save you from wasting time on estimates that do not fit the project.

St. Louis, MO · 4d

TAG24 NEWS

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," rescuers explained on Facebook. No one knows how long Valkyrie has survived on the streets, but it ...

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Walk Into Gioia’s Deli On The Hill And Order The Hot Salami St. Louis Made Famous

Some sandwiches are lunch, and some are a piece of city history wrapped in paper. On a quiet corner of a famous St. Louis neighborhood, a small deli has been slicing the same signature meat for more than a century. Its hot salami is so tied to the city that...

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St. Louis veteran a part of documentary in local film festival

ST. LOUIS—A documentary featuring untold stories of Vietnam Veterans, including a Saint Louis man, will make its first local airing this weekend during the 35th annual Saint Louis Film Festival. James “Protein” Williams grew up in St. Louis before he was drafted into service but had not opened up...