(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The St. Louis Art Museum’s governing board has signed off on spending $825,000 for a 110-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright chandelier. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1jNeFIF) reports… Read more »
Category: Features
Internet giants weigh in on defamation lawsuit
By AMANDA LEE MYERS (CINCINNATI, AP) — From Twitter and Facebook to Amazon and Google, the biggest names of the Internet are blasting a federal judge’s decision allowing an Arizona-based… Read more »
MU joins South African preservation effort
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The University of Missouri is teaming up with South African researchers to preserve historical records related to political prisoners at an infamous symbol of the apartheid… Read more »
Donor offers $5M to help protect Detroit art
By ED WHITE (DETROIT, AP) — A former Detroit university professor is pledging $5 million, hoping it will spark a wildfire of private financial support to protect valuable art from… Read more »
Bosnian memories preserved in St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Five thousand miles from Sarajevo, a small Catholic college in St. Louis wants to preserve the intimate stories of Bosnian exiles displaced by war in the… Read more »
Church feeds homeless a meal and a message
By JOEL CURRIER St. Louis Post-Dispatch (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The setting sunlight shoots through the gaps in the freight cars rolling behind Edward “Pastor Paul” Gonnella as he skims… Read more »
Winter weather arrives in Missouri
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — What a difference a day makes: A day after much of Missouri basked in spring-like weather, the reality of the pending winter set… Read more »
5 former Chiefs sue team over head injuries
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team… Read more »

Damage evident after pipeline explosion
All Photos by Faith Bemiss/Democrat
Hospice helps pet owners say goodbye at home
By SUSAN WEICH St. Louis Post-Dispatch (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Christi Winter always tried to give her dog Josie the very best in life, so when it was time to… Read more »