Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

An illustrated rendering of the planned Cardinal Glennon hospital shows a 14-story glass and concrete building at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue south of Interstate 64/Highway 40.

Cardinal Glennon unveils plans for new South Grand children’s hospital

Sarah Fentem

Cardinal Glennon and SSM Health announced plans to build a 14-story hospital on Grand Boulevard. The planned hospital will be built two blocks north of the hospital’s current 195-bed facility, which opened in 1956.

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Some St. Louis Parents Struggle To Feed Their Kids — But Are Too Ashamed To Talk About It

Shahla Farzan

Nearly one-quarter of St. Louis city residents have trouble putting food on the table — and for some, it’s a source of secret shame. Embarrassment and…

Erica Jones reads with her grandson, Jakeem, at their Florissant home. Jones has lost a daughter and a godson due to guns in recent years.

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'Bullets don’t discriminate': St. Louis children face high rates of gun violence

Shahla Farzan

A charmer. A smooth talker. A ball of life.That’s how Erica Jones remembers her godson Jermon Perry.The 7-year-old died in March after his younger brother…

The historic, Gothic revival church on Tower Grove and Chouteau avenues would need to be demolished for Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis to build their new 60-bed facility.

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Plan to build Ronald McDonald House on historic St. Louis church site stalls

Sarah Fentem

Officials from Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis thought they found a perfect spot to build a new facility to house families of hospitalized…

Richard Claston and Jessica Graham pick up ingredients for sweet potato chili inside the retrofitted Metro bus turned into a mobile farmers market in St. Louis' JeffVanderLou neighborhood Sat. Dec. 19, 2015.

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Mobile farmers market launches trial run in St. Louis food deserts

An eye-catching retrofitted bus rolled onto an empty lot in St. Louis’ near north side Saturday to offer up fresh produce and the ingredients for sweet…

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much For Kids?

At every well-child visit SLUCare pediatrician Matt Broom conducts, he asks two questions. First he asks about the amount of time the child spends in…

Prosecutors have charged Dana Jones, shown here on this screen capture of hospital security footage, with two felonies for taking his daughter from Cardinal Glennon Hospital on Sunday.

Father who removed daughter from St. Louis hospital charged

Rachel Lippmann

The Illinois father who walked with his daughter out of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital on Sunday has been charged with two felonies as a result.The…

This screen capture of security footage from Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital shows 14-year-old Brittany Jones leaving the building with her father. Brittany was found safe in Milwaukee around 11 p.m. on Feb. 12.

Missing 14 year-old girl found safe in Milwaukee

A 14-year-old Illinois girl whose departure from a St. Louis-area hospital on Sunday prompted a widespread search has been located unharmed at a hospital…

A squirrel runs through the legs of St. Louis Cardinal Skip Schumaker while he bats in the fifth inning during Game 4 of the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Oct. 5, 2011.

Running rodent creates a good year for a local charity

Rachel Lippmann

Squirrels are the sometimes adorable creatures that eat from your bird feeders, dig through your garden, and occasionally just can’t quite figure out how…

Baby Joseph gets tracheotomy

View Larger MapA 13-month-old Canadian boy known as Baby Joseph has received a tracheotomy and is expected to remain in pediatric intensive care in St.…