Death

A St. Louis family-owned funeral home purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.

Societal norms condition us to fear death and avoid grief, but local groups like the STL Death Cafe encourage people to lean into such topics.

Although St. Louis-area hospitals haven't been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients compared to bigger cities, there are enough deaths to keep funeral homes…

Updated at 6:45 p.m. with comments from Bi-State Development and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — The man shot and killed Tuesday evening at the…

Rachel Duncan doesn’t remember the first time she visted the St. Louis Zoo, but she’s pretty sure she was an infant.“There’s not a summer in my life that…

St. Louisans looking for a new date night activity can add taxidermy to the list.The Creaky Crow, a four-month-old curiosity shop on Cherokee Street, now…

Famed NPR host Diane Rehm has not scaled back the magnitude of the issues she is tackling after she announced her planned retirement from behind the…

Jake, a caller from St. Louis during Tuesday’s “St. Louis on the Air,” had a question that is, plain and simple, a hard one to ask when looking at…

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich died Thursday; he was 54.In June 2003, Schweich was a guest on “St. Louis on the Air,” hosted by Mike Sampson. At the time,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 7, 2012 - John G. Carney thinks it's time for Missourians to have more conversations about two…