Photojournalism

A unique menagerie of performances and art is the product of the 22nd annual Artica Urban Arts Festival held on the St. Louis riverfront, next to the historic Cotton Belt Freight Depot.

At the annual graffiti and hip-hop festival Paint Louis, kids have the chance to graffiti an abandoned weigh station near the downtown St. Louis flood wall. Under supervision, kids explore technique and expression and learn the unwritten rules of graffiti art.

Festival organizers said roughly 12,000 people stopped by the Grand Center-based festival over two days.

Missouri and Illinois' lawmakers crossed the political aisle in hopes of securing the 2023 Bi-State Softball Showdown crown, but Missouri reigned victorious once more in a 10-2 blowout.

The Fourth of July brought fairs, fireworks and electric festivities across the St. Louis region.

LGBTQ community leaders in St. Louis said the event provides an opportunity to show solidarity among queer people and demonstrate that they will not be erased from society.

The Southeastern Rodeo Association Open Black Rodeo for 10 years has promoted the cowboy way of life and the contributions Black cowboys made in the Old West across Missouri and Mississippi.

Jamon Greenwood Jr., 10, and Tremell Kellys, 11, were new to the world of soap box car racing. Both left Sunday's derby, a beloved tradition in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, with a new passion. One left with a trophy.

The winners and finalists of STLPR’s 2023 Teen Photojournalist Prize were honored during a public reception and opening ceremony for this year’s exhibition on May 17.

U.S. captain and Olivette native Becky Sauerbrunn came home to lead the reigning World Cup champions in their final tuneup before the 2023 World Cup begins in July in Australia and New Zealand.