Sunset Hills

"The Way," the Laumeier Sculpture Park's flagship piece, is photographed on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, at Laumeier Sculpture Park. The 50-year-old sculpture is rusting and degrading, as the park raises money for its repair.

Arts

Laumeier's flagship sculpture, a St. Louis landmark, gets $335,000 repair

Sarah Fentem

Many St. Louis-area residents recognize "The Way," Laumeier Sculpture Park's bright red five-story steel sculpture. Since artist Alexander Liberman constructed it in 1980, the piece has been corroded by weather, visitors and birds.

Update: Sunset Hills Mayor Indicted; Faces Felony Assault Charges In Incident With Cyclist

Rachel Lippmann

Updated on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014:Sunset Hills Mayor Mark Furrer was indicted by a St. Louis County grand jury Wednesday. Ed Magee, a spokesperson for the…

A bare foundation remains of a house on West Watson Rd. The house was destroyed by a tornado that hit Sunset Hills on New Year's Eve 2010.

Still up in the air: Sunset Hills, a year after the tornado

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998063.mp3One year ago tomorrow a rare winter tornado tore through the St.…

The Grand Basin and Art Hill in Forest Park in St. Louis. The park is one of the areas to benefit from a federal grant for recreational trails.

St. Louis area to get $550K for trails

Gov. Jay Nixon has announced that the St. Louis area will get about $550,000 to improve or develop trails.The awards that are from a federal grant…

Christine Miller after she was arrested in 2009.

Former Sunset Hills police officer Miller sentenced to 8 years in prison for DUI crash

Updated at 5:00 p.m. March 10, 2011 with additional comments.Former Sunset Hills police officer Christine Miller received her sentence today for the 2009…

Sunset Hills firefighters survey the damage from the New Year's Eve tornado. A woman injured in the storm has died.

Fenton woman injured in New Year's tornado dies

Rachel Lippmann

A Fenton woman injured in the tornadoes that ripped through St. Louis on New Year's Eve has died.From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Birkes becomes the fifth…

The location of the SSM Imaging building at which a dangerous situation involving an MRI machine's possible explosion was discovered. (St. Louis Public Radio via Google Earth)

UPDATE: Lindbergh Blvd. could reopen around noon today

Rachel Lippmann

Update 10:35am with additional details about the hazard and possible reopening time.Technicians from General Electric are at the scene at SSM Imaging to…

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon walks with resident Anthony Tumminia during a tour of tornado damage in Sunset Hills, Mo. on Jan. 1, 2011. Sunset Hills sustained damage to about 25 homes in a storm Dec. 31, 2010. Tumminia'a home was completely destroyed.

FEMA to survey damage from New Year's Eve tornadoes

Beginning Tuesday, officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency will survey damage from the New Year's Eve tornadoes that demolished homes and…

Government, Politics & Issues

Nixon views storm damage, talks to victims, in Sunset Hills

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 1, 2011 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon got a first-hand look Saturday at the storm damage in Sunset…

Update: Sunset Hills cop Miller pleads guilty to five charges from drunk driving wreck

Updated at 3:45 with comments from Indian community.Updated as of 2:15 p.m. after 1:30 p.m. court appearance:Miller pled guilty to all five counts against…