Times Beach

Before a group of young adults embarked on a tour of toxic waste sites in St. Louis, artist Allana Ross asked if anyone wanted a respirator. Twice a year…

Marilyn Leistner, the last mayor of Times Beach, gazed at a grass-covered mound, the size of four football fields, where the remains of her town are…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 22, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Memories of Times Beach stirred this week when a House panel approved a…

In the 1980s, the town of Times Beach, Mo. hired a contractor to spray the town’s dirt streets with oil to cut down on dust. That oil was later found to…