315 stories by "Valerie Schremp Hahn"
The Pappas house in Town and Country and the Kraus home in Kirkwood, the St. Louis area's only Wright-designed homes, are in very different stages of preservation.
Celebrating fall in St. Louis isn't so much about the cooler weather and an abundant harvest as it is about the end of a sweltering summer.
Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center replaces Ridgway Center, built in 1982.
Missouri History Museum creates a larger-than-life coloring book of St. Louis landmarks and architecture.
The nearly 6,000-square-foot mansion has four large rooms on each floor, a central staircase and maybe a few ghosts.
Admission for St. Louis city and St. Louis County residents is free until noon at Missouri Botanical Garden.
"Botanical Resonance" is on view through March at the Missouri Botanical Garden Sachs Museum.
The $21 million expansion of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will quadruple the space of the previous facility.
The statue, which will be formally dedicated at 5 p.m. Monday, honors enslaved people who sought their freedom through the courts.
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and falls on Father's Day this year.
The Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center is set to open Aug. 27.
Several cities and groups are hosting ceremonies, along with one at Soldiers Memorial and the 155th Memorial Day Parade in Alton.
Astrid is the first Somali wild ass born at the St. Louis Zoo since 2019.
Maria Cassilly, the daughter-in-law of City Museum's late founder, is also the attraction's chief archivist and tours manager.
Ficus is a Guereza colobus monkey who is part of the largest family group to live at the zoo.
"Hockey: Faster Than Ever" will help St. Louis Science Center visitors learn about the science behind the sport.
Visitors to the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield can also get a better view of workers caring for the animals.
The Winter Olympics kick off Feb. 4 with the opening ceremony in Beijing. But it's easy to get in the spirit here in St. Louis.
Celebrate Black History Month in and around St. Louis with a mix of entertaining, educational and emotional offerings.
Louetta Buechler, 80, of Twin Oaks died in December 2020 and was a longtime member of Craft Alliance, the St. Louis Artists' Guild and Laumeier Sculpture Park.
Construction of the main entrance of the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center project should be finished by the end of summer, with the event center completed by the end of this year.
The museum plans to reopen Feb. 3. The St. Louis Art Museum and the Missouri Historical Society institutions closed last week.
The exhibit is set up in a large tent on the grounds of the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights. More than 150,000 people have seen it here so far.
Preservation group will tell stories of some of the 50,000 people buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale.
Here are reporter Valerie Schremp Hahn's five most memorable stories from 2021.