STL EVERYDAY

Pictures of life in St. Louis by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Six Flags St. Louis flooded? Nope, that's fake news

Photo being shared is from a different state in 2009.

The Screaming Eagle is safe.

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Interstate 44 covered with floodwater in both directions near the Intersection of Highway 141. More flood coverage.

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Family members were shocked to find toppled gravestones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City; almost 200 were vandalized over the weekend. Monument company crews worked to upright as many stones as possible; others were broken and could not be restored.

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(First photo) Ashley Johnston and Richard Skinner shoot heroin in the kitchen of Johnston’s home in early February 2017. Johnston is six months pregnant with her fourth child; she is using methadone to try to treat her addiction, but missed recent treatments. 

(Second photo) Richard Skinner shoots a mixture of methamphetamine and heroin in a quiet spot of a south St. Louis cemetery in mid-February. “Death ain't nothing to me anymore,” he said. Paramedics revived him after an overdose just weeks before.

More than 650 people died from opioid overdoses in the St. Louis region in 2016, more than four times the number in 2007. Toxicology results continue to come in.

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Toni Stevenson, 15, is fatally shot by masked gunmen in St. Louis

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With $15 an hour, it could help me take care of my responsibilities and make my kids be successful in life.

Terrence Dixon, 32, a cook at a Bridgeton Hardee’s who makes $8.50 an hour

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A new study of police officers shows three-quarters say they’re hesitant to use force, and are less willing to stop and question suspicious people.

Police officers in riot gear line up in the parking lot of the Ferguson police department to protect the building from protesters during a Ferguson October protest on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. 

Photo By David Carson

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Rep. Bruce Franks, who represents part of St. Louis City, is sworn into the Missouri House during the opening ceremonies of the 99th General Assembly in Jefferson City on Jan. 4, 2017.

Photo: David Carson

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We’re going to need the city to invest alongside the Blues ownership,

Blues Chairman Tom Stillman, discussing renovations at the Scottrade Center, which is owned by the city of St. Louis.

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Danny Leahy tests the weather as he sits with brother Tommy (left), father Pat and mother Stacy, of Webster Groves, as they await the start of the Winter Classic between the Blues and the Blackhawks on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

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Bob King, 87, makes large story boards to help him document his long, active life. He has a board showing all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was employed with Boeing for 53 years until he was laid off  in September. 

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The synthetic ice rink at Winterfest at the Arch in St. Louis. Image: Cristina M. Fletes  

More fun things to do downtown over Winter Classic weekend.

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Charisse Young still doesn’t know the identity or the motive of the two men who stepped out with guns and sent her life down the path of coping with injury, loss and fear. Her story illustrates the mostly invisible trauma shared by too many St. Louis families after the crime scene tape comes down.

Photos: Laurie Skrivan

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Pulitzer himself had his start in St. Louis, and several St. Louisans have won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons.

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Desmond Settles, 2, joins mother Dearia Grice, an employee at Wendy’s and Hardees, and a group of workers in a protest outside McDonald’s on North Tucker in St. Louis. The protesters were asking for a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. 

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I felt very strongly that the establishment needed a wake-up call. Hillary’s loss means that the people are tired of politicians that think they can buy their office and manipulate the system.

Helen Launhardt, 54, St. Louisan and lifetime Republican

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Missouri Highway Patrol officers stand at attention as police escort an ambulance transporting a deceased St. Louis County police officer from St. Anthony’s Medical Center.