View life in St. Louis the week of Sept. 8, 2024
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View life in St. Louis the week of Sept. 8, 2024
View life in St. Louis through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses the week of Sept. 8.
Archaeological dig in Brooklyn Ill. seeks to uncover physical relics of historic town
Tori Rothe, left, and Emma Pritchard, with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey map an excavation site area on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, suspected of being the foundation of a mid 19th-century home on Third Street in Brooklyn, Ill. A team from the University of Illinois' Prairie Research Institute aims is to uncover and provide historical information about the town founded in the mid 1800s by freed African Americans through archaeological means.
Big Boy rolls through St. Louis
The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 rolls past Busch Stadium on its “Heartland of America Tour†on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The tour started Aug. 28 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is traveling across nine states. On Wednesday, it stopped in St. Louis for a Union Pacific employee event, before Thursday stops in DeSoto and Ironton and a planned overnight in Poplar Bluff.
Day comes to a close on the Hill
Visitors to Piazza Imo enjoy gelato and the sunset on Marconi Avenue in the Hill neighborhood on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The Italian-style gathering spot, funded by private donors, opened in 2019.
Missouri Supreme Court rules Amendment 3 will appear on the November ballot
Amendment 3 supporters Luz Maria Henriquez, second from left, executive director of the ACLU Missouri, and Mallory Schwarz, center, of Abortion Action Missouri, celebrate with others Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Amendment 3 to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution would stay on the November ballot.
Missouri Supreme Court hears Amendment 3
Abortion opponents stand outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, as Chuck Hatfield, center left, an attorney for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, leaves court after arguing before judges to keep Amendment 3 on the November ballot.
Blues beat Blackhawks 4-3 in prospects game
Simon Robertsson, center, is congratulated by teammates after scoring in overtime to give the Blues a 4-3 victory over Chicago in a game involving prospects from both teams on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights.
Volunteers beautify veterans' headstones in remembrance of 9/11
Miriam Meyer, 12, from Maryland Heights, scrubs the side of a headstone on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The organization Carry the Load hosted the event where volunteers cleaned headstones at 60 national cemeteries across the country.
Y.E. Yang wins Ascension Charity Classic in playoff
Y.E. Yang chips the ball from the fairway of the 17th hole during the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at Norwood Hills Country Club, in Jennings.
Free breast milk helped Rebecca Dubberke after her son's birth
Rebecca Dubberke breast feeds her almost one-month-old son Kayden in her home in Arnold on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. After Kayden struggled to latch and had low blood sugar levels because Rebecca has Type 1 diabetes, SSM Health provided free breast milk to supplement what Rebecca fed him. He now breast feeds only.
Eckert's corn maze in Millstadt
The corn maze at Eckert's Millstadt Fun Farm in support of Stray Rescue of St. Louis on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Missouri Botanical Garden announces Lúcia G. Lohmann as new president
Lucia G. Lohmann was announced Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, as the new president and director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, where she poses for a photo. She will be the first woman to lead the institution and is scheduled to begin in January 2025. For more, please see Page A4.
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