Skinker Boulevard News Today

St. Louis-born author Jane Smiley has won a Pulitzer and published more than 25 books, but she has never set a book in her hometown — until now. Lucky, which dropped last month, is an alternative history of Smiley’s life: What if, when attending John Burroughs high school, she fell in love with music and songwriting instead of books and writing? 

A group of about 150 pro-Palestine protesters blocked off the intersection at Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway as part of a larger demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, May 3.

Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Friday evening near Forest Park to continue calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.

About 30 minutes after the protest began at 5 p.m. in Forest Park, most in the group began blocking rush-hour traffic in the intersection of Skinker and Forest Park Parkway.

The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.

The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.

Washington University officials said police arrested more than 80 “who refused to leave after being asked multiple times."

Washington University officials said police arrested more than 80 “who refused to leave after being asked multiple times.”

The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.

Recent upgrades to a busy intersection for both pedestrians and cars have included several improvements designed to make the crossing near Washington University safer