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FILE - This Oct. 12, 2013 file photo shows a 32-foot granite monument honoring Confederate soldiers and sailors that has stood in St. Louis' Forest Park since 1914. St. Louis may soon join the growing list of cities removing monuments to the Confederacy. Mayor Lyda Krewson wants the monument removed as soon as possible, and is looking into engineering options to take it down, Eddie Roth, the city's director of human services, said Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

St. Louis mayor wants Confederate monument removed

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

A party tent from Kilroy's Sports Bar in St. Louis rests against a railroad trestle near the bar after storm winds blew through the area near Busch Stadium on Saturday, April 28, 2012. One person died and more than a dozen were taken to a hospital with injuries in the incident. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

St. Louis tent collapse raises safety questions

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

Officials respond to the scene where a tent blew over after high winds crossed the area, Saturday, April 28, 2012, in St. Louis. The tent was set up next to Kilroy's Sports Bar, where St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said a few hundred people were celebrating after the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 in a baseball game. Emergency officials said 16 people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to very serious. KSDK reported that fire officials said five people were in critical condition and 100 people were treated at the scene. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Emily Rasinski)

1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent

By Jim Salter - Associated Press