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Springtime in St. Louis -- the season your car turns a pale green regardless of its paint color. Yep, there's a lot of pollen in the air. Worse, it's in your nose and eyes, producing bucketloads of sn... More >>
The Richmond Height City Council last night approved an ordinance providing discrimination protection for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered residents. The measure passed by a vote of 6-2, makin... More >>
A St. Louis County judge this week upheld Creve Coeur's red-light camera system, dismissing a class-action suit challenging the legality of the cameras. Attorneys Ryan Keane and John Campbell with the... More >>
Earlier this week Chris Molitor, president of the firefighters' union Local 73, wrote a guest commentary in the Post-Dispatch criticizing Mayor Francis Slay's push to reform the firefighters' pension.... More >>
Anyone watching the Big 12 basketball tournament this week no doubt caught a glimpse of Kirkwood resident John Hagerty. Hagerty recently came in fifth place in Phillips 66 "Local Legends" competition ... More >>
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported this week that traffic deaths statewide are up this year. Between January 1 and March 7, Missouri roadways saw 29 more traffic fatalities than they did during the ... More >>
An affidavit accompanying criminal charges filed last week against a Maplewood resident suggests that the founder of Craigslist, Craig Newmark, personally got involved in helping detectives in their i... More >>
Updated with information from the person who designed the helmet and a possible clue that the new Mizzou hard hat will look "shockingly similar" to the image below. Yesterday, University of Missouri f... More >>
Update (again!) 4/24/2012: Evidently Anheuser-Busch/InBev's test-marketing run went well. The company's newest offering, Bud Light Lime-A-Rita is due to hit store shelves next month, in 8- and 24-ounc... More >>
The bandits who are slowly dismantling north St. Louis -- brick by brick -- are becoming more daring these days. Architectural historian Michael Allen, who has perhaps written more than anyone on the ... More >>
If real estate records are any indication, NFL Hall-of-Famer Marshall Faulk appears to be in a financial tailspin. Earlier today came news that a Florida condominium he owns is in foreclosure and that... More >>
In his 13 years in the NFL, Marshall Faulk eluded linebackers and defensive tackles like a football version of Houdini. Now the St. Louis Rams' Hall-of-Fame running back may have found the one opponen... More >>
Prosecutors in Randolph County have charged four people in the bizarre kidnapping and rape of a 22-year-old Moberly woman last week. Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols tells Daily RFT that the victi... More >>
Updated 2 p.m. Winners announced in comment section.We have two sets of tickets to Arch Madness on Friday night for the 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. games. They're good seats, too, inside the club section wit... More >>
Editor's note: Apparently there's been some confusion with readers thinking that the coupon company reported on in this story is Voice Daily Deals, operated by Riverfront Times. It is not. Our coupon ... More >>
Red-light cameras in Springfield have been turned off for nearly two years following a March 2010 Missouri Supreme Court decision that found the city violated state law in the way it prosecuted people... More >>
The St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute last week joined forces with tax preparer H&R Block in calling for a $250 federal refund for men (and women) who proudly wear facial hair. Dr. Aaron... More >>
Cuevas Cost, the ringleader of a counterfeit check ring that used homeless people to pass the fraudulent checks, was sentenced to 51 months in prison today.Police from St. Louis, St. Charles County an... More >>
Once again, Missouri has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in the number of meth labs seized in 2011. Law enforcement uncovered 2,096 labs in Missouri last year, an increase of six percent... More >>
Updated at 9:45 a.m. with response from city counselor Patti Hageman. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge last week officially struck down the city's red-light camera ordinance, effectively voiding any ou... More >>
If you haven't heard, RFT's favorite sports blog is transitioning. Joe Sports Fan launched nearly a decade ago and quickly became one of the best sites for ridiculing our national obsession with sport... More >>
You may have heard last week about Abid Nisar, a local oncologist who pleaded guilty to selling off-brand chemotherapy drugs not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. But have you seen his out... More >>
Last week's RFT feature story, "Where You Should've Gone to High School," had one of our readers traipsing down memory lane. He wrote in to inform us that while north county schools today may be assoc... More >>
A pair of male lowland gorillas experienced a few hours of freedom yesterday at the Kansas City Zoo. According to the Kansas City Star, the 400-pound primates made their into a zookeepers' area where ... More >>
One of the perils of not having cable TV is that you'll find yourself watching some truly horrible programming because, well, nothing better is on. Such was the case last night when I sat through an h... More >>
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