Email Author Melissa Meinzer

2011 Stories by Melissa Meinzer

• Unprocessed Rape Kits: We've Got St. Louis' Number

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Fifty-one. Fifty-one people in St. Louis went to the police after being raped. Fifty-one people went to the hospital and submitted to an hours-long invasive procedure to collect physical evidence from... More >>

• LGBT Health Fair Amid Plastinated Human Bodies

  published Sep 23, 2011

  This Sunday, take proactive steps to guard your health while you look deep within the human instrument. We mean that literally -- there's going to be a health fair at the St. Louis Science Center, and... More >>

• VIP Port-a-Pottiesr Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Has Big Perk for Big Spenders

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Now you can shit in style at the Solutia Rock 'n' Roll St. Louis Marathon! All it takes is an extra hundred bucks or so to be allowed to pinch your pre-race loafs into a classy commode and feel superi... More >>

• Sethe Gabel Could Probably Kick Your Ass at Angry Birds

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Sethe Gabel, 4Star Clipper, University CityIn an effort to celebrate the people who keep our city interesting, Daily RFT is launching a new weekly blog post, "Bold Types," featuring photos and stree... More >>

• ACLU of Eastern Missouri Honors Three Social Justice Titans Tonight

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Tonight, the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri hosts its 40th annual Bill of Rights Celebration. Three local activists will be honored for their work in diverse areas of civil liberti... More >>

• Cassilly Update: John Blake to be Charged in Shooting of City Museum Founder's Son

  published Sep 15, 2011

  One of the two men alleged to have shot Max Cassilly in his south-city apartment will be formally charged next month.John Henry Blake, 29, was arrested the morning of August 13 after two men shot Cass... More >>

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  Frenzied Shoppers Snap Up New Target Missoni Line -- Merch Gone In 20 Minutes

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Did you hearr The iconic Italian knitwear fashion house Missoni is releasing a reasonably-priced collaboration with Target...today! And...you have already completely missed it. Sorry.By about 8:20 thi... More >>

• Hometown Girl Karlie Kloss on Fashion Week "Life" Cover

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Check this out: hometown girl made very, very good, model Karlie Kloss, is on the cover of a special fashion week issue of Life. Photographer Gabrielle Revere followed Kloss around, to Paris, New York... More >>

• Tony Soprano or Mother Teresa: City Investigates Ownership of Controversial College Bar

  published Sep 08, 2011

  A new bar near the Saint Louis University campus featuring such classy promotions as "Free 'Till You Pee" is being investigated by the city's liquor control board amid concerns about its ownership. Th... More >>

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  Joseph Price Has a Top Hat For All Seasons

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Joseph Price, 55Festival of Nations, Tower Grove ParkIn an effort to celebrate the people who keep our city interesting, Daily RFT is launching a new weekly blog post, "Bold Types," featuring photos ... More >>

• High Marks for Wash. U. in LGBT Index

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Washington University gets top marks for being friendly and welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, according to this year's LGBT Friendly Campus Climate Index. The index, which ha... More >>

• Air Force Band "Sidewinder" Comes Home After Blowing Everyone's Mind Covering Adele

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Last month, a locally-based Air Force band called Sidewinder blew up the YouTubes with a video of them performing Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" on a morale mission in the Middle East. Sidewinder, led... More >>

• The City Museum's Unwelcome Guest

  published September 1, 2011

  Since December 2010 Max Cassilly has been legally prohibited from entering one of St. Louis' most popular attractions: the City Museum, which is... More >>

• Bondage Club Gets City Approval -- Will Host BDSM Seminars

  published Aug 29, 2011

  After months of wrangling with the city, the south-city BDSM venue known as "The Facility" is legally in the clear to operate, proprietor Joe Kriegesmann says."We are approved for educational seminars... More >>

• Critically Injured Son of City Museum Founder Has Troubled Past -- Stepmom Obtained Order of Protection

  published Aug 26, 2011

  Since December 2010 Max Cassilly has been legally prohibited from entering one of St. Louis' most popular attractions: the City Museum, which is owned by his father, Bob Cassilly. The younger Cassill... More >>

• Cassilly Shooting Update: Robbery Possible Motive, Police Say

  published Aug 24, 2011

  No one has been charged yet in the August 13 shooting of Max Cassilly, son of City Museum founder Bob Cassilly. But police are continuing their investigation, and have new information and theories.Acc... More >>

• Shatondi Rice: Boyfriend Charged in Cherokee Street Murder of Latasha Jefferson

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Here's an update to that homicide we previously told you about: Police have charged Shatondi Rice in the murder of his girlfriend, Latasha Jefferson.Jefferson, 25, was found dead in her apartment in t... More >>

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  Max Cassilly: Son of City Museum Founder Targeted in Shooting

  published Aug 23, 2011

  They came looking for Max Cassilly around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 13. The men showed up at Cassilly's south-city apartment on Montana near Grand Avenue, asking for him by name. After Cassilly's ... More >>

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  When the Reverend Katy Hawker headed to the altar, her church came, too

  published August 25, 2011

  They'd been on their honeymoon for a week, and it had been grand. Their road trip began right after the wedding in Iowa, and so they headed west... More >>

• Tough Going at the Missouri State Fair

  published Aug 19, 2011

  Man! First Lynryd Skynyrd canceled their show last week for health reasons, and now the power's out at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.Last night, a storm knocked over trees, power lines, tents and... More >>

• Weed Brownies Fail to Liven Up Band Camp

  published Aug 17, 2011

  This one time, at band camp...everyone ate brownies and got stoned to the bone.Earlier this month at O'Fallon Township High School in Illinois, three band nerds brought weed brownies to band camp and ... More >>

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  Little Guys vs. Corporate Giants: Protesters Closing Bank of America Accounts

  published Aug 12, 2011

  They're fed up, and they're taking their business elsewhere. This afternoon, as part of Midwest Rising, a weekend-long social justice symposium, more than a dozen people plan to close their accounts w... More >>

• Missouri Airmen Cover "Rolling in the Deep," Knock Planet's Socks Off

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Check this out: Here's an Air Force band from Missouri giving Adele a serious run for her money covering her hit "Rolling in the Deep." The band is called Sidewinder, and the lady with the pipes is St... More >>

• Kirkwood Mom's Ire at Downgrade Flies Over NYC

  published Aug 10, 2011

  New Yorkers got a message yesterday from an annoyed Kirkwood mom, and the whole world's been taking notice. The woman, Lucy Nobbe, works in finance, and her disgust with Congress reached a fever pitch... More >>

• Dancin' in the Streets About Birth Control, Bollywood-Style

  published Aug 05, 2011

  By now, surely you've heard that the Department of Health and Human Services has determined that birth control is basic preventive health care and is required to be provided without a co-pay by health... More >>