Email Author Paul Friswold

2012 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Lambert Airport's China Hub Is Dead, But May Live at MidAmerica Airport

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Midwest China Hub Commission Chair Mike Jones all but admitted defeat in the battle to pry tax breaks and public money from Missourians in order to build a dedicated aviation center at Lambert St. Lou... More >>

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  Horse Meat Is On the Menur

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Unified Equine is a Wyoming-based company that wants to open its first horse-meat processing plant -- for human consumption, mind you -- just outside Mountain Grove, Missouri, an Ozark community about... More >>

• Cahokia Teacher Files Complaint Against Three Students for "Inappropriate Sexual Contact"

  published Feb 24, 2012

  An unidentified female teacher at Cahokia High School filed has accused three of her students of "inappropriate sexual contact." No charges have been filed against the students yet, but they have been... More >>

• Alice H. Gregory: Department of Revenue Clerk Accused of Taking Bribes to Process False Paperwork

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Alice H. Gregory was employed at the Department of Revenue office at 4628 South Kingshighway as a clerk who processed new vehicle registrations, titles and vehicle renewal forms. A federal indictment ... More >>

• USPS Begins Budget Cuts in Springfield and Cape Girardeau

  published Feb 23, 2012

  The Springfield and Cape Girardeau mail processing centers will be consolidated this year by the United States Postal Service, at a cost of 136 positions combined. Some of those jobs may be transferre... More >>

• Rev. Lawrence Biondi Threatens to Pack Up SLU Medical and Head West

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Saint Louis University President Reverend Lawrence Biondi last night told the city's planning commission that unless SLU received the necessary permits to demolish the historic Pevely Dairy complex at... More >>

• Sen. Dick Durbin Gives Mayor Alvin Parks an Ultimatum, Parks Shrugs

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il) had some pointed and very public advice for East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks yesterday: Cut off the late-night package liquor sales and shut down the clubs at 1 a.m. and you... More >>

• Matthew Pellegrini: St. Louis Man Allegedly Requests Friend to Shoot Him, Friend Complies

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Updated Friday, 4:30 p.m: Matthew Pellegrini has since died, and Kevin Beindorff has been charged with second-degree murder. For what it's worth, the post below was not intended to poke fun at Pellegr... More >>

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  Attorney General Wants to do $3.2 Million of Sprucing Up

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Attorney General Chris Koster wants to use some of that sweet penalty money he's collected prosecuting consumer fraud cases on behalf of the people of Missouri to jazz up his staff offices. He's propo... More >>

• O'Fallon, Illinois Is Getting a Pricey Skate Park for Summer

  published Feb 22, 2012

  O'Fallon's aldermen voted unanimously to spend more money to build a larger skatepark with more features than what was originally planned.The total bill is now budgeted at $264,000, up from $150,000. ... More >>

• Angry Letter-Writer Threatens Legislators, Apologizes for it Later

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Early Tuesday morning, the leader of the state senate received an irate email about the price of gas that veered off into threatening and insulting Senators Victor Callahan, Jolie Justus, Jack Goodman... More >>

• Columbia Police Have Two Suspects in Chuck E. Cheese Shooting

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Columbia police announced last night that they have two suspects in custody in connection with Sunday night's one-sided gun battle at Chuck E. Cheese. One of the pair is an adult, and the other is a j... More >>

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  New Madrid Fault Stretches, Rolls Back Over for Another Ten Minutes Sleep

  published Feb 21, 2012

  A 4.0 earthquake within the New Madrid Seismic Zone gently shook southeast Missouri Tuesday morning at 3:58 a.m. The quake was centered about nine miles east of Sikeston, Missouri, and no damage or in... More >>

• Spring Training Brings Out the Amateur Photographer in Baseball's Beat Writers

  published Feb 21, 2012

  [UPDATED: See following page]The combination of Twitter and cell phone photography meets its zenith -- and nadir -- in the work of America's baseball beat writers. These reporters have been set free f... More >>

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  Giveaway: An Evening with Jeff Dunham

  published Feb 21, 2012

  I have one pair of tickets to give away to comic puppetmaster Jeff Dunham's show at the Family Arena on Wednesday, February 29. "Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos" features all of his most popular puppets... More >>

• Shots Fired at Chuck E. Cheese. Wait, Whatr

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Police were called to a Columbia, Missouri, Chuck E. Cheese at 7 p.m. Sunday night after someone fired at least a half-dozen shots at the rodent-themed children's paradise. Police found six to eight s... More >>

• Strippers Take His Credit Card, Give Themselves Big Tip

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Two dancers at C-Mowes in Washington Park got a drunk club patron's credit card and pin number and then used the card to tip themselves $500.Tanya L. Bagwell, 34, and Samantha L. Metz, 24, both are ch... More >>

• Mardi Gras Crime Tally 2012

  published Feb 20, 2012

  KPLR-11 is reporting at least 69 incidents at Saturday's Mardi Gras Parade. Of those 69, a whopping 66 were for minors in possession of alcohol -- that's a whole lot of kids who didn't know you have t... More >>

• Speed Kills Twice at North Grand and Natural Bridge

  published Feb 20, 2012

  The 21-year-old driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix is in police custody after killing his two passengers in a high-speed collision with a Metro Call-A-Ride bus on Saturday.Morion Robinson, 21, died Saturd... More >>

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  Man Beat 3-Year Old to Death, Blames it on Hit-and-Run Driver

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Out in Morgan County, Missouri, between Jefferson City and Sedalia, police were faced with an easily-solved puzzle. They'd been called to the scene of a hit-and-run driver on Highway 135, where Blake ... More >>

• The Smoking Wars: In Indiananopolis, A Smoking Ban Much Like Ours Failed to Pass

  published Feb 17, 2012

  In 2009, Indiana had the second-highest smoking rate in the nation. Legislators felt compelled to come up with a smoking ban that was both workable and effective. But as Abdul-Hakim Shabazz at NUVO, I... More >>

• If You Find A Stiff with A Stiffy, Coming Through The Rye ...

  published Feb 17, 2012

  The Law is a strange thing, and the people who make it sometimes find themselves having the most indelicate conversations.Representative Dan Beiser (D-Alton) recently proposed a law that would make se... More >>

• White Supremacist + Black Gang Member = Meth

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Christine Byers over at the Post-Dispatch has the amazing story of crime union between an avowed white supremacist eagerly going into business with a black gang member in order to circumvent the feder... More >>

• Mother of Dumped Ellisville Baby Found

  published Feb 17, 2012

  The mother of the baby that was left under a pine tree in an Ellisville yard yesterday has been found. The unidentified 19-year old West County woman had checked herself into a hospital for treatment ... More >>

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  Giveaway: Two Tickets to R&B Productions Mardi Gras Party Tent

  published Feb 17, 2012

  [UPDATED]: Wesley9907 won the passes. Well played, all.I have two tickets to the R&B Productions Mardi Gras Party Tent in DB's parking lot (1615 South Broadway, Soulard) on Saturday. Amenities inc... More >>