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Did Jerrin Brown Shoot, Kill Paul Moore As Retribution For Past Crime? (UPDATE)

Update: St. Louis county police have announced that Florissant resident Jerrin Brown, 32, has been charged in the homicide of Paul Moore, a twenty-year-old who, as we reported yesterday, showed up to a gas station early Sunday morning with gunshot wounds -- and soon after died. Our original coverage ... More >>

County Police: Man Meets Woman Online, Goes to "Spend the Night With Her," Steals Her Car

Need another reason to be scared of meeting strangers online? Daily RFT has got you covered! This cautionary tale -- unlike the recent Craigslist robberies in St. Louis -- is a story of online romance gone wrong. St. Louis County police officials say that a 24-year-old woman told them she met a man ... More >>

Openings & Closings 2012: The Final Reckoning

Yes, 2012 has been over for a few weeks now. No, we're not done looking back at it just yet. Don't worry. This isn't another Top Ten list. No, what we have here is Gut Check's annual omnibus listing of every restaurant that opened, closed, both opened and closed, relocated or changed its name in 2 ... More >>

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

From Gruesome to Galactic

Tiny Towns, Expensive Elections, St. Louis County Report Shows

​There are exactly 1,653 registered voters in the tiny municipality of Bel Ridge, Missouri. And so when the village decided to hold a special election in February 2010 to increase property taxes, the proposition was bound to be expensive on a per-vote basis. The St. Louis County Board of Election ... More >>

St. Louis City Employed Indicted Gang Members

​Q: How bad ass is America's Most Dangerous City? A: It employs members of a notoriously violent motorcycle gang as security guards!Take that, Detroit, Camden, Oakland and all you other cities that think you're so hard!As the Post-Dispatch details today, two of the five St. Louis men arrested ... More >>

Chester Johnson: Berkeley Man Stabbed to Death by His Brother, Kentrell Johnson

The scene of the crime in Berkeley. ​Police have identified the man stabbed to death early yesterday morning in the north St. Louis suburb of Berkeley as 33-year-old Chester Johnson. Authorities responded to Johnson's apartment in the 6700 block of Larry Lane (right) around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday afte ... More >>

A Look at the Work of the 5 Architecture Teams in the Running to Redesign the Gateway Archgrounds

Now that the CityArchRiver 2015 group has whittled down to five the number of teams competing to redesign the Gateway Archgrounds, it seemed appropriate to take a peek into everybody's portfolio. Below Daily RFT has collated some images of projects completed elsewhere by each architecture team. St. ... More >>

Kinloch Fire Protection District in Dispute With St. Louis County and NorthPark Over TIF Funding

photo by Keegan Hamilton Darran Kelly, chief of the Kinloch Fire Protection District​The Kinloch fire station is one of the nicest buildings in town, but that doesn't mean it's in good shape. The heater is broken, some of the windows are boarded-up, and until recently, a blue tarp, dubbed " ... More >>

A Video Tour of Kinloch, The Saddest City In St. Louis County

If you missed our post earlier this morning detailing the troubles of Kinloch Fire Protection District and their beef with St. Louis County and the developers at NorthPark, click here to check it out. The story touches on the astonishing level of urban decay Kinloch, the poorest of the 91 municipali ... More >>

Bill for Local Control of St. Louis Police Clears Committee

The St. Louis police have been under state control since cops looked like this, a.k.a. the Civil War.​One down, one to go. A bill that would turn oversight of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to city officials cleared a contentious committee meeting yesterday in the Missouri House. The ... More >>

Police Arrest Cross-Dressing Robber, But Is It the Same She-Man Who Struck Last Week?

St. Louis PoliceJames T. Duke​St. Louis police last week arrested James T. Duke in connection with two robberies last month in which the suspect allegedly dressed in women's clothing and armed himself with a long-barreled gun. The robberies occurred January 3 and 4 when the 28-year-old Duke allege ... More >>

S/He's Back! Bearded Woman Robs Hustler Store, Three Days After Similar Crime

Whatever your thoughts on the bearded robber, you can't say s/he isn't a "hustler."​A thief masquerading as a woman (despite his facial hair described as a "goatee and/or light beard") has struck another St. Louis business. Police in Berkeley are looking for a man who entered the Hustler Hollywood ... More >>

New Used Bookstore The Archive to Host Gallery Show, Preview Friday Night

The Archive​The Archive, a new used bookstore that claims to be "somewhere between Berkeley and Paris" but is actually at 3213-15 Cherokee Street, will be holding a preview night on Friday, January 15, which will feature artwork by two local artists (well, one local and one once-local). The bookst ... More >>

Revolting Youth: Cult novel must continue its search for a worthy film adaptation

Show Review Photos Setlist: Green Day and Franz Ferdinand at the Scottrade Center, Tuesday, August 11

Photo: Todd OwyoungFrom last night's show at the Scottrade Center. See more photos of Green Day last night.​ Caveat: I've been a Green Day fan since 1994 or so. And so I have a sneaking suspicion that last night's Scottrade Center show wasn't for me - even though the band ran through plenty of ... More >>

Police Nab Teenager Accused of Shooting Berkeley Cop

Devante Thomas​Sixteen-year-old Devante Thomas, accused last week of shooting a Berkeley police officer, is in custody following a five-day manhunt. Thomas allegedly shot the cop Wednesday morning after the officer chased him into a north county cemetery. Thomas' mother had reported her son as "mi ... More >>

Teen Suspected of Shooting Berkeley Officer is Caught

Police HandoutDevante ThomasThe sixteen-year-old suspected of shooting a Berkeley police officer has been caught, less than 24-hours after the incident occurred, reports the Post-Dispatch.Police report that Devante Thomas was captured around 10 a.m. in an area around Florissant. Thomas allegedly sho ... More >>

Whoops! Scratch That! Alleged Cop Shooter Still on the Loose

Moments ago we followed a Post-Dispatch article that reported sixteen-year-old Devante Thomas, accused of shooting a Berkeley police officer last night, has been caught. Apparently the P-D -- and we -- got that wrong. This just in from the St. Louis County Police Department spokesman Rick Eckhard.

Show Review Photos: Dillinger Four, Japanther, The Brokedown, The Humanoids at Off Broadway, Tuesday, June 9

PHOTOS AND REVIEW BY JASON TOON "In most cities in the Midwest," Dillinger Four's Paddy Costello said between songs Tuesday night, "the people we knew in '99, or especially '96, or even 2002, are all bike messengers in Berkeley now, delivering cocaine. Or they got some gig as a DJ in London and they ... More >>

My Cardinals: Larry Borowsky of VivaElBirdos.com

You know, back when I started putting these together, I had thought to lead off with Larry Borowsky, since he's really the guy who gave me my start writing about the Cardinals. I was just a blogger over at Viva El Birdos, which Larry founded, and he asked me if I wanted to contribute to the front pa ... More >>

Pi Delivers to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Ian FroebThen-Senator Barack Obama, shortly after falling in love with Pi.As George Mahe first reported on Feast last week, President Barack Obama has invited Delmar Loop pizza restaurant Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; Web site) to cook for him at the White House. Sommers dropped me a line today to repo ... More >>

The Five-Million-Dollar Question in Kinloch

Photo: Jennifer Silverberg Kinloch Mayor Keith ConwayIn this week's dead tree edition of  RFT, I reported on the troubles facing the Kinloch police department, including a recent strike by the city's cops and allegations of unpaid wages and dangerous working conditions. On ... More >>

Suburban Journals Also Shedding Employees, 45 Fired Friday

Hardest (Working) Man

Letters Column

Week of June 15, 2006

Toot Sweet

Opera Theatre proves that less really is more with a brisk Jane Eyre

Brunchadelic

Shangri-La is a luscious slice of Americana

G'Dead, Mate

Zombies rise again, this time from Down Under

Film Openings

Week of July 6, 2005

Commander Cody with Heartsfield

Saturday, April 30; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Name That Spud

Will the real Lavell Webb please stand up?

Under the Beaver's Skin

Gee whiz, Wally: the Beav talks to Unreal about psoriasis! Plus, we see how the Lou stacks up to Beantown, try to understand the appeal of the Pet Building and administer a Harold Ramis quiz

Hollywood Homies

Three recent video releases have local ties

Carnage

Despite the cost, local cops can't resist deadly pursuits

Ragged Blade Cuts Back

Week of April 30, 2003

Hell No, They Won't Go

Protesters say pens are for sheep, not Bush critics

Common

Electric Circus (MCA)

Feeding Frenzy

Two developers, three cities, the airport and the county are engaged in a dogfight over 438 acres of prime North County land. And there's plenty of sleaze to go around.

Easy Answers

The facts about two high-profile police shootings remain muddled, but is a review panel really pressing for the truth?

Who's Next?

Annette Green didn't have to die. Her death was a tragedy waiting to happen in St. Louis County's reckless war against two-bit drug dealers and addicts.

The Champ

Bill Bangert wanted a world-class domed stadium in St. Louis County, but all he got was a tiny town. Now the 77-year-old dreamer is back in Missouri with a few more nutty ideas.

Film Fatale

The death of the cinephile prompts a resurrection

Streettalk

What Has Been the Most Remarkable Occurrence in St. Louis During Your Time Here?

Best Protest

I-70 Blockade

Anti-Community Policing

St. Louis County cops earn the distrust of African-Americans

CENTRAL STATION

With a little help and a lot of determination, a group of young progressives brings an arts and social collective to the Hill neighborhood

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE ST. LOUIS

Jobs are leaving, the tax base is shrinking and the population is dropping. North County is feeling the squeeze.

Sound Checks