Bill McClellan

Man Charged with Murder of College-Bound Aniya Cook

Everybody knows about the murder of volleyball player Megan Boken in the Central West End last August. Fewer people know about the murder of 18-year-old Aniya Cook just weeks earlier. But those who read Bill McClellan's haunting column in the Post-Dispatch on August 26 will remember. And they'll be ... More >>

RFT's 5 Favorite Tweeters in St. Louis

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, "You cannot step twice into the same stream." Nor can you click twice into the same Twitter. But the following five members of our city's Twattering class seem like a good read every time we wade in -- if for only 135 characters.

"Mary Junck" Takes to Twitter to Defend Bonuses and Threaten Employees

[UPDATE: Moments after this post went live, the MaryJunckFake account was suspended by Twitter. Spoilsports.]Well, that didn't take long. After Friday's purge at the Post-Dispatch, someone took to Twitter on Saturday to give voice to Mary Junck's inner Marie Antoinette. MaryJunckFake has thus far ex ... More >>

Spy Games and Celebrity Sightings at St. Louis-Area Bookstores

image viaWatch out, she may be packing an iPhone.​As everybody knows, the Christmas-shopping season is the most hectic time to be in retail -- as both a seller and as a consumer -- and this year, there's an extra frisson of excitement in St. Louis bookstores, thanks to some corporate espionage ... More >>

Tidbits from Duff's, Diablitos Cantina

​- Central West End institution Duff's (392 North Euclid Avenue; 314-361-0522) is for sale, according to an item (subscription required) in the current issue of the St. Louis Business Journal. Duff's opened in 1972, part of the fabled "Class of '72" of St. Louis restaurants. This weekend, Post-Dis ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 30, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. Unbelievable as it may sound, on this wee ... More >>

Masculine Journey On Working For Bob Cassilly And Its Upcoming Rooftop Release Show

The City Museum has always been a friend to St. Louis artists of all kinds. From employing local artists to work on the establishment's many oddball attractions, hosting art shows to providing a venue for some of the most memorable concerts in town (Fishbone, anyone?), St. Louis has always been able ... More >>

"Dr. Mom" on Donnybrook? Seriously, Charlie?

A journalists' round-table gets a special guest.​Update: OMG! Alert readers are now telling me that Dr. Erin Shannon-McGowan is the daughter of Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon, who happens to be a KMOX colleague with Brennan. No wonder Brennan didn't return my inquiries asking him to explain ho ... More >>

Robert Boettcher: Homeless Man Accused of Murder Gets Art Exhibit

Robert BoettcherAn unnamed Hopeville resident.​If you happen to be in the Loop during the next few weeks, you might stroll into Subterranean Books, which has put on an exhibit by photographer Robert Boettcher. The images, all captured with a basic point-and-shoot digital camera, depict the cit ... More >>

MetroLink: Conduit for Deer?

break.comJust like the Loop and Galleria troublemakers, this guy probably didn't pay his fare either!​In 2008 Riverfront Times (and yours truly) took a lot of flack for a story examining the role MetroLink may play as a conduit to crime. At the time, the Galleria shopping mall and the Delmar Loop ... More >>

Executive at St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission Lives in Baltimore, Earns $187,000

Here's a fun dichotomy, courtesy of today's Post-Dispatch. Apparently CVC's marketing slogan is code for getting out of town -- each weekend.​On Page One the newspaper continues its coverage about how state senator Jim Lembke (R - South County) wants to block out-of-work Missourians from receiving ... More >>

Arthur Lieber: Unlikely Candidate Becomes Unlikely Author

Arthur Lieber: an unlikely candidate, and now an author​It was roughly a year ago that Arthur Lieber started getting concerned. A self-described progressive Democrat, he was no fan of Todd Akin, the conservative Republican who represents Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. And as best Lieber co ... More >>

Ballpark Village Incentives Clear One Hurdle -- On to Board of Alderman

courtesy of Urban Review STLBallpark Village: Attractive, no?​This just in ...We're hearing via St. Louis Public Radio's Rachel Lippmann that the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority has given its approval for a tax incentive package for the long-stalled Ballpark Village project.The packa ... More >>

Danforth Center and Plaza Frontenac Pack High Protein Wallop for World Food Day

courtesy Danforth CenterPack 'em up, ship 'em out: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center volunteers pack famine-fighting meals for shipment to nations in need.​When it comes to the juxtaposition of hunger in sub-Saharan Africa with the wealthier enclaves of any First World city, it seems like t ... More >>

Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue's trouble, but it's taking all the blame

Is a Furlough a Vacation? At the Post-Dispatch it Seems to Be

McClellan​Show of hands: Who out there read Bill McClellan's fantastic column yesterday on James Kornhardt -- the former Mehlville fireman convicted this week of killing a man in a 1992 murder-for-hire plot? McClellan's piece had what no other media (including Daily RFT) offered in their coverage ... More >>

Voices Carry

Imagine Getting Busted 243 Times for Panhandling and Peeing in Public

​Bill McClellan last Friday columnized in the Post-Dispatch about a couple of local panhandlers and how they ply their trade, a snapshot tale of young man named Dave and his girlfriend Andrea standing on a corner holding a cardboard sign that read: "Lost Job, Lost House, Desperate." Turns o ... More >>

Bill McClellan to Obama: Welcome to St. Louis! I Really Hope You Fail!

Dear Obama: May you not succeed. ​President Obama is sure to encounter all kinds of crazy today in the S-T-L as Tea Partiers do their red-alert paranoia dance wherever he goes. But surely he can turn his lonely eyes to the adoring liberal St. Louis media? Right? Ennnnh....here's Bill McClellan in ... More >>

North Side Rancor: A quartet of legal eagles aim to shoot down Paul McKee's grandiose vision to regenerate St. Louis

Deb Peterson vs. Dick Weiss: Mrrrrreeow! An Old-Fashioned Media Spat

Back in the day, newsboys and a few -girls from competitive dailies used to race each other to deadline. The afternoon paper wanted to beat the morning rag, and vice versa. This was generally friendly jousting, mind you, which closed with the wordsmiths bellying up to the bar elbow to elbow, and buy ... More >>

FoodWire: La Dolce Via Joins in Health Care Debate

​Bill McClellan devoted his column this past Sunday, September 6, to telling the story of Marcia Sindel, owner of La Dolce Via (4474 Arco Avenue; website). Sindel has no health insurance, is in debt for throat surgery from two years ago and is facing two surgeries, one on her gall bladder and the ... More >>

St. Louisans feed on the city's inferiority complex, ex-pats feed on Gardenburgers

Movement Afoot to Hoist Chuck Berry Statue In the Delmar Loop

Wikimedia CommonsOne caller to Brennan's show last week suggested that the statue go in the women's bathroom at Blueberry Hill. Edwards didn't entertain the idea. KMOX morning talker Charlie Brennan, along with Joe Edwards, the unofficial emperor of the Delmar Loop, have rolled out plans to erect a ... More >>

Chuck Berry Statue Might Be Built in the Delmar Loop

Interesting blogpost over at Daily RFT by Kristen Hinman, who reports that KMOX radio host Charlie Brennan and Loop impresario Joe Edwards want to erect a statue of legend Chuck Berry near Blueberry Hill. Hinman reports:Edwards told Brennan on the air last Thursday that he has a spot marked between ... More >>

Who Killed Robert Walker?: Court testimony offers hints to an unsolved murder

The Post-Dispatch is shedding news pages and slashing editorial staff – and there's no end in sight

Lend a Helping Tummy

You eat, kids benefit

Lend A Helping Tummy

You eat, kids benefit

The end of "Mamalogues" brings on many RFT blog monologues

New St. Louis Public Safety Director: Race Matters

Lunch with Bill

All Fun & Games

...until Unreal puts our eye out. Plus: We hit the lake for some high-speed action, then attempt to chill with Chuck Berry.

All Aboard!

Unreal gets the first crack at the new 'Link. Plus, Bill McClellan takes pride in "his band," and being named one of the nation's angriest cities really pisses us off. Grr.

Pulitzer's Pain

Banished from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a decade ago, Joseph Pulitzer IV lives in self-imposed exile in Wyoming. What went wrong?

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Bill McClellan
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Richard Callow

Jesus Gets Even, Part 2

Christ, can't a guy get a little peace around here?

Big Boot

Columnist is the first casualty of the P-D's exposé on the sheriff's department

Baron Rothschild

He can turn bricks into gold, junk into antiques, disasters into opportunities. But Pete Rothschild just can't transform his reputation.

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Dolores Shante, St. Louis American

They've Got the Wrong Martyr

Tragic as his story might be, convicted killer isn't living in a perfect world

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D.J. Wilson

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Despite glowing coverage of local gay events in the Post-Dispatch, bigotry is alive and well

Lost at Sea

Editor Cole Campbell has left in his dinghy, and the mutineers at the Post-Dispatch are jubilant. Now, the flagship is listing and the crew has no idea where it's headed.

The Dogs Bark, The Caravan Moves On

St. Louis comings and goings in anno Domini 1999

Imagine St. Louis: The Post selling its soul for a jolly good fellowship

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