Granite City

Wheelchair Assault: Eckert Mathews Arrested After Allegedly Battering Disabled Brother

Eckert Mathews, a 51-year-old Granite City resident, decided on Monday that he did not want his brother, Royal Mathews, living with him anymore. After informing him that he should move out of the residence on Maryville Road, he then began hitting him. The victim was knocked to the ground -- and ou ... More >>

The Cuban Missiles CD Release Show

8 p.m. Saturday, December 22. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Woman Accused of Trying (But Mostly Failing) to Rob Three People With Toy Gun

According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office, at least one of Amy Zielinski's three robbery attempts on December 1 actually succeeded. In that one, the 34-year-old allegedly came into the BP Amoco in Pontoon Beach just after noon on Saturday, showed a "handgun," took some money and left in a red ... More >>

Coolest Thing We've Ever Seen: YouTube Compilation of Cardinals' Fans Reacting to Game 6 World Series

Prepare to get goosebumps. Big props to the video's creator -- TeleVicious of Granite City. You're the man. We'd love to talk to you about how you assembled the video. Drop us a line if you see this.

Granite City Shootout Case Involving Off-Duty St. Louis Cop Settled

Following a 2008 shootout in Granite City involving off-duty St. Louis police officers and an innocent man, the City of St. Louis is on the hook for $250,000, Missouri Lawyers Weekly has reported, following a Sunshine request. As we reported two years ago, city cop Bryan Pour entered a skirmish out ... More >>

Gateway Regional Patient Anthony Burkey Died From Suffocation in Hospital

Back in December we reported that a Granite City man who'd been arrested by police and taken to Gateway Regional Medical Center may have died from a cause forensically labeled "excited delirium," which usually occurs after significant physical exertion associated with violent and/or bizarre behavior ... More >>

One Arrested In Crime Spree Involving Four Suspects in a Hyundai

Lennard Brown was arrested yesterday. His alleged accomplices remain at large.​Police have one man in custody and say they know the identity of three accomplices who took part in an armed robbery in St. Louis County and home burglary in Granite City on Monday. St. Louis police arrested Lennard Br ... More >>

Burglars Caught on Security Cameras Now Suspected of Another Robbery Yesterday

A suspect enters a house in Granite City after kicking in the door.​Warning: If you see four men riding around town in a black Hyundai Sonata today, exercise caution. Authorities in Missouri and Illinois believe the men were responsible for an armed robbery and a home burglary that occurred w ... More >>

Coroner Suggests Home Intruder Died From Excited Delirium Following Arrest

Studies suggest this is the precursor to excited delirium.​Was "excited delirium" the reason a 42-year-old Metro East man died in an emergency room following his arrest last Friday? According to a news release ciculated by the Madison County Cornorer's Office over the weekend, the victim, Ant ... More >>

Mastodon

7 p.m. Sunday, November 13. Pop's Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Confirmed E. Coli Cases Increase; Other Outbreaks Reported

Screenshot via​Since last Thursday, the confirmed cases of E. coli in the St. Louis area have increased from 16 to 30. Investigators still haven't found the source of the contamination. Four cases of E. coli have been reported in Boone County, Missouri, and aren't thought to be related to the ... More >>

Luna Cafe's Legendary Cherry Glows Again in Granite City!

Suzy RustAfter more than twenty years of darkness, the Luna Cafe sign is lit!​Luna Cafe (201 East Chain of Rocks Road, Granite City, Illinois; 618-931-3152) opened in 1926, which makes it the oldest structure on Historic Route 66 still operating under its original name. More important, it just won ... More >>

Facebook Seeks to Dismiss Illinois Class-Action; Mothers Claim Children Exploited

​Facebook has asked a federal judge in southern Illinois to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed in June on behalf of two Granite City moms. The suit filed on behalf of the children of Melissa Dawes and Jennifer DeYoung alleges that Facebook inappropriately uses its "like" feature to monitor the ... More >>

Heat Wave Injures Four People in St. Louis

This weather is getting intense, y'all.​It's sweltering. In fact, it's officially time to start blasting Nelly's "Hot in Herre." (That's the most appropriate way Daily RFT could devise to both celebrate the city's skyrocketing temperatures and validate every citizen's complaint that the weathe ... More >>

Lawsuit Claims Facebook Illegally Uses Minors for Advertisements

Mothers dislike their kids being used in Facebook ads.​Have you seen those advertisements on Facebook that show one of your friends endorsing a certain product? The ad could be for a local restaurant or maybe a national retailer and features your friend's mugshot next to something saying that he o ... More >>

Real-Deal Diner: The Petri Cafe in Granite City

Suzy RustYou see a window like this at a diner, you know it's the real deal.​Petri Cafe and Catering Service (1416 20th Street, Granite City, Illinois; 618-876-9443) is a family business that has operated in Granite City since 1946, when Lawrence Petri, who worked until his death at 90 in 2008 ... More >>

Worst Person To Rear-End While Driving Drunk: A State Trooper

Image viaWhen you're wasted, avoid banging this kind of rear end.​In a Christmas morning episode that proved neither holly nor jolly, an inebriated 23-year-old David A. Whitacre of Granite City reportedly gave the gift of his front bumper to the back of an Illinois State trooper's squad car. Woops ... More >>

Man Accepts Death of His Mother 45 Years After Funeral

Today's Purple Prose is another excerpt from Uncontrolled Desires by Granite City author Scarlet Edwards.Word of caution: You may need some Kleenex for this tear-jerker. 

A Cautionary Tale of Phone Sex Between Strangers

Today's Purple Prose once again comes form Uncontrolled Desires by Granite City author Mary Scarlet Edwards. In today's excerpt, we learn how a run-in with your mentally ill, phone-sex buddy can have grave consequences -- literally.

Not Just Political Pawns: Men Become Abortion Activists

Jennifer SilverbergJeff Farris is a NARAL employee and volunteers as a clinic escort at the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois.​Please make sure to read this week's RFT feature, "She's Not There," which discusses how activists on both sides of the debate are increasingly paying attention to men ... More >>

Counter Intelligence: RFT stages an around-the-clock diner-thon

St. Louis Point of View

Featured Review: St. Louis Point of View at the Missouri History Museum

Are Facebook Friends Really Your Friends? Court Case May Settle the Question.

​So, how 'bout it? Are Facebook friends really your friends? That's a question under debate in the criminal case of an off-duty St. Louis cop involved in a bar brawl in Illinois in 2008.This morning the Post-Dispatch reports that the ubiquitous Clayton attorney, Albert Watkins, is asking Facebook ... More >>

Fast Times at Granite City High

Image Via​Sex, booze, sexting, private dicks, extra-special special education, and a girls volleyball coach gone bad: It's not even winter break and already it's been a banner year for Granite City High SchoolThe Belleville News-Democrat did a nice bit of muckraking for this morning's edition, run ... More >>

You Were Doing WHAT in a Clown Suit? Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimateslug/ / CC BY-SA 2.0Where, we ask, is this clown's left hand?​bus scene - 24 - (STL)You were at the bustop at Southw ... More >>

"If You Ever Eat Pickled Eggs and Drink Beer, It Smells Worse Than Them Kind of Farts."

flickr.com/photos/cottergarageA Granite City sunrise.Parts of Madison County, Illinois, have the second-most poisonous air in the country, according to a new report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. Most alarming was one particular Granite City neighborhood, located near U.S. Steel Corp ... More >>

Flower of the East Side

Granite's all right

GC Food & Brewery: A Review

Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

Vintage Vinyl's Granite City, Illinois Location: Closed

"News flash!

"Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, idiota, and consequently, any person born in Puerto Rico is a U.S. citizen."

Lovie Smith + Tony Dungy = football history.

Joe explains the significance of this year's Super Bowl.

Planet Granite

Yippee: Unreal finds a way to interact (virtually) with the world's sexiest people! Plus -- Granite City's relative suckiness, McDonald's bad 'tude and Circuit City's parking-lot campers.

Catwalking for Cats and Dogs

Letters

Week of April 20, 2005

Letters

Week of April 6, 2005

Best Place to People-Watch

Tri-City Speedway

Best Record/ CD Store

Vintage Vinyl

Best Liquor Store

Corral Liquors

Dirt Track Nation

At Tri-City Speedway they don't mess around with "race cars." They race cars.

Take Wing(s)

They're buk, buk, buh-good

Letters

Week of June 16, 2004

Sicilian Martini

Trattoria Marcella, 3600 Watson Road, 314-352-7706

Hoosiers, Hoosiers Everywhere

Week of April 9, 2003

Hoosiers

The stereotype is all about cheap beer, fast cars and fat girls. But there's a little bit of hoosier in all of us.

Best Store for New CDs

Vintage Vinyl East

Best Beer Selection

Corral Liquors

Best Fundraiser

Krewe of the Mystic Martini

Best Liquor Store

Corral Liquors