Subject:

Homelessness

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Tent City Revival: Rev. Larry Rice's Next Integrity Village Is A Secret

    The Rev. Larry Rice will not quit on St. Louis' homeless population; the entirety of his public life is proof of that. So the recent city-ordered dismantling of Integrity Village, his tent city just off I-44, was certainly not the end of Rice's efforts to establish a public and free-standing communi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Cuevas Cost: Sentenced for Homeless Counterfeit Check Scheme

    ​Cuevas Cost, the ringleader of a counterfeit check ring that used homeless people to pass the fraudulent checks, was sentenced to 51 months in prison today.Police from St. Louis, St. Charles County and St. Louis County notified postal inspectors and the Secret Service in 2010 of homeless people c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Whats Up Is Down But Not Out -- Yet

    Jay Swoboda, founder and prime mover for Whats Up St. Louis.​Jay Swoboda became a social activist on a whim. The economics major spotted a woman on Washington University's campus who was "really cute." Swoboda wanted to get to know her so he decided to volunteer alongside her at STONE Soup, a stud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    McMurphy's Grill Awarded "Restaurant Neighbor" of 2011

    Natalie Mclaury​McMurphy's Grill (614 North 11th Street; 314-231-3006) is your normal restaurant in every sense of the word -- it has a diverse menu featuring everything from a pulled-pork pita to an Irish stew, and it's often bustling during the lunch hour. What sets the restaurant apart, howeve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    P-D Readers Don't Think Homeless People Deserve Books for Christmas

    ​It started off innocently enough. The St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance had a meeting to discuss holiday plans. It came up with Hope for the Holidays, a book drive sort of like the one Left Bank Books had held last year: In addition to their other purchases, customers could buy a book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Homeless Outreach Team Gears Up for Winter, Seeks Volunteers

    ​With winter on its way and expected to be nasty this year, the Community Service Office at Washington University held an open meeting this week to discuss the need for volunteers for this year's Winter Outreach (WO) team. The WO finds homeless people in St. Louis and offers them a ride to one ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Lost Boys: New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

    ​With winter on its way and expected to be nasty this year, the Community Service Office at Washington University held an open meeting this week to discuss the need for volunteers for this year's Winter Outreach (WO) team. The WO finds homeless people in St. Louis and offers them a ride to one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Police Not a Problem for OccupySTL; The Homeless on the Other Hand...

    Albert Samaha​There is madness in Oakland, Chicago, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, New York. Flash-and-bang gas canisters... protesters flushed from public squares... mass arrests. But not here. At first, a cynic might think, "Of course! The last thing this city needs is a stone-throwing-police-wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    City Wants Hopeville Gone By December 1

    The mayor's office says it wants to save Hopeville residents from the elements.​St. Louis officials today announced that they're pushing ahead with plans hinted at earlier this year to dismantle the homeless camps north of downtown St. Louis. In January the city issued regulations for those living ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Catholic Charity for the Homeless Turns Down Money from Hooters

    St. Patrick doesn't want your money, ladies.​Apparently, money raised by women in tight, tiny outfits isn't needed to help St. Louis' homeless population. Yesterday, the St. Patrick Center booted Hooters off its roster of sixteen restaurants participating in a fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow nig ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Outside, The City

    St. Patrick doesn't want your money, ladies.​Apparently, money raised by women in tight, tiny outfits isn't needed to help St. Louis' homeless population. Yesterday, the St. Patrick Center booted Hooters off its roster of sixteen restaurants participating in a fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    The Inevitable Lawsuit Befalls the Food Truck Porno

    Flying Pink Pig star Ron Jeremy (right) later donated his mustache to the homeless man pictured here.​Gut Check's exhaustive coverage of The Flying Pink Pig, the porno shot on location in an actual food truck, continues -- though absolutely NOT because we want the producers to send us a free scree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Dennis Iagulli: Sexual Assault Added to Torturing and Dismembering of Homeless Man

    Image ViaEe-gads: Iagulli​It wasn't enough that they allegedly tortured and dismembered a fellow homeless man and set his body on fire. Now one of the two men accused of the brutal slaying of 22-year-old Zachary Irvin this past June in an abandoned building in East St. Louis is also charged with s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Ass Clown of the Week: An Ax, a Watermelon, a Dirty Teacher and a Naughty Video

    ​What do these things have in common? You guessed it, they all involve Ass Clown of the Week nominees. This week's theme surrounds law and justice, with more than a few despicable and outrageous arrests and court cases wrapping up in the past seven days. You know the rules, vote for the newsmaker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Homeless Men Created Human Slaughterhouse in East St. Louis

    ​Remember that gruesome scene from Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs -- the one where a victim is bound to a chair, tortured, cut up, and doused with gasoline in an abandoned warehouse? Well, that scene carried out in real life last month in East St. Louis, according to new details revealed i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    St. Louis Homeless Recieve $1.5 million

    ​The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $1.5 million today to St. Louis not-for-profits that aid the homeless. Catholic Family Services for Fathers Plus will receive more than $1 million of the grant to be used for funding 29 permanent housing units for single men with mental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    City Officials Blame Rev. Larry Rice for "Hopeville" Homeless Camp, Detail Eviction Procedures

    Just received an e-mail from Mayor Slay spokeswoman Kara Bowlin detailing the city's plan to evict dozens of homeless people from a makeshift encampment under Tucker Boulevard to make way for a $34 million construction project.Aimee Levitt posted about the Hopeville conflict yesterday on Daily RFT, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    City Hands Eviction Notices to Homeless People Living Beneath Tucker Boulevard

    In anticipation of street construction downtown scheduled to start next week, the city served eviction notices this morning to the homeless people of "Hopeville," a tent city in an abandoned railway tunnel beneath Tucker Boulevard. Image SourceAs seen on Stltoday.com, this image depicts "Hopeville, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Committee of Homeless People Meet to Air Grievances to City Officials (But Few Show Up)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mager/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​It was supposed to be an exchange between city officials and downtown's homeless. By 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 50 people had filled up room 306 of the St. Louis Public Library's central branch. But for a pair of cops and a few service provider ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    ¡Ask A Mexican!: A Room of One's Own: Where are all the homeless Mexicans?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mager/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​It was supposed to be an exchange between city officials and downtown's homeless. By 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 50 people had filled up room 306 of the St. Louis Public Library's central branch. But for a pair of cops and a few service provider ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Gimme a brake: Readers talk red-light cameras and Larry Rice

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mager/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​It was supposed to be an exchange between city officials and downtown's homeless. By 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 50 people had filled up room 306 of the St. Louis Public Library's central branch. But for a pair of cops and a few service provider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Another Homeless Rally Planned Without the Participation of Larry Rice

      A group of homeless St. Louis residents and advocates plan to march on City Hall and the social service agency St. Patrick Center this morning. Not expected to take part in the protest is the Rev. Larry Rice, director of the downtown homeless shelter New Life Evangelistic Center and a frequen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Petition Will Ask City to Cede Land for Homeless Camp

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    Love the War, Neglect the Warrior: His fame's based on his POW status, but Senator John McCain's made a point of voting against fellow veterans

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2008

    RFT readers prove that it's never the off-season in Cardinal Nation

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Violent Attack at Homeless Shelter Has Critics on the Offensive

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Efforts Continue to Clean Debris - and Homeless - from Lucas Park

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    RFT readers sound off on the rift between Lucas Park loft-dwellers and Rev. Larry Rice's homeless shelter

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Fried Rice: Lucas Park residents are fed up with the Rev. Larry Rice and the homeless shelter he runs

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    St. Louis' Homeless Soccer Team Nets Trophy

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    Home Sweet Soccer: St. Louis has become part of an international phenomenon

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2008

    Gimme Shelter

    Fresh off a protest march on City Hall this morning, a group of advocates for the homeless say they plan to circulate a petition asking that St. Louis City cede land for use as a permanent camp for the indigent.Brian Ireland, a case worker at New Life Evangelistic Center, says the one-acre tract wou ... More >>

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Beat Happenings

    Music news you can use

  • Music

    October 4, 2006

    Yo! RFT Raps

    Week of October 5, 2006

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    The Heat Is On

    St. Louis cops are on the prowl for a ring of air-conditioner thieves.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Letters Column

    Week of May 24, 2006

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Running on Empty

    Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    The Blackout Pact

    Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  • Culture

    March 1, 2006

    Think Piece

    Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2005

    Sleeping Under the Arch

    More than just a film festival

  • News

    March 10, 2004

    Letters

    Week of March 10, 2004

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Homeless Holy Wars

    The defiant Reverend Larry Rice infuriates big developers and city leaders over a proposed shelter in a downtown federal building

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Best Neighborhood Bar (Downtown)

    Dapper Dan's

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Larry's Club

    Larry Rice drafts the homeless in his fight against Washington Avenue bars

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Murder in the Cathedral

    Carol Bledsoe's alleged killer had a long criminal record and deep psychological problems. Church volunteers didn't know how big a threat he posed.

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    Steamrollin' Swoboda

    Week of February 20, 2002

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Hard to Heal

    Fred Rottnek, doctor to the downtrodden, tried his luck playing the boardroom politics of one of the city's most prestigious charities, Grace Hill. He lost. So did the homeless of St. Louis.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Teenage Wasteland

    They have run away from home or been kicked out, and there are about 5,500 of them in the St. Louis area. They're homeless teens -- too old for foster care, too young to live on their own.

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