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Eric Hinson, Former St. Clair Fire Chief, Sentenced For Embezzling Half A Million

What happens when you steal more than half a million dollars from the fire department you run? In the case of Eric Hinson, you get to spend 35 months in prison -- and have to pay the money back. Hinson, former chief of the St. Clair Fire Protection District and Ladue Fire Department, officials s ... More >>

Country Club Sopranos: American banks are on a massive crime spree. Obama and Romney hope you won't notice.

The Ten Most Egregious Tax Loopholes in the U.S.

Jimmy Tebeau Was Sentenced Today and Will Play at Old Rock House Tonight [Update]

Update, 4:50 p.m.: Jimmy Tebeau has been sentenced to "30 months on one felony count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, fined $50,000, and ordered to serve 200 hours of community service. He has also agreed to forfeit to the United States approximately 350 acres in Shannon County, Missouri, k ... More >>

Bob Cassilly's Estate in Turmoil; Widow Says She's Being Squeezed Out of City Museum

A year ago today the founder of the City Museum, Bob Cassilly, died in a freak bulldozer accident at his newest project, Cementland. For Cassilly's widow, Giovanna, today will be a day for remembering her lost husband. She'll recall his magnetic smile, his passion for this work and his love for th ... More >>

SLU grad Em Piro thought it was a shame St. Louis had no annual fringe festival. Say hello to St. Lou Fringe!

Byte Me: The collapse of SecureAxis left Jim Kalishman out for blood and his partner, Chris Elbring, in prison

Cal Ripken Jr. to Honor St. Louis Native Kevin Kline For Cancer Research Fundraising

Kevin Kline and Chelsey Campbell ​Chelsey Campbell's brown hair was long. On the cold morning he met her, that's what Kevin Kline noticed first. During an on-location broadcast at the Texas Children's Cancer Center in 2005, the morning radio host was idle in the time between the show's 5:30 a. ... More >>

Schwag frontman Jimmy Tebeau says Camp Zoe is an idyllic campground for weekend hippie jam fests. Federal prosecutors beg to differ.

Same-sex couples in St. Louis can get married in Iowa. They just can't ever get divorced.

Fade to Black: Just as the cameras began to roll on a major city film project, the plug is pulled

Dr. Feelbad: When a west-county physician went haywire, no one intervened to shut him down

Owner of Pre-Paid Funeral Company Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering

Sutton allegedly used Wite Out to wipe out customers' accounts.​Randall Sutton, former chief financial officer, president and director of the now defunct Clayton business, National Prearranged Services Inc., was indicted this week of a massive fraud involving pre-paid funerals in some 19 states. A ... More >>

Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.

Lock 'Em Down, Lock 'Em Up

Did Lock 'Em Down Records exec Dewanzel Singleton lead a well-choreographed double life, or did the DEA finger an innocent man?

Double Down

Gary Kaplan put all of his chips on BETonSPORTS and drew the worst hand of his life. Now he’s making tuna casserole in a St. Louis jail.

Floyd Irons Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison and Up to $1 Million Fine

Floyd Irons Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison and Up to $1 Million Fine

Bring Back Juneteenth!

Curtis Faulkner wants to throw a $2 million party celebrating the end of slavery — and he wants you to pay for it.

Being Darryl Strawberry

Baseball's bad boy is now doing the Lord's work in O'Fallon, Missouri. How long will that last?

Desperate Housewives

“We were two crazy broads who went on a shopping spree in New York.”

Win Lose Die

Belleville racketeer Thomas Venezia goes out with a bang

Wait Elephant

Flora prepares to pack her trunk once more -- but where's she headed?

Odd Ducks

The fight to preserve St. Charles County floodplains makes for some strange bedfellows

Best in Show

Nobody denies Debi Baker's talent with animals. Too bad she doesn't have the same gift with people.

Unholy Ghost

Mel White fears his old friend Jerry Falwell more than God

Wild Card

When it comes to Ballpark Village, the Cardinals may have a joker up their sleeve

The Fire Down Below

For more than three decades, Eric Vickers has been lighting brushfires, crusading against the racism he sees around him. Now, the civil-rights lawyer and activist finds himself burned.

Fuzzy Math

The RCGA flushed away its credibility in the city earnings-tax debacle

Minister to his Needs

The Rev. Dickson Beall became a local champion of the First Amendment after he opened the St. Marcus Church basement to progressive theater groups in the 1990s. Few people knew what Beall was up to offstage.

Stalking Back

Trying to collect a half-million-dollar debt from Floyd Warmann, the hunter becomes the hunted

Joker's Wild

Casino lawyer Michael Lazaroff cheated for years -- and the insiders knew. Now that he's cut the deal of his life, why does anybody believe him?

Welcome to Brooklyn

Damn the criticism -- Mayor Ruby Cook runs Brooklyn her way. But in this historic town, best known for its sex trade, she's not the biggest problem. Brooklyn is broke, divided and sinking fast.

In the Hands of the Father

David Richardson entrusted the management of his rental properties to a priest. Many of his properties have since been foreclosed on, and his credit is shot to hell.

DEMONS IN THE COURTROOM

Vince Greer heard voices in his head, then killed his mother. But prosecutors have their own departures from reality.

SHORTCHANGED

For years now, the Human Development Corp. has taken in millions of tax dollars to provide Head Start services for 2,500 of the city's low-income children. It has never come close. And the problems just begin there.

Billy Club

A simple, happy message helped him become the nation's favorite preacher. Thanks to a Popsicle-slick PR machine and a talent for dodging tough questions, we've forgotten what Billy Graham is really all about.

The Reinvention of John Ashcroft