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James Earl Ray

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    July 22, 2010

    Lure Owner Responds to City Nuisance Complaints

    lurenightclub.comLure has nine nuisance complaints on file with the city since April 2009. ​Parking. Smoke. Fire alarms. Allegations of underage drinking. These are the nuisance complaints (attached below) filed against Lure nightclub with the city's Citizen Service Bureau over the past 15 months ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Effort to Convert Jefferson City Prison to Office, Retail Space Gets Boost from EPA

    Image Via​The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it is awarding $234,221 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to to conduct a brownfield assessment of the former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. The prison closed in 2004 as the oldest continuously ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Photos: St. Louis F.B.I.'s Most-Wanted Fugitives of All Time

    James Earl Ray, one of the most notorious "Top Ten" fugitives of all time hailed from St. Louis (Alton) but was placed on the list by the Memphis F.B.I. following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ​This Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the F.B.I's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Opening MLK's FBI Files Could Bolster John Larry Ray's Version of Assassination

    ​As early as next week, legislation could be introduced to make public thousands of FBI documents relating to the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps more importantly, the legislation, spearheaded by U.S. Senator John Kerry, will also bring to public view all records associated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Old Missouri State Pen Now Proposed Site for Shops, Offices, Prison Museum

    Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission​Ah, if only the walls of the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City could talk! Well, OK, most of the stories would probably be kind of dull, and the vocabulary might be a little less than savory, but the fact remains: The 177-year-ol ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Alton Confidential: Naked truths about bare-breasted barmaids, horrific murders and the ghosts that haunt our favorite little river town

    Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission​Ah, if only the walls of the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City could talk! Well, OK, most of the stories would probably be kind of dull, and the vocabulary might be a little less than savory, but the fact remains: The 177-year-ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    RFT Staff Writer Appears on KMOX Over CVC Fight

    Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission​Ah, if only the walls of the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City could talk! Well, OK, most of the stories would probably be kind of dull, and the vocabulary might be a little less than savory, but the fact remains: The 177-year-ol ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2008

    John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory.

    Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission​Ah, if only the walls of the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City could talk! Well, OK, most of the stories would probably be kind of dull, and the vocabulary might be a little less than savory, but the fact remains: The 177-year-ol ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    The Rockwell Files

    Steven Spielberg's stolen painting, a St. Louis art thief, and a plot to kill Martin Luther King. It could make a helluva movie.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Solitary Man

    Lifer Bill Herron knew exactly how to get out of jail -- until 16 years ago, when the Missouri Department of Corrections locked him in solitary

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Maybe in Memphis

    Jim Green, ex-con and government snitch, says he and his buddies from the Bootheel took part in the plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr. Trouble is, Green's been lying all his life -- so why should anybody believe him now?

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    The Boys from Boonville

    In 1963, a group of African-American runaways and truants was sent to a rural reform school. Then the nightmare began.

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