Missouri State University

Show-Me Steak: Missourian Randy Santel eats his way into record books

The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Kicks Off in Tulsa

On Saturday the world's foremost Woody Guthrie scholars gathered at the University of Tulsa to discuss how Guthrie's Oklahoma roots shaped his music and the Sooner State musicians who've followed in his footsteps. "Different Shades of Red: Woody Guthrie and the Oklahoma Experience at 100" is the fir ... More >>

Tidbits: More Beer, More Food Trucks

OK. Lots of stuff coming across the wire today -- including the very cool news of a local chef appearing on a new Bravo food show (more on that very soon!) -- so let's clear the decks of some more tidbits from the past few days. - Monday's "Tidbits" mentioned two more food trucks for St. Louis' eve ... More >>

Senator Kevin Engler Introduces Bill About Bedbug Reporting

​Citing both an increase in the number of infestation reports in Missouri communities and a special request from state health officials, State Senator Kevin Engler (R-Farmington) introduced legislation yesterday that sets new standards for tenants and landlords when it comes to reporting bedbugs.

Missouri State Band Reignites Debate Over "Dixie"

Image via"Dixie" came out of blackface minstrel shows in the mid-19th Century.​The song "Dixie" was born from the blackface minstrel shows of the mid-19th century. The lyrics take the perspective, and exaggerated dialect, of a free slave who aches to return to his days of plantation bondage. The f ... More >>

Banned Books Restored to Republic, MO, School Libraries -- Sort Of

image viaGuess who left Hogwarts to go work at the Republic school libraries?​Hey, guess what kids? Banned Books Week starts on Saturday, and the fine, upstanding citizens of Republic, Missourah, are all ready to celebrate. In June, you may recall, Republic's school board banned two books from ... More >>

Vonnegut Library Steps Into Fray Over Banned Books in Missouri

​The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in the author's hometown of Indianapolis is stepping up to assist high-school students in the small southwestern Missouri town of Republic. Last month the school district in Republic announced that it would pull Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five from the high-schoo ... More >>

Reviewing the Cardinals' Draft -- Rounds 11-20

​We're starting to get into territory where the names are hard to find and the scouting info thin on the ground, ladies and gentlemen. Of the 10 players the Cardinals drafted between the 11th and 20th rounds, there were only four whose names I had heard before the draft. Which, I'm somewhat sorry ... More >>

Car Dealer Leaves the Dark Side: Concierge Service Alternative to Dealership

Stephen Cancila: Former dealership manager has a new business plan​Take it from this occasional customer: There is nothing less fun than buying a used car. You may be the kind of no-nonsense shopper who knows what you want and has your checkbook in hand. They're still going to insist on dick ... More >>

Cafe Eau's JR Gosnell: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Cafe Eau bartender JR Gosnell. Below is a Q&A with Gosnell, followed by the recipe for his own shot, the White Nasty. Katie MoultonWould you try a drink called th ... More >>

Wanna Be on the Presidential Ballot in Missouri? We Need to See Your Birth Certificate, Please

Can we just lay the rumors to rest that Barack Obama is not an American citizen? He was born in Hawaii in 1961 -- two years after it became a state. Not Kenya. Hawaii. Even Glenn Beck has shut up about this, maybe because the claims are so ridiculous the Supreme Court doesn't want to waste its time. ... More >>

St. Louis Native Seeks to Sack the Competition at National Best Bagger Championship

  This ain't your typical sack race. Today, February 14, St. Louis native Scott Hall will represent Missouri at the 2011 National Grocers Association Best Bagger Championship. Having out-bagged all comers at the state level, Hall is set to compete against professional grocery baggers from 21 st ... More >>

Skepticon 3: Don't Believe The Hype

​This weekend, the Bible Belt's nonbelievers are converging in Springfield, MO for the third annual Skepticon, a conference devoted to atheism and skepticism in general. The free three-day conference at the Springfield Expo Center is financed through donations and gets some support from Missouri S ... More >>

Tea Party Crasher: Hard-charging Ed Martin wants to win your vote — and Russ Carnahan's congressional seat

​This weekend, the Bible Belt's nonbelievers are converging in Springfield, MO for the third annual Skepticon, a conference devoted to atheism and skepticism in general. The free three-day conference at the Springfield Expo Center is financed through donations and gets some support from Missouri S ... More >>

In Missouri, Banned Books Week Starts Early

image viaThis is Wesley Scroggins, the man who will protect the children of Republic from dirty books.​And by "banned books" we don't mean honoring books that allegedly concerned parents want removed from library shelves so they don't corrupt their sweet little innocents. We mean a concerted e ... More >>

Tweakers 'N Diggers: Looters are pillaging Native American burial grounds to finance their meth habits

image viaThis is Wesley Scroggins, the man who will protect the children of Republic from dirty books.​And by "banned books" we don't mean honoring books that allegedly concerned parents want removed from library shelves so they don't corrupt their sweet little innocents. We mean a concerted e ... More >>

Have you heard the one about the two cowboys at the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre? Plus: Skeptical skeptics and pointless laws.

image viaThis is Wesley Scroggins, the man who will protect the children of Republic from dirty books.​And by "banned books" we don't mean honoring books that allegedly concerned parents want removed from library shelves so they don't corrupt their sweet little innocents. We mean a concerted e ... More >>

Frat Guys Brand Each Other with Cattle Irons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgifford/ / CC BY-SA 2.0To all ye Missouri State University incoming freshmen males hoping to join a frat: enjoy a peaceful summer. Your soon-to-be brothers might be sizzling your flesh with a cattle iron in a few months. The Daily RFT may have been a little slow to pick ... More >>

What Did St. Louis Twitter About Last Night?

Just some of the hot Twitter action you might have missed last night, Monday June 1:Alyson Carter AKA Shanghai Lily of the Arch Rival Roller Girls.Robin Wheeler Mama likes to knit, listen to loud music, cook, write, cuss & refer to herself in third person.

Catching Up with the Pride of Affton, John Goodman

flickr.com/photos/fmg2001The New York Times had a fun interview last week with actor John Goodman. The big man from Affton is in New York these days playing the character Pozzo aside Nathan Lane (and others) in a stage production of "Waiting for Godot." Goodman tells the Times of his 30-year battle ... More >>

Missouri House Votes To Let College Students Pack Heat Along With Textbooks

Employing the same sort of logic that St. Louis alderman Quincy Troupe used when he suggested earlier this year that every north St. Louisan should pack a pistol in order protect themselves from crime, the Missouri House of Representatives gave final passage yesterday to an amendment that would allo ... More >>

2008 Cardinals Draft Pick Analysis

Employing the same sort of logic that St. Louis alderman Quincy Troupe used when he suggested earlier this year that every north St. Louisan should pack a pistol in order protect themselves from crime, the Missouri House of Representatives gave final passage yesterday to an amendment that would allo ... More >>

Thousand Dollar Baby: By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.

Employing the same sort of logic that St. Louis alderman Quincy Troupe used when he suggested earlier this year that every north St. Louisan should pack a pistol in order protect themselves from crime, the Missouri House of Representatives gave final passage yesterday to an amendment that would allo ... More >>

The Egg Man

Dr. Sherman Silber says he can extend a woman's fertility by decades. All he needs is an ovary and some ice.

The Wine Master

A St. Louis sommelier strives to be among the best in the world.

Matriculators, Sing! Sing! Sing!

A St. Louis sommelier strives to be among the best in the world.

Where Did They Go From Here?

A St. Louis sommelier strives to be among the best in the world.

Mystery Woman

Where is Lisa Krempasky and why are so many people suing her?

Third Time's a Charm

Columbia's True/False Film Festival tops itself. Again.

Dirty Ernie

The Cardinals' legendary organist tickles the keyboard -- and a lot more

3 Nights in June

Strategy, heartbreak, and joy inside the mind of a minor-league hitting coach

He Writes the Signs

Maybe you haven't met Marty Prather, but you probably know his work

Bouton's Balls

Are chin music for MLB

The Boys Are Back in Town

Gateway Men's Chorus sings out

Foul Ball

Baseball coach Jim Brady has been fighting his bosses in the UMSL athletic department for seven years. And he thought colon cancer was a pain in the ass.

Feed the Beast

Everybody wants Hazelwood Central's Kalen Grimes and St. Louis' junior class of hoopsters. But recruiting in the city is a courtship dance and a high-maintenance affair.

The Defense Never Rests

St. Louis University's Billikens get the ball rolling

Man Trouble

A new biography of Stan Musial adds complexity to "baseball's perfect knight"

American Beauties

Don we now our gay apparel

Best Window Display

The Birds, Arrangements in the Loop

Right of Passage

Katie was in a rush to graduate, and McCluer North was eager to send her off. But education is never that simple.

Nothin' But Net

An obsession with basketball takes CBC seniors Ryan Johnson and D.J. Hogue through a successful -- but heartbreaking -- season

Dark Knights

An obsession with basketball takes CBC seniors Ryan Johnson and D.J. Hogue through a successful -- but heartbreaking -- season