Poplar Bluffs

Judge Overturns "Deer-Dogging" Ban For Missouri Hunters

Image viaDeer do it doggystyle​Christmas just came early for the Show-Me State's laziest faction of hunters. A judge in Poplar Bluff recently overturned a state law that prohibits using packs of dogs to drive deer toward hunting stands, a practice known in Ozark-speak as "deer-dogging."On August 5 ... More >>

Latest Way to Fight Off Unwelcome Intruders: A Railroad Spike

image via​Last month Daily RFT reported the tale of a high-school football player who foiled a break-in at a neighborhood grocery store by tackling the would-be burglar and displaying some choice wrestling moves. Now we are pleased to report another novel method of fighting an unwelcome visit ... More >>

Baby-Faced Justin Lawrence Stands 5'8", Weighs 165 Pounds and Can Kick Your Ass Six Different Ways

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 >>

Creole Belle: Molly's in Soulard branches out with a bistro

Iowa or Bust: Fourteen gay couples from St. Louis will soon head to the Hawkeye State to get hitched. Well, sort of.

Red-Light Cameras, Cocaine Addiction and Public Radio: 2008's 10 Most-Read Stories

(The eyes have it! Here are the Top 10 most-read stories online, which were published in 2008 by the RFT. After the jump, we also included a few stories that came back from the dead in '08 because of timely news -- earthquakes and college basketball among them. Below, RFT Editor Tom Finkel ... More >>

Crack Open a Tallboy

They may not be crackin' him open, but they're cracking into him.Missourian Tyler Hansbrough is not liked, he's kind of hated actually, by opponents' fans. Probably by his opponents too. They yell out everything, including the fact that his dear ol' mawm was once, umm, hot enough to be crowned Miss ... More >>

The early days of "Psycho T" Tyler Hansbrough in Poplar Bluff

The early days of "Psycho T" Tyler Hansbrough in Poplar Bluff

Basketball by the Book, Part 5

Legislators call for a probe of the nonprofit that governs Missouri high school sports.

"Please do whatever it takes to clean up the mess Irons has created and give future Vashon players something to be proud of: integrity."

Week of November 16, 2006

Letters

Week of September 22, 2004

Rock Thee House

Thee Lordly Serpents mix garage rock with (gasp!) actual songwriting

Tallboys

The answer to Larry Bird's prayers for a white basketball savior might reside just off Highway 67 in Poplar Bluff

This Is Your Brain on Meth

Unreal catches up with a crystal-meth cooker gone straight, chats with an Andrew W.K.-endorsed candidate and gets local businesses' take on gay marriage; plus we totally freak out about West Nile, and Bill Haas offers something for the ladies

All the Jail's a Stage

Missouri inmates are performing tales of murder, greed and insanity -- and learning how to leave their old lives behind

Kingdom Comes

Girls who dress and act like boys, St. Louis' drag kings get up onstage to bend and blur the line between the sexes

Serial Tiller

When it comes to ripping people off, John Tiller and the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team just keep going and going

Row Warriors

Vendors at historic Produce Row battle the forces of modern commerce

Farm Team

Oh Freedom After While documents the integrated protest movement of Missouri's sharecroppers

Extreme Tuna