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25 Reasons to Love Summer in St. Louis

People may gripe about the heat and humidity of St. Louis in the summer. But ask someone to share his or her favorite memory about this town, and chances are you're going to hear a story about something that happened between May and September. Why? Because summer is when we get together with frien ... More >>

Ste. Genevieve County Jail Inmates Will Receive Newspapers Behind Bars After ACLU Dispute

Missouri inmates have a right to get married behind bars -- and they also have a right to receive newspapers. So says the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, which has a record of advocating for the incarcerated and has announced a settlement in a recent dispute regarding newspaper s ... More >>

Sample Craft Brews at Inaugural Belleville Ale Fest Saturday

Belleville, Illinois, is jumping on the craft-beer bandwagon. The small city to the east of the big river is hosting its inaugural craft-beer festival this Saturday, April 20, from noon to 4 p.m at the Belleville Crossing shopping center. Gut Check spoke with John Lengerman, the executive director ... More >>

Ian Fisher & the Present Release New Video "Why Do I Go?"

Ian Fisher & the Present debut a new video today for "Why Do I Go?" off of the band's latest, self-titled effort. The video was shot in Vienna, Austria (half of the duo takes up residency in Germany) by Anna Kohlweis with assistance by Yavuz Odabas. In it, Fisher and Ryan Carpenter (aka "the Present ... More >>

Homespun: Ian Fisher & the Present

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ACLU: St. Genevieve Sheriff Cut Off Newspapers to Inmates After One Penned Letter to Editor

If you're an inmate in St. Genevieve County jail, and you want to keep your newspaper subscription, you'd better not write a letter to the editor that mentions the sheriff or calls out local Christians.  Stanley Schell wrote such a letter, and immediately thereafter, the sheriff -- citing secur ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending February 5, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. This week on the bestseller list, we have ... More >>

Blinded by Delight: Crown Valley Brewery Releases Moonshine

HazardKentucky.comMoonshine is making a comeback.​This Saturday, December 10, Crown Valley Brewery (13326 State Route F, Sainte Genevieve; 573-756-9463) is taking things ol' school by releasing its first moonshine. The Missouri Moonshine is a rye moonshine with unaged whiskey. "We wanted ... More >>

While You Were Eating Left Over Turkey, Teenage Boys Were Living Out Gridiron Dreams

Jennifer SilverbergProud American Traditions: Jazz... Ford... Capitalism... Thanksgiving weekend high school football state championship games.​Not even a man wearing a cowboy hat while eating a Big Mac, listening to Bruce Springsteen and trading derivatives on his iPad is more American than high ... More >>

Male Nurse Rescues State Trooper from Drunk

Now here's something they don't teach in nursing school.​Oh, to have witnessed this scene as it unfolded Saturday night along Interstate 55 and Meramec Bottom Road in south St. Louis County!According to police, Jason M. Becks of Ste. Genevieve was driving erratically around 7 p.m. when a state tro ... More >>

Jacque Sue Waller: Major Case Squad Departs; Jackson Police Left to Solve Disappearance

Jacque Sue Waller: Missing for nearly two weeks now.​After a week and a half on the job, the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger County Major Case Squad deactivated last Friday, taking with it dozens of detectives and volunteer police officers who'd been investigating the disappearance of a Ste. Genevieve mo ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events this Weekend: June 10-12

Lauren WinchesterSt. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival​This weekend, get out to one of St. Louis' best parks to get a large sampling of local food, drink and culture. Tower Grove plays host to the first monthly Food Truck Friday as well as the 19th annual St. Louis Pagan Picnic, while Forest Par ... More >>

Facebook Page Launched to "Find Jacque S. Waller" -- Missouri Mother Missing Since June 1

facebook.comJacque Sue Waller​Friends and family of Jacque Sue Waller hope social media can lead to the discovery of the 39-year-old mother of triplets.  Jacque Sue Waller, most recently of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, disappeared June 1 after visiting the home of her estranged husband in Jackso ... More >>

Jacque Sue Waller: Mother Goes Missing; Estranged Husband Investigated

Police HandoutJacque Sue Waller; mother of triplets missing since Wednesday.​She's been missing since last Wednesday. Her car, a blue Honda Pilot, was later discovered abandoned along Interstate 55 near Jackson, Missouri. Jacque Sue Waller, is the 39-year-old mother of triplets who friends say wou ... More >>

Congressmen Russ Carnahan, Lacy Clay Respond to Proposed Redistricting

The two Democratic congressmen representing the St. Louis region released a joint statement yesterday criticizing a redistricting map proposed this week by Republican legislators in Jefferson City. The new map would effectively eliminate Congressman Russ Carnahan's 3rd Congressional District, which ... More >>

St. Louis Suburbs Shockingly Happy, Gallup Says

Is Todd Akin your congressman? If so, you're probably pretty happy. ​The city of St. Louis may be a crime-ridden abyss. But our west-county suburbs ... whooboy, are they another story!That's latest from pollster Gallup, which (unlike those Daily Beast polls proclaiming random cities the "fattest" ... More >>

Sample Murphy Lee and Kyjuan's "Freaky" Muscato Tonight and This Weekend

Jennifer Silverberg​Murphy Lee is a Renaissance man. When he's not recording and releasing music (such as the recent Wine, Weed & Women mixtape and an irresistible new video/song, "I'm Da Damn Man, Ma'am Damn, Yes I Am"), he and fellow St. Lunatic Kyjuan are promoting good eating habits via a ... More >>

Get Your Bubbly On with St. Lunatics Murphy Lee and Kyjuan

Jennifer Silverberg​Murphy Lee is a Renaissance man. When he's not recording and releasing music (such as the recent Wine, Weed & Women mixtape and an irresistible new video/song, "I'm Da Damn Man, Ma'am Damn, Yes I Am"), he and fellow St. Lunatic Kyjuan are promoting good eating habits via a ... More >>

Must Have Gotten Lost In The Mail

​Did you "forget" to mail your hideous Aunt Bertha an invitation to your wedding? Looks like you could have a tiny window to make it right -- this weekend, a whole lot of mail blew out the back of a mail truck between St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve. Postal employees and highway patrol scooped up wha ... More >>

Love, Murder, Slavery in Colonial Ste. Gen! Film Screening at Historical Museum

www.press.uillinois.edu​Under These Same Stars, a film based on a murder investigation in Ste. Genevieve in 1773, will have its premiere at 1:30 p.m.  this Sunday, January 24, at the Missouri Historical Museum. Its creators promise a thrilling tale of mystery, love and legal drama set in a mi ... More >>

The Noble Writ's New Year's Resolutions

Unlike several of my fellow Gut Check contributors, I'm not much for reminiscing about, dissecting or ranking the past year. Instead, I enjoy the challenge of looking forward and setting goals. So here are my plans for both my personal wine consumption and The Noble Writ in 2010.Aaron Logan, Wikime ... More >>

The Beertender: Viva la Revolution!

​We're in the midst of a nifty little revolution here. After decades of blandness in our food and beverages, Americans have rediscovered their palates. Twentieth-century industrial better-living-through-chemistry innovated the flavor right out of a lot of our foodstuffs, especially beer. But now ... More >>

The Big Bloody: Ste. Genevieve Duo Charged in Murder Coverup

Police HandoutKenneth Ritrovato Jr.​Officials in Jefferson County yesterday issued warrants for Angela Parke of Ste. Genevieve for tampering with evidence and Kenneth J. Ritrovato Jr. of Ste. Genevieve for the murder of Chester Scherer. Scherer was last seen at a party on Friday, August 7, 2009 in ... More >>

Get Your Very Own Expense Report, Right Here

Unreal loves a business trip as much as anybody. Oh, the fun we've had on long drives out to the O'Fallons, Lake of the Ozarks and Ste. Genevieve! The best part, though, comes after we get home, when that little expense check magically shows up in our pigeonhole. How wonderful life would be, we've o ... More >>

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Week of July 26, 2006

Who's Got the Button?

The button mushroom, that is

Get Thee To a Winery!

Area vintners serve happiness in a bottle

Sashay Chardonnay

Cab(ernet) to Forest Park

Non-Crash Course

BMW Ultimate Driving Experience

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Week of September 29, 2004

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Week of August 11, 2004

The Absurd Third

Last-minute campaign shenanigans mark the final days in the race to replace Dick

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Week of April 14, 2004

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Week of March 10, 2004

Best Local Chef

Steve Gontram

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Rights Knocked

Week of January 1, 2003

The Mad Minute

Week of May 8, 2002

Grace Note

Week of January 9, 2002

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Week of February 21, 2001

Invasion of the Swiss

Proposed cement plant in Ste. Genevieve would be foreign to our lungs

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Week of January 24, 2001

Cementing a Deal

A giant quarry and the world's largest cement kiln are being welcomed by Ste. Genevieve County. But the operation may leave St. Louis gasping for air.