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America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

University of Missouri, Other MO Colleges, Hit By Veterans' Lawsuit

War is hell; trying to pay for college tuition in Missouri ain't all that easy either.​A group of military veterans is suing trustees at the University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri State University and the Moberly Area Community College, alleging that the universities systematically overcharged ... More >>

Smart Book People to Invade St. Louis in April

image via​The Missouri Writer's Guild has announced plans for its 2011 "Just Write!" conference, to be held in St. Louis next April 8 through 10. According to the Guild, the conference will bring the opportunity to pitch to editors and agents and attend workshops, panel discussions and break- ... More >>

Chef's Choice: Lisa Slay, Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar

Robin WheelerLisa Slay, Executive Chef of Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar​Unless you moved to St. Louis three hours ago, you know the Slay name, whether from the mayor or from the family of chefs and restaurateurs who have worked in the city for a century. Humble and down-to-earth, chef Lisa Slay of ... More >>

Basketball by the Book: Floyd Irons Paid for Players to Live Near Vashon High School

Basketball by the Book: Floyd Irons Paid for Players to Live Near Vashon High School

Clean Getaway

Unreal gets our rump royally rinsed!

Beer, Guns and Big Bird

Unreal gets down to brass tacks with the NRA, Anheuser-Busch and Big Bird, shares an intimate Keith Urban moment and cries bloody Murder.

Basketball by the Book: A Riverfront Times Investigation

The Vashon High School Wolverines have won five state titles in the past eight years. But did they play by the rules?

Where Did They Go From Here?

Strong Safety

Has the NFL gone too far trying to monitor players' off-field antics?

Win Lose Die

Belleville racketeer Thomas Venezia goes out with a bang

Queries

Unreal finds an angry blogger with a lot to say (most of it not suitable for work), gets expert analyses of Wash. U. students' attractiveness and gives a pop quiz to potential padres

Fly Like an Eagle

To Alton

DUI or DWB?

Murphy Lee's publicist says the rapper was pulled over for Driving While Black

It Might Be a City

Washington Avenue Summerfest heats up

The Last Dance

The little flower shops wound extra rolls of floral tape, and the photographers wound fresh film, and the Bosnian seamstresses stitched poufs of netting to strapless bodices. DuBourg High was planning its prom.

Playing With Fire

Chris Hummel was the life of the party until he joined Life Christian Center. There, the Holy Spirit set his soul aflame -- and his joy burned so bright it blinded him.

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of April 19, 2000

ON SHAKY GROUND

The earthquake hazard here may be greater than you think. And planning for it is less than you'd expect.

THE CAPEMAN

Cape Girardeau state Sen. Peter Kinder takes more than an academic interest in St. Louis' public schools

Publish or Perish

Self-promoting poet and noted Faulkner collector Louis Daniel Brodsky tends to his legacy: shepherding his entire life's work into print