Waterloo

Photos: Missouri Golfer Swallowed By Illinois Sinkhole, Says "I Was Falling for a Long Time"

A Missouri golfer was swallowed by a sinkhole in Waterloo, Illinois -- and survived to tell the tale. Mark Mihal, a Creve Coeur mortgage broker who runs a website called golfmanna.com, is now getting inundated with requests for interviews, one of his colleagues tells Daily RFT. Golfmanna sent us p ... More >>

Thank You For the Music

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music

Illinois Man on History Channel's "Top Shot" Could Probably Kill You With His Bare Hands

​Before we introduce you to Gregory Littlejohn, who's from Waterloo, Illinois and looks terrifying, we should explain what the History Channel's "Top Shot" is. It's a reality show, for those whose reality consists of:navigating back alleys, rappelling down buildings and hitting moving targets from ... More >>

Stock Up on Local Lamb at the Southern Illinois Sheep Festival

Monroe County Sheep Producers​ Need a boneless leg of lamb for Easter dinner? Or are you feeling the need to frolic with sweet baby lambs in the spring sunshine? Either way, head to Waterloo, Illinois this Saturday for the 25th Annual Southern Illinois Sheep and Craft Festival. The event's hos ... More >>

Metro East Chefs Go Field to Fork on Saturday

Too many people write off the Metro East as strip clubs, squalor and crime. Beyond the stereotype strife, fields roll with local produce and livestock nurtured by generations of family farmers. There's also a growing culinary scene, populated by chefs who focus on fresh and local food. Southwestern ... More >>

Honor System Alive and Well in Metro East

Robin Wheeler​"You may have the honor, but they probably have the system," one diner said to another at JFires' Market Bistro in Waterloo, Illinois, during Father's Day brunch. The cynic was speaking of the honor-system farm stands that dot the nearby countryside, like Scharf Farm, located o ... More >>

Jennifer Pensoneau of JFires' Market Bistro

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Jennifer Pensoneau of JFires' Market Bistro. Part two will be published tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Pensoneau, will be posted the following day. Robin Wheeler​"Every single person I knew growing up in Prairie du Rocher - ... More >>

10 Things to do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, May 14-16, 2010

It's that time of week again -- you're hopefully left with at least a few hours of free time where you can decide to do whatever you feel like: No time-sucking birthday lunches, Saturday morning soccer games or shift-covering for your slacker of a coworker. ("How has he not been fired yet?" you may ... More >>

Waterloo Doing a Rare St. Louis Show This Weekend

​Waterloo vocalist-guitarist Mark Ray moved to Portland, Oregon, several years ago, meaning that the band rarely plays shows in town anymore. That's why this last-minute gig (with Magic City) will be such a treat. Live, the band's been known to play evocative covers -- at the Lot festival in A ... More >>

Monroe County Sheep and Craft Festival Celebrates Local Lamb

Robin WheelerSweet little lamb...gonna be good eatin'!​It's lamb season, and they're celebrating in Monroe County, Illinois. Take a short drive across the Jefferson Barracks Bridge this Saturday, April 10, to the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Waterloo to celebrate spring at the Monroe County Sh ... More >>

St. Louis: Ten Dumbest Crimes of 2009

Even leaving aside the public servants (Jeff Smith, Steve Brown, T.D. El-Amin) who got caught red-handed this year, 2009 offered a bumper crop of truly stupid crimes.    ​10. Savvy Hillbillies Employ Dogs Eight men from 'round the town of Doniphan allegedly thought they could outsmart ma ... More >>

Horny Mothers, Bonehead Academics, "Butt" Peddlers and Questionable Politicos: Who is This Week's Ass Clown?

​Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the week again. Vote for the local headline maker you think made the biggest ass of themselves this week. And the nominees...1. Mizzou Officials: Administrators at University of Missouri helped make headlines this week when they sold old cell phones belongi ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: State Rep. Cynthia Davis

house.mo.govDavis: Ass ClownWhich is the greater indignity? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann calling you the "World's Worst Person" in front of a national television audience measuring in the hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of viewers? Or being voted "Ass Clown of the Week" by dozens* of devoted ... More >>

Lawmakers, Lawbreakers, Idiots and Arsonists: Who Is This Week's Ass Clown?

Okay people. It's time for a star-studded edition of Ass Clown of the Week. Each candidate is a more-than worthy contestant and -- unlike last week -- we need not worry about any hanging Chad(s). So, without further ado, which local headline-maker of the past seven days embarrassed themselves enough ... More >>

Trail of Grease Leads Cops to Ham-Handed Hamburglars

bnd.comAndrew SchneiderThank God for morons. Without them we wouldn't be able to share stories like this one from over in Waterloo, Illinois. Police say Tuesday night Andrew J. Schneider, 29, and Trent J. Gilliam, 35, drove a truck onto the lawn of the Monroe County Courthouse and hooked it up to an ... More >>

New Start, New Space

Big Mike Aguirre

10 p.m. Friday, January 2. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway.

Mmmm, October

Eating good in Maeystown

Eurovision on Saturday: Anybody in St. Louis Showing It?

Popcorn, Lock and Drop It

South by Southwest by Annie

Check out our exhaustive recap of Austin's indie-rock fest.

SXSW: St. Louis Wrap-up

Homespun: Auset

Auset (self-released)

Looking South (XSW)

St. Louis bands make a fine showing at Austin's annual indie-rock spring break.

The Linemen emerge as the best straight-shooting country band in town.

(And please don't call 'em "honky-tonk.")

A Place in the Heart

Renaissance man County Brown steps out.

Auld Lang Lou

The year that was 2006 in the St. Louis music scene

Music Showcase Schedule

The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts

And the Nominees Are...

Get a load of the nominees for our annual music awards extravaganza

Branching Out

Waterloo plays a CD release party for Out of the Woods; plus, a sneak peek at the new and improved Creepy Crawl

Letters Column

Week of June 8, 2006

Local Motion: The Linemen

Friday, May 26, at 9 p.m. Lemmons (5800 Gravois Avenue)

Summer Turns to High

Magnolia Summer explores the weightier side of life

Don't Mess with Texas

A dispatch from SXSW

Letters Column

Week of March 23, 2006

That '70s Showoff

At Gallagher's in Waterloo, everything old is still old

This Is the New Year

A sneak preview of what local bands are up to in 2006

Local Motion

Waterloo/Wormwood Scrubs

Wang Dang Sweet Ol' Twang

A simpleton's guide to Twangfest

Brown Eyed Handsome Fans

A new CD aims to reclaim Chuck Berry for St. Louis

Finally Facing Our Waterloo

A great St. Louis band makes a rare public appearance

Do Their Mothers Know?

A new DVD collection of ABBA film clips raises some interesting questions about sex, kitsch and pop transcendence

Green Day

St. Charles' Greenwheel rolls to the big time

Best Rural Bicycle Ride

Monroe and Randolph Counties, Ill.

Road Warriors

In Monroe County, Ill., some visitors are more welcome than others

ST.LOUIS SCENE REPORT

Some musical possibilities for your next club-hopping excursion

FINELY AGED

The Central West End's Balaban's grows old with grace

TAXI ZUM 'LOO

A visit to the German kingdom of Dreamland Palace in Waterloo, Ill.

STRIPPED TO THE ROOTS

The Sheldon gets a rare dose of rock & roll