Wentzville

Suburban Journals: Two Print Editions Fold, 20 Layoffs, "Just Really Sad," Says Former Writer

The Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, the local newspapers owned by the same company as the Post-Dispatch and published online at stltoday.com are undergoing a major transition that involves shuttering two print editions and laying off twenty employees. The official announcement from parent ... More >>

Teenager Daniel Buck Arrested After High-Speed Chase, Says He Didn't Want to Miss Prom

The things we do for love! In what appears to be the most romantic local crime of 2013, Wentzville police officials say that Daniel Buck, age nineteen, tried to run away from officers on Friday and embarked on a high-speech chase that ended in his arrest -- at which point he apparently gave police ... More >>

Red Light Camera Vendor With Ties to Missouri Caught in Chicago Bribery Scandal

Redflex, the Australian firm that operates red light cameras in St. Peters and Wentzville, has lost its contract in Chicago after acknowledging that one of its consultants bribed the bureaucrat in charge of the city's red light program. The company conceded over the weekend that the consultant rece ... More >>

High School Face-Off

"Moo Cow" Is An Actual Wanted Criminal Whose Name Is On Missouri, Illinois Billboards

The cow got out of the barn. A criminal suspect who has the unfortunate nickname of "Moo Cow" has the even greater misfortune of having drivers throughout Illinois and Missouri see his baby-talk street name plastered on billboards calling for his arrest. But that's the price 24-year-old "John L. H ... More >>

Jacob Dolson Charged with Molesting A Child in His Mother's Care

Jacob T. Dolson, 17, of Wentzville, has been charged with two counts of child molestation. Police allege that Dolson had sexual contact last Friday with a girl his mother was babysitting in her home. The girl in question is 8 years old. Dolson's mother takes care of multiple children, several of the ... More >>

Serial Hugger Strikes Again! (And Again, And Again, And Again)

The serial hugger is back. Turns out the man Des Peres police arrested a couple of weeks ago for hugging women in the supermarket was also turned over to the Warson Woods police the same day. Apparently, they too have been getting reports for months of a strange man tricking lady shoppers into giv ... More >>

KSDK Knows When You're Going to Die, Based on ZIP Code

To hype last night's "I-Team Investigation," KSDK-TV (Channel 5) had been running a promo piece that featured two cartoon guys. Cartoon Guy No. 1 is Joe, who, the voiceover says, lives in St. Charles. He's got glasses and kind of looks like George Costanza. Cartoon Guy No. 2, Doug, favors a young Pa ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending November 27, 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. It's that most wonderful time of the year ... More >>

The Unconventional Campaign of Mike Carter, Lieutenant Governor Candidate

​In 2008, Mike Carter ran in the Democratic primary for Missouri lieutenant governor and voted in the Republican primary for president. He likes the idea of government being run as a business but doesn't like the idea of privatizing certain government duties. He thinks there are "serious problems" ... More >>

Wentzville's Exit 714 Is A Finalist For The Charter Center Stage Battle Of The Bands

​The Charter Center Stage Battle Of The Bands has entered its final stage, where eleven bands from around the country will compete for a chance to win a prize package anchored by an opening spot in Madison, Wisconsin on October 15th for Panic! At The Disco, Fitz and the Tantrums and Plain Whit ... More >>

Owner of Downtown's J.F. Sanfilippo's Plans New Restaurant for Chesterfield Valley

Laura MillerFilippo's Italian Kitchen and Bar will have a larger bar area than its downtown counterpart, pictured here.​Joe Sanfilippo, who owns and operates J.F. Sanfilippo's in downtown St. Louis, has just announced plans to open a new venture. This time, the Italian restaurant owner has his ... More >>

No Joke: Hidden Camera Found Over Toilet of Tattoo Shop Called "Full Moon"

Bruce Hymes​If this doesn't make it into the opening monologues of tonight's late-night talk shows, someone isn't doing their job. Yesterday police busted the manager of a Wentzville tattoo parlor for allegedly having a hidden camera installed in the bathroom of his shop right above the toilet. Oh ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Third Most Vulnerable Senator, Washington Post Says

Claire McCaskill: Vulnerable, but not because her challengers are so awesome or anything.​So Todd Akin is a smug know-it-all convinced that only those with his political beliefs are capable of respect for the Almighty. And so what if Sarah Steelman's campaign thinks 100 x 1,000 = 10,000?Never mind ... More >>

Owners of U.S. Fidelis Indicted for Fraud, Stealing, Unlawful Merchandising

consumerist.comYes, an angel's halo really did adorn the US Fidelis logo.​I admit it. Given all the allegations regarding bad business practices made against brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson over the past couple years, I thought they'd already been criminally indicted. Apparently not. Well, not u ... More >>

Ghastly New Allegations About the Music Teacher/Rapist at Wentzville East School

Image viaThe most recent to come forward was 11 at time of the rape.​These numbers are stomach-wrenching:As we write, former Wentzville East Elementary music teacher Michael D. Williams is rotting in jail on a 25-year sentence. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to eighteen counts of statutory sodomy and ... More >>

Doggie Style Acrobatics Comes to St. Louis

The Missouri canine community has gotten a lot of press lately for its puppy mills and dog fighting. But did you know our local pooches are also amazing acrobats, too? Apparently, the region's dogs are among the best in the country when it comes to the long jump. That's according to Keith Johnson, a ... More >>

U.S. Fidelis Owners Settle with Creditors; Forfeit Cash, Mansions, Yacht, Motorcyles

The view from inside Darain Atkinson's Lake Saint Louis mansion.​The two brothers charged with using their auto-warranty business like a personal ATM -- withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars each week to fund their lavish lifestyles -- have reached a settlement with the creditors of their bankr ... More >>

Chuck Berry Interviewed in the New Rolling Stone

rollingstone.com​The latest issue of Rolling Stone is receiving more attention for its cover than for its contents -- perhaps it has something to do with the naked True Blood actors splattered in "blood." (See right.) However, anyone who doesn't flip to the articles might miss something rather ... More >>

Daniel Brennan: St. Charles Homicide No. 1; Shot in Vehicle in Likely Robbery

kmov.comDaniel Brennan​The Major Case Squad continues today to investigate the St. Charles' first homicide of the year. Police found Daniel Brennan, 23, in his PT Cruiser around 11 p.m. Tuesday night at the intersection of Cave Springs and Veterans Memorial Parkway. The Wentzville resident had bee ... More >>

Aspiring Young Chefs Battle for Le Cordon Bleu Scholarships

This weekend some talented St. Louis high school seniors will cook for their futures at the sixth annual Le Cordon Bleu Future Chefs Competition at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. image creditOK, just guessing here, but the competitors this weekend will probably be a wee bit older than th ... More >>

Monsanto's "Semi Truck on Steroids" Makes a Pit-Stop in Wentzville

​The seed company everybody loves to hate will roll its "mobile technology unit" into Wentzville next week for three days of plant-breeding and other demos.The 53-footer "semi truck on steroids," as one Monsanto employee terms it, travels the country trying to sow interest in St. Louis-based Monsa ... More >>

US Fidelis Files for Bankruptcy; Owners of Auto Warranty Firm Used Company Like ATM

kmov.comUS Fidelis paid the mortgage for Darian Atkinson's gaudy mansion in Lake St. Louis. ​Wentzville-based US Fidelis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The company that sells extended auto warranties has been under attack since last April when the Better Business Bureau announced that ... More >>

Signing Day: Four St. Louis Area Athletes Among 23 Expected to Sign with Mizzou

We'll use any excuse to run this photo. Click for larger size.​It's a semi-holiday for college football fans today. As the first Wednesday in February, it's National Signing Day, or the day when an athlete can officially autograph a binding letter of intent to play sports at a university.The Unive ... More >>

The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #7: Arthur Clay's (2003)

​Arthur Clay's (2003)The only shuttered restaurant (its Maplewood space is now Acero) to make this list, and one I include not out of sentiment -- I never ate there -- but because my many conversations with other observers of our dining scene have revealed that it was a harbinger of what the city ... More >>

What Do Pirates and Pimps Have in Common?

They both say "Yo Ho!"Yup, it's that time of year again: Tomorrow is the annual Talk Like A Pirate Day.In accordance, the good people of Wentzville are hosting a festival, dressing up like Jack Sparrow, telling silly jokes, and pretending that they actually live in Martinique. God ble ... More >>

Break It Down

Searching for Love at Accident Scenes, Funerals

Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.Miss you; am also into sports: Turnin back the clock - m4w - 58i miss huggin u from behind, kissin ur neck, gettin on my knees to worship ur assetts, its be ... More >>

FoodWire: Gio's Ristorante & Bar Now Open

Gio's Ristorante & Bar is now open at 701 Market Street (the former Dierdorf & Hart's space).  The restaurant is the new project from Dominic and Jackie Galati (Dominic's on the Hill and Dominic's Trattoria in Clayton) and partner John Ruggeri (Ruggeri's in Wentzville). No Web site yet ... More >>

Top 10 Cheap St. Louis New Year's Eve Parties

You might be broke or close to it, but hell if that's going to keep you holed up at home on the biggest party night of the year! Here are the ten best, cheap ways to ring in 2009 in St. Louis. And you can still check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also be sure ... More >>

Gut Check: The Restaurant Shuffle

Coming Soon: Gio's Ristorante & Bar

Line of Argument

Los Tiempos Del Frente Del Rio

Prince of Darkness

A St. Louis company is making a killing off Halloween. Your screams are music to their ears.

Local Motion

Friday, February 3 at The Hi-Pointe, (1001 McCausland Avenue)

Good Sports

Skeet shooting? Women's hockey? Lindenwood's got it.

Arch Madness

A rough guide to St. Louis

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of December 29, 2004

Best 'Ville

Belleville

Best Place to Play Darts

The Rec Room

Cut the Castration Scene

A haunted-house entrepreneur says nuts to the city of Wentzville -- but then thinks better of it

They Lost It at the Movies

Classroom films have come a long way from those cheesy old duck-and-cover flicks. Or have they?

Bringer of Butterflies

Tom Terrific plays the Butt House

We're Young and Board

St. Charles embraces skaters

Release the Hounds!

Dogs are born free, but parks are extra

Yellow Snow

Week of January 30, 2002

Getting Stiffed

Public art comes at a price, whether it's wooden mannequins or metal gates

Best Tack Store

Equestrian Playground

It Takes a Village

Wentzville's Rotary Park is transformed into a medieval carnival