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St. Louis Journalist Searches for Answers After 'Little Brother' Is Murdered

An excerpt from Little Brother: Love, Tragedy and My Search For the Truth

By Ben Westhoff

May 20, 2022

This excerpt comes from Ben Westhoff's new book, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search For the Truth, about his relationship with his mentee in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, Jorell Cleveland. When Cleveland was killed near his home in Ferguson in 2016 at age 19, Westhoff set out to find the killer...

Ben Westhoff with his little brother, Jorell Cleveland.

Attempted Break in at St. Louis Mayor's Home Thursday

By Rosalind Early
May 20, 2022
Severe Weather Hits St. Louis Area, Tornado in Kirkwood

By Rosalind Early
May 20, 2022
St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office Has a Backlog of 4,000 Cases

Expert says some of the cases have likely been refused, but we don't know which ones

By Ryan Krull
May 19, 2022
Unpopular, Unnecessary, Unkillable Loop Trolley to Resume Operation

By Daniel Hill
May 19, 2022
Vipers Fans Poop in Their Boots as St. Louis Battlehawks' Return Looks Likely

By Daniel Hill
May 19, 2022
Brother of Murder Victim Calls City's Handling of Case 'Mind Boggling'

By Ryan Krull
May 18, 2022
St. Louis Officials Name Interim Police Chief, Hayden to Retire in June

By Monica Obradovic
May 18, 2022
Three Men Charged with 22 Felonies Related to Car Break-ins in St. Louis County

By Ryan Krull
May 18, 2022
Domestic Altercation Leads to Murder-Suicide in St. Louis County

By Ryan Krull
May 18, 2022
VIDEO: Crowd Fleeing Sunday Night Gunfire in Downtown St. Louis

By Monica Obradovic
May 17, 2022
St. Louis Public Safety Director Responds to Weekend Violence

By Ryan Krull
May 16, 2022
Introducing the Performing Artists for RFT's Art A’Fair

By Riverfront Times Staff
May 16, 2022
COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in St. Louis County (Again)

Seriously, people. Do we want to go through this again?

By Monica Obradovic
May 16, 2022
Man and Woman Steal from Almost Every Home Depot in St. Louis County

Only the Ferguson Home Depot Was Spared

By Ryan Krull
May 16, 2022
St. Louis Turns Out for Abortion-Rights Rally

By Rosalind Early
May 14, 2022
Police Looking for Man Accused of Entering SLU Student's Shower

He's also accused of burglary and trespassing.

By Monica Obradovic
May 13, 2022
St. Louis' Mysterious Pot-Hole Repair Hero Comes Forward

By Ryan Krull
May 13, 2022
Failing Senate Candidate Wraps Escalade in Photos of Himself Doing Crime

By Daniel Hill
May 13, 2022
Pennsylvania Man Petitioning for Legal Weed Charged with St. Louis Assault

By Ryan Krull
May 12, 2022
Missouri DHSS Warns Residents Not to DIY Their Own Infant Formula

Parents are driven to desperate measures in face of growing infant formula shortage

By Jessica Rogen
May 12, 2022

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