News 02/28/2013 The Ten Weirdest Members of Congress Caleb Hannan Slideshow: The 10 Weirdest Members of Congress Read More
News 12/13/2012 Thirty years after a white minister’s son was beaten to death in the Central West End, one black man remains in prison. But there’s plenty of guilt to go around. RFT Writers There was that thing about Todd Weems. He and his friends would be partying and having a good time, and then someone would look up and Todd had disapp... Read More
News 11/30/2012 Six Classic Insults by Mark Twain, In Honor of his 177th Birthday Nicholas Phillips Image via Mark Twain insulted everybody. He was incredible. The great Missouri sage Mark Twain went after everybody: Congress, the French, Christians,... Read More
News 10/25/2012 Five St. Louis Ghost Stories That Just Won’t Die Leah Greenbaum “Ghost stories exist because most people want some kind of tangible connection to the past.” So says Christopher Gordon, director of the M... Read More
News 10/18/2012 PHOTOS: Wayne Gretzky’s New St. Louis Home Chad Garrison Skating into a neighborhood near you. Hockey’s “The Great One” has returned to St. Louis. Wayne Gretzky, who played briefly for the ... Read More
News 09/04/2012 Shawn Spiros Dies in Standoff with Affton Cops; Witness Said He Was Drunk, “Acting Crazy” Sam Levin Shawn Spiros, a 36-year-old St. Louis man, died on Saturday during a standoff with police after a 911 caller reported that he was drunk and out of con... Read More
After Dark 07/31/2012 How Bare Can You Dare?: Missouri Laws on Public Nudity (NSFW) Leah Greenbaum Steve Truesdell World Naked Bike Ride started at Grand St. on Saturday night. See also: WNBR 2012 slideshow part 1 WNBR 2012 slideshow part 2 WNBR 201... Read More
News 07/13/2012 Joshua Hackman, Allegedly Points Gun at Police, Gets Shot and Charged with Trafficking in Drugs Paul Friswold Joshua Hackman’s mug shot from 2010. Police officers were in the 4500 block of Davison Avenue in the Walnut Park East neighborhood around 7 p.m.... Read More
News 06/14/2012 Code Dead: Do the encrypted writings of Ricky McCormick hold the key to his mysterious death? Christopher Tritto Ricky McCormick’s remains were well on their way toward fertilizing the soil when investigators arrived to the scene in late June 1999. Filthy L... Read More
News 05/21/2012 Montez Woods: St. Louis Homicide No. 35; Found Dead on Grove Street Paul Friswold Police were called to the 4100 block of Grove Street in the Fairgrounds neighborhood just after 9 p.m. Sunday for a reported shooting. They found Mont... Read More
News 05/11/2012 Judge Invalidates Citizens’ Petition to Strip Trupiano Family of Nightclub Liquor License Nicholas Phillips Photo by Jennifer Silverberg Aprille and Nick Trupiano The Trupiano siblings — operators of The Social House in Soulard and the now-defunct Club... Read More
News 04/30/2012 Billy Little: Pastor and Pyschologist Accused of Dusty Sex Scandal Chad Garrison amazon.com Billy Lee Little A retired Baptist minister and licensed psychologist who, according to his biography, once hosted a counseling program on ... Read More