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VIDEO: Kia Stolen While Being Repaired After an Attempted Theft

1 year 3 months ago
A Kia Sorento damaged by would-be thieves was stolen from the lot of a south county dealership. Yesterday, police in St. Louis County released surveillance video of the alleged October 2 theft from Suntrup Kia on South Lindbergh in hopes that the public can identify the suspect. A man in jean shorts and a white shirt walks through the lot before approaching the red Kia Sorento.
Ryan Krull

Chaifetz Arena To Host Inaugural Taco and Margarita Festival

1 year 3 months ago
On March 25, 2023, Chaifetz Arena won’t be full for basketball or a concert. It will be full for something even better: tacos and margaritas. That’s right — on March 25, St. Louis will host the inaugural Taco & Margarita Festival, Chaifetz Arena announced on Monday.
Benjamin Simon

Woman 'Rammed' to Ground by St. Louis Police Seeks $177K at Trial

1 year 3 months ago
Opening arguments began in federal court yesterday in a lawsuit being brought by a woman who alleges she was pepper-sprayed and rammed to the ground by police amid a 2017 protest. The civil case centers on the interaction between members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Civil Disobedience Team and Laura Jones, now 68, on September 15, 2017, during protests stemming from the acquittal of former police officer Jason Stockley. Video shows Jones at Clark and Tucker avenues in the early evening when, confronted by a line of police officers marching forward, Jones hits the pavement.
Ryan Krull

Out of Prison, Former Missouri Inmates Fight For Lamar Johnson

1 year 3 months ago
On Monday, Bobby Bostic drove on a highway for the first time in nearly 30 years. He was on his way to the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis. There, 27 years ago, he received a 241-year prison sentence for a crime he committed when he was 16.
Monica Obradovic

Thieves Leave Fenton's Friar Tuck with Warm Beer

1 year 3 months ago
Fenton residents may have to drink room temperature beer thanks to some copper thieves who struck the Friar Tuck Beverage store in the Gravois Bluffs Plaza in Fenton. Friar Tuck Assistant Manager Jason Zebrowski tells the RFT that the thieves stole all the copper from the cooling condensers that store uses to run its refrigerators. The thieves didn't break into the actual building as the condensers are behind the store, Zebrowski says.
Ryan Krull

Hazelwood Schools Want All Properties Tested for Radioactive Contamination

1 year 3 months ago
Life in the Hazelwood School District just got potentially more complicated for its nearly 17,000 students and their families. That’s because, in a memo released Monday, the district’s assistant superintendent for finance is recommending that the Hazelwood Board of Education ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to test all district properties for radioactive contamination. The district is home to 3 high schools, 6 middle schools, and 13 grade schools, plus several ancillary service providers.
Mike Fitzgerald

Janet Jackson Announces St. Louis Tour Stop

1 year 3 months ago
There are superstars, and then there's Janet Jackson. The global icon took to social media to announce a new North American tour kicking off in the spring, with a stop in St. Louis. The "Together Again" tour is Jackson's first in four years and celebrates several milestones for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Alex Washington

Hello Juice Is Redefining Healthy Eating, One Smoothie at a Time

1 year 3 months ago
Jon Maness admits he was an unlikely proselytizer of the benefits of juicing — all he needs to do is point to his initial chat with his wife, Jen, about getting involved with Hello Juice & Smoothie (multiple locations including 1000 South Newstead Avenue, 314-376-4135) to drive that point home. "When we had our initial conversation about it, I was sitting outside smoking a cigarette, and Jen comes out and says, 'Hey, we need to meet with these people about buying a juice bar,' " Jon recalls. "I said, 'Are you fucking crazy?
Cheryl Baehr

New Family Guy Episode Hilariously Bashes Josh Hawley

1 year 3 months ago
One of America's least-favorite senators just received a much-needed swipe. In a recent episode, Fox's Family Guy poked fun at Missouri Senator Josh Hawley for his cowardice during the Capitol insurrection. Remember the viral moment that so satisfactorily displayed the senator's true colors after the January 6 committee played a clip of Hawley running from the very mob he cheered on minutes before?
Monica Obradovic

Motherhood Shocked Missouri Photographer [PHOTOS]

1 year 3 months ago
When it came to motherhood, Angela Shaffer had clear family examples. Almost every woman — on both her mother's and father's sides — were stay-at-home moms. "I had this generational, passed-down idea of what it meant to be a mother, what it looks like," she says.­
Jessica Rogen

'They're Not Recycling': St. Louisans See Blue Bins Dumped as Trash

1 year 3 months ago
Last spring, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announced that the city was resuming alley recycling pickups. The city had suspended service months before, citing a shortage of trucks and workers, and the announcement during Jones’ State of the City address generated good publicity — and relief.
Benjamin Simon

St. Louis City and County Settle Jail Death for Undisclosed Sum

1 year 3 months ago
Eight years after a 26-year-old hung himself at the Jennings jail, St. Louis city and County, as well as the city of Jennings, have agreed to pay DeJuan Brison's children an undisclosed sum in settlement money for his death. On October 4, 2014, Brison used a bed sheet to hang himself at the Jennings jail, only three and a half hours after being transferred there from the St. Louis City Justice Center, where he had been on suicide watch. The lawsuit against the cities of St. Louis and Jennings as well as individual corrections officers, accused the City Justice Center of not communicating to the Jennings custodial staff that Brison needed to be on suicide watch.
Ryan Krull

Hartmann: Vicky Hartzler's Crying Shame

1 year 3 months ago
It is worth recalling today that just five months ago, this happened: “Trump rules out Vicky Hartzler endorsement, tells voters to ‘forget’ about her.”
Ray Hartmann

Critical Funding For St. Louis Streets Delayed By Communication Issues

1 year 3 months ago
The budget for an infrastructure improvement fund critical for the city’s street department and forestry division has not been updated in two years — a delay blocking millions in funding for employee pay, sidewalks, road repairs and more. The fund in question, St. Louis Works, uses a percentage of utility and motor vehicle taxes to fix sidewalks, repair roads, provide equipment upgrades and cover a select few city employees’ pay.
Monica Obradovic

Family Sues Over Deadly 2019 Police Shooting in Dark Carondelet Alley

1 year 3 months ago
Yesterday the parents of a 24-year-old shot and killed by a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer in December 2019 filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis and the officer who shot their son. The deadly shooting happened in an alley on the 500 block of Bates Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood. Around 9:30 p.m. on December 12, 2019, Cortez Bufford was outside a BP gas station on Bates, smoking a cigarette, when the lawsuit says that police pulled up and officer Lucas Roethlisberger yelled, “Put your junk away.”
Ryan Krull

From a St. Louis Studio, Legacy Interviews Captures Family Stories

1 year 3 months ago
It all began, surprisingly, with an interview Vance Crowe conducted as a goof with a 6-year-old. The former director of millennial engagement for Monsanto, Crowe has built a business as a public relations consultant and public speaker focused on agricultural topics, and a part of selling his brand is the Vance Crowe Podcast, which he recorded from the basement of his home in Ladue. A listener had come by for a tour, his six-year-old son in tow, and Crowe showed them the studio.
Sarah Fenske

Genre-Blending Punk Lady Apple Is One of St. Louis' Most Exciting New Bands

1 year 3 months ago
As a new band, Punk Lady Apple proved itself early on. The five-piece group played nonstop shows this past summer, quickly making a name for itself in St. Louis' punk and rock scenes and establishing a clear voice, with tough yet sincere vocals on queer love and an invigorating rush of punk, alternative rock and R&B.
Delia Rainey

So St. Louis: Elected Official Braves Traffic, Saves Old Man

1 year 3 months ago
What if I told you that there’s one elected leader in town who has on multiple occasions stopped a constituent hellbent on getting fatally hit by a car? Years ago, this was the scene: the elected driving his truck late at night at a slow speed down one of his ward’s main thoroughfares. Behind him was a man with a long gray beard, shuffling slowly against traffic, amid a break with reality, a bad drunk or effort to kill himself.
Anonymous

Clara B's Kitchen Table Is Moving to a Larger Space

1 year 3 months ago
First, the Clara B's food truck grew out of the commissary space, prompting owner Jodie Ferguson to open a brick and mortar in downtown Belleville. Now, the beloved daytime spot is yet again moving on to larger pastures, this time in partnership with a beloved local coffee brand. In a Facebook post dated December 5, Ferguson announced that she has secured a new restaurant space for Clara B's Kitchen Table, less than a mile down the road from the current Belleville storefront.
Cheryl Baehr