Stacey Winter Collaborates with a Host of St. Louis Musicians for New EP,...
Kit Hamon, known in music circles as Stacey Winter, is an adept musician on a host of instruments, a versatile songwriter, a recording engineer of skill and (every bit as much as the rest) a great...
View ArticleThe Best Things to Do This Week, August 10 to 16
Things are gettin' weird in St. Louis. It's unseasonably cool, some of the bolder leaves are starting to turn and the RFT music editor showed up to work in a suit.…
View ArticleSpanking Children Can Lead to Problems Even 10 Years Later, Mizzou Study Says
A new study finds that “spare the rod and spoil the child,” may not hold up in the lab as well as it does in the Bible. The University of Missouri study concluded that physical discipline, including...
View Article360-Degree Installation Aims to Offer Intimate Music Experience Saturday
A unique music experience is coming this Saturday to the 14th Street Artist Community (2701 N. 14th Street). This event, entitled "The Family Room," aims to forge a bond between performers and...
View ArticleFor Dinner: 10 Courses of Edible Insects, From Chef Logan Ely
Raise your hand if you’re grossed out at the prospect of chowing down on an insect. Did you know that two billion people on the planet eat insects on a regular basis?…
View ArticleThe Cardinals' Rally Cat Is the Best Thing to Happen at Busch Stadium in 2017
Rally Squirrel? So last year.…
View ArticleJorts-Wearing Robber Wanted in St. Louis Walgreens Heists
Some weirdo wearing jorts is robbing Walgreens stores in the Metro region, and St. Louis County cops are on it. The department broke the grim news yesterday, tweeting out a photo of this creep so that...
View Article'St. Louis Square Off' Vows to Determine the Best St. Louis-Style Pizza
If your dream pizza comes with a cracker-thin crust, a mound of gooey Provel and, yes, squares instead of slices, you'll want to get to the Hill this fall. St. Louis' old-school Italian neighborhood...
View ArticleStrange Folk Festival Pulls Out of Lafayette Square After Park Kerfuffle
Strange Folk Festival will take place the weekend of September 22 in Lafayette Square Park – or at least that’s what the paying vendors have been told. But though all the promotional materials and...
View ArticleRemember Dred Scott This Weekend at the Festival of Freedom
One hundred and sixty years ago, a court decision in St. Louis shook the nation. The Dred Scott case, which began in a local courtroom, ended with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that slaves had no...
View ArticleDMX May Face Prison Time Over Recent St. Louis Trip
DMX may soon find himself behind bars thanks to a recent trip to St. Louis. The "Party Up" rapper is currently out on bail on charges of tax evasion — to the tune of $1.7 million, according to the IRS...
View ArticleMTC Fight to Regulate Horse Carriages Gains a New Party: City of St. Louis
For nearly a year, the enforcement of any rules governing horse carriages in St. Louis city have been snarled by an ongoing lawsuit between a carriage company and the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission,...
View ArticleKMOV Falls for Fake News on Queen Elizabeth's Succession Plans
St. Louis' local CBS affiliate, KMOV (Channel 4), is a good place to get the latest Missouri news. Shootings, stickups, even the occasional fight at City Hall — the station has it covered. But when it...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: August 11 to 13
While this weekend leans heavy on chamber pop and indie rock, two of the more legendary "stoner" bands hit St. Louis with Weedeater and the Melvins playing Friday and Saturday, respectively. Leave the...
View ArticleA Rally Cat Lookalike Is in Custody — Could It Be the One?
The adorable kitten who single-handedly transformed the fortunes of the St. Louis Cardinals may again be in safekeeping. As of early this morning, a cat that bore a very, very strong resemblance to...
View Article3 Children Dead After Rollover Crash on I-70 Ramp Near Downtown
Three children, ages three to eleven, were killed and two other people seriously injured when an SUV lost control on an I-70 exit ramp north of downtown St. Louis last night.KMOV reports that the...
View ArticleUtility Payment Scam Strikes St. Louis Area
Think twice before you heed that phone call you received about your electricity being disconnected — there's a chance a scammer is on the other end of the line. The city of Kirkwood is warning...
View ArticleCity's $64 Million Scottrade Renovation Deal Is Illegal, Lawsuit Argues
Update: The story has been updated to include statements from the city counselor and city Comptroller Darlene Green. The St. Louis Blues owners can't renovate the Scottrade Center with taxpayers'...
View ArticleEx-Police Chief Sam Dotson Is Shocked That His Mother Allegedly Stole $2 Million
A Friday afternoon bombshell from Fox2's Chris Hayes: Carol Dotson, the mother of former St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson, is the subject of a federal indictment for wire fraud and embezzlement....
View ArticleHowards in Soulard Is Closing Tonight
If you want to get one last drink at Howards in Soulard(2732 S. 13th Street, 314-349-2850), better act fast: The bar is closing its doors after service tonight. In a Facebook post this morning, the...
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