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'King of Viagra' Sentenced to Prison For Smuggling Drugs to Wrestlers
The former "King of Viagra," who helped smuggle human growth hormone to professional wrestlers in the St. Louis metro area, has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison. George Patino, 57, of...
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40 Cheap Thrills That Keep Us Loving St. Louis For Less
We've learned a few things in our four decades in St. Louis. One big one: how to have a blast without breaking the bank.…
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The 40 Best Things We're Eating in St. Louis Right Now
In our 40 years in St. Louis, we've eaten a lot of marvelous things — but who needs a trip down memory lane when the food scene is better than it's ever been? In honor of our four decades in St....
View ArticleBest of St. Louis 2017: This Is 40
This week, we're celebrating two things: the 40th anniversary of the RFT's founding and the very best of St. Louis 2017. There's a whole lot of ground to cover on both fronts.…
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RFT Readers' Choice Winners: 2017
Want to know the best places to eat and drink or go shopping, dancing, biking or get tatted up? We've got all the above in our list of readers' favorites.…
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Here's to 40 Years of Raising Hell (and Driving Journalists to Drink)
When I first took on the task of editing the Riverfront Times, I was six months pregnant. This was mostly a problem because everything about the Riverfront Times is tailor-made to drive a person to...
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Remembering a Motley Crew — and the Exhilaration of Telling the Truth
The RFT's Locust Street office, where I started in 1993, was an open newsroom, rubber bands and spitballs zinging over the partitions as we cranked out 9,000-word articles that weren't called longform...
View ArticleHaunted by the Ghost of Ray Hartmann
I joined the Riverfront Times as a staff writer in May 2004. By then it had been six years since the RFT's founder, Ray Hartmann, sold the paper to the New Times chain of alt-weeklies.…
View ArticleA Crash Course in Writing — and Getting to the Point
In many ways, I learned to write in my three years at the Riverfront Times. Before I joined the newspaper in 1986, I'd been an editor at St. Louis Magazine, so the RFT job was not my first in...
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The Genius of Tom Carlson
Or, how 'MeatGina' changed everything We'd just published a story about how the USDA killed a local beef co-op's deal to export top-quality meat to Japan. The article would go on to win its author a...
View ArticleIn Downtown St. Louis, the RFT Grew Up — and I Did, Too
A lot of us have been the annoying kid brother at some point in our lives, sometimes serving that role for folks who aren't kin. When I walked into the editorial department of the Riverfront Times, I...
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40 Marvels That Will Restore Your Faith in St. Louis
If our four decades in St. Louis have taught us anything, it's to seize hold of the sublime. Whether it's pausing to marvel at a gorgeous sunset, reveling at a killer street party or splurging on an...
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Newly Announced: Morrissey, 21 Savage, Bottle Rockets, Joywave, Dave East and...
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention.…
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Elected Officials, Protesters and Clergy Demand Investigation Into Galleria...
Witnesses to Saturday's mass arrests at the St. Louis Galleria described a frightening scene for St. Louis County Council members — a series of 28 three-minute pleas for a council response. Mothers...
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Filmmaker at Protest Was Beaten by St. Louis Cops After 'Kettling,' Suit Alleges
Drew and Jennifer Burbridge, a married pair of documentary filmmakers, are suing the city of St. Louis after they were caught up by police sweeping protests downtown on September 17, sprayed with...
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Clueless Police Union Confused That Attacks on Citizens Are Backfiring
In a now-deleted post published to its Facebook page last night, the union representing St. Louis police officers took aim at the RFT, socking it to us right where it hurts by sharing an article we...
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Ozark Bar Spells Out 'Lynch Kaepernick' in Side-by-Side Jersey Doormats
A bar in the Lake of the Ozarks turned two NFL jerseys into a doormat — spelling out "Lynch Kaepernick." Not surprisingly, that bar is now facing accusations of racism.…
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Woman Alleges That Driver in Manchester Threw Fried Chicken at Her
Alexis Newsome was on her way home from school yesterday in south St. Louis County when the driver of a red pickup threw a piece of fried chicken in her car window. The incident happened at Manchester...
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St. Louis Mayor Asks U.S. Attorney to Investigate Protesters' Abuse Allegations
With complaints of police abusing protesters piling up, Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis interim police Chief Lawrence O'Toole have called on the U.S. Attorney to investigate. In a joint statement...
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Redo Proposed for Scottrade Center Plan Would Use Facilities Fee, Not General...
In February, the city's Board of Aldermen narrowly approved a plan to commit as much as $105 million in general fund revenue to upgrade Scottrade Center, the home of the St. Louis Blues. But now, some...
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