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St. Louis Church to Offer Drive-Through Ashes on Ash Wednesday
If you don't have time for an Ash Wednesday mass this Lenten season, a St. Louis church has you covered — this year, you can get your ashes from a drive-through window.Manchester United Methodist...
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Roy Moore-Shaped Shadow Creeps Over Missouri's Senate Race
The fight over Claire McCaskill's U.S. Senate seat is already one of the most-anticipated races of the 2018 midterms, and, so far, her Republican opponents are stumbling out of the gates. When it...
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Necessities' Debut Album Be Kind Simulacra Pushes the Boundaries of Indie Rock
There may be no science to fully predict the half-life of a local band, but a few metrics can be used to measure a group's overall stability.…
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Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Man During Confrontation at Grey Fox Pub
Update — 1:35 p.m. — This story was updated after publication with additional details from Velda City's police chief. An off-duty Velda City police officer shot a man on Wednesday night at a south St....
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PrideFest Protesters See Charges Dropped by City of St. Louis
One week after Pride St. Louis publicly pleaded with the city to drop the charges pending against two activists who were arrested last year while protesting PrideFest, the activists got their answer:...
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Possible WWII Bazooka Round Found By St. Charles Bomb Squad In Car
St. Charles County cops on Thursday found what appeared to be a WWII-era rocket in the front seat of a man's abandoned car. Officers responded shortly before noon to Weldon Springs for reports of a...
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Premiere: Other People Releases New Track "Rivers" Ahead of Friday Performance
Ahead of a performance tonight at Foam, St. Louis indie-rock trio Other People is premiering a brand new track, "Rivers," exclusively with RFT Music. The track is a keyboard-driven affair clocking in...
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For Chef Gerard Craft, Lion's Choice Is the Best Partner in Town
Gerard Craft has been at the top of the city's restaurant scene for a decade, opening one successful restaurant after another and winning a James Beard award for Best Chef: Midwest in the process....
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Buzzkill Parents Mad at Illinois High School Teacher's Cocaine Math Lesson
A teacher at Roxana Senior High School in Madison County, Illinois, is facing backlash this week after teaching some children in his freshman-level math class about the mathematical particulars of...
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St. Louis Man Kept Stealing Cops' Guns, Police Say
St. Louis County police say a north city man on the hunt for guns targeted very specific vehicles for break-ins — cop cars. Joshua Pollard, 19, of Walnut Park West was charged on Friday with multiple...
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Tim Hopmeier, St. Louis Garage Band Veteran, Charged in Child Porn Case
A veteran of the St. Louis garage band scene is facing a federal charge of producing child pornography. William Timothy Hopmeier, who played in the Cripplers along with numerous other groups, was...
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How Nate Larson of Living Room Stumbled Into Cooking — and Found His Calling
If you've ever tasted the flaky, pepper-flecked biscuits at Living Room (2808 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-899-0173), you might presume co-owner and kitchen manager Nate Larson is a long-time...
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Here's the Story Behind That Vintage Hot Pink Sofa Everyone in St. Louis Wanted
Two weeks ago, a gigantic pink sofa from the 1950s set St. Louis hearts aflutter. Claude Denis, who owns the St. Louis Hills vintage store The Future Antiques(6514 Chippewa, 314-865-1552), posted...
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Pedro the Lion's David Bazan Speaks on the Influence the Beatles Had on His Work
Like any longtime fan of pop music, David Bazan has experienced falling out of love with songs and bands that used to totally light his fire. Granted, some music ages poorly, but he’s mostly talking...
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Off-Duty St. Louis County Officer Fled DWI Traffic Stop, Tased
Instead of spending Sunday morning sleeping it off, an off-duty St. Louis County officer spent his morning this Sunday allegedly drunk behind the wheel. It's landed him with criminal charges for...
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St. Louis Man Charged in Deadly Burglary
One of three suspects in a deadly burglary from October has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Lopez Watson-Simms, 19, and his two accomplices shot and killed 37-year-old Carlos...
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Cortez Trotter, 30, Found Dead in St. Louis Jail Cell
St. Louis police are investigating the death of a man at the downtown jail. Cortez Tyrone Trotter, 30, was found unresponsive by corrections officers shortly before 8 a.m. Friday at the St. Louis...
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That Massive Pileup on I-44 Yesterday Was Even More Shocking From the Air
A wave of cold and wintry weather is currently bearing down on the Midwest, but its prelude already hit central Missouri yesterday afternoon — when a dusting of snow and ice turned miles-long...
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Creaky Crow Brings the Art of Taxidermy to Cherokee Street
It seems uncommon to think of taxidermy as an art. Or even to think of it as a way of honoring deceased animals.…
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For Stray Dog Theatre's Gary Bell, a Charles Busch Play Is Just the Thing
Charles Busch is not yet a household name, but he should be. The writer and star of kitschy Off Broadway plays Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (about two feuding, immortal lesbian vampires who go into...
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