AltWeeklies Wire
L is for L. Ronnew
Missouri approves a tutoring program linked to Scientology, and everybody cries foul.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
11-01-2005 |
Education
Hell of a Housenew
For the residents of a tidy, tree-lined neighborhood in St. Louis County, Missouri, their worst-kept secret might be that the events on which The Exorcist was based happened here.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
11-01-2005 |
Religion
The Gang That Couldn't Dress Straightnew
The cross-dressing bank robbers who confounded St. Louis cops for years are now behind bars. Their well-planned crimes surprised detectives and family members alike.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
10-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Trial to Determine If Mother Burned Her Son Alivenew
Sandy Kemper is accused of setting the fire that killed her 15-year-old son Zachary and brought her an insurance settlement.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
09-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Guild Hires Official the Paper Exposednew
Shannon Duffy, nailed in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch expose about double dipping by fire-protection district officials, has been hired as the St. Louis Newspaper Guild's business agent.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
09-06-2005 |
Business & Labor
Unfinished Symphonynew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-30-2005 |
Media
Dead Reckoningnew
Police and prosecutors say they know who brutally murdered a young St. Louis woman. But no one has answered the question: Why?
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Syphilis Reemerges, Deadlier Than Evernew
Syphilis followed crack cocaine into St. Louis a decade ago, and now the methamphetamine epidemic has caused a surge among gays.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
07-06-2005 |
Science
Blogger Charged With Cyberstalkingnew
Online paeans to a Kansas City newscaster's breasts landed a registered sex offender in jail.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
07-06-2005 |
Media
The Risk of Shopping While Black at Dillard'snew
A shopping trip to Dillard's resulted in the arrest for two African-American women, who claim they were falsely accused of shoplifting, mistreated, bullied and racially profiled.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
05-17-2005 |
Business & Labor
Kids & Drugs & Rock & Rollnew
Frank Szachta says he helps troubled kids adopt "enthusiastic sobriety." Critics say his highly social Crossroads Program is at best a scam that pulls children into a life of chain-smoking vulgarity.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-17-2005 |
Science
Radio Provocateur's Death Leads to Dispute Over His Legacynew
Since WGNU owner Chuck Norman's death, the station once considered Radio Free St. Louis has been sounding more right-wing.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
05-04-2005 |
Business & Labor
"The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit," "Current Event," and "Irons in the Fire"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
05-04-2005 |
Media
Human Hands at Work for Wolf Babiesnew
It's electrojaculating season, which means that help is on the way for the endangered Mexican gray wolf.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
04-26-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
'I Punched Saddam in the Mouth'new
A St. Louis auto mechanic who worked as an Arabic interpreter for U.S. Special Forces in Iraq describes how he pulled Saddam Hussein from his spider hole. He has photos to back up his claim.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
04-18-2005 |
International
Tags: civilian, contractor
