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St. Louis To Start Enforcing Saturday Parking-Meter Violations Downtown In July
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaPublic-service announcement! The city of St. Louis is going to start enforcing parking-meter violations downtown on Saturdays effective July 1, officials announced today. That means folks parking downtown will be...
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Illinois Attorney General Seeks Another Delay From Supreme Court In Concealed-Carry Case
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaIllinois is the only state in the country that has a ban on concealed-carry and though a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the law unconstitutional, the fight continues...
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Hit-And-Run Teen Suspect That Killed Darrion Griffin, 2, Confesses: "I Was Scared" (UPDATE)
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
via KTVIDarrion Griffin. Update below: A seventeen-year-old male who fled the scene of a crash that killed a two-year-old boy Sunday night has turned himself in, St. Louis county cops...
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Claire McCaskill Endorses Hillary Clinton For President: "It's Important That We Start Early"
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaIf Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016, she'll have at least one high-profile supporter from Missouri. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the Democrat who got national attention for her race...
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Sharon Province: Clayton Funeral Service Officer Pleads Guilty In Massive Scam Case
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
One former officer with a now defunct Clayton funeral service company has pleaded guilty to her role in a massive fraudulent scheme involving the sale of prearranged funeral contracts and...
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Patrick Bray: Blanchette Bridge Accident Claims Worker's Life Weeks Before Retirement
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy of Bray familyPatrick Bray.Patrick Bray, a 51-year-old worker on the Blanchette Bridge rehabilitation project, was preparing this month for his retirement. Just a few weeks ago, he told his...
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Police Find Body In St. Louis Kitchen, Pools Of Blood; May Have Been Dead For Long Period
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaThis weekend, St. Louis metro cops received a call to check on a 54-year-old man at a Fountain Park address. When they arrived, no one responded at the door and...
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St. Louis Cops, Researchers Find Remains Of Slain "Jane Doe," Girl Decapitated 30 Years Ago
June 18, 2013 in Daily RFT
via fox2now.com screenshotWashington Park Cemetery yesterday.For Abby Stylianou, a research associate with Washington University, it was a particularly emotional conclusion to her lab's latest project. Yesterday, her team in the...
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James Kuehnlein: Cop Fired For Controversial Recording Gets Probation For Domestic Assault
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
James Kuehnlein.In 2007, James Kuehnlein, then a St. George police officer, made headlines after his bosses fired him over comments he made, caught on tape, taunting a driver. He reportedly...
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Chief Sam Dotson Reflects On Violent Week, Is "Bitterly Disappointed" About Escaped Suspect
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
via FacebookPolice Chief Sam Dotson.Amid the incredible violence that plagued the city of St. Louis last week, one officer was sent to the hospital -- along with a suspect who...
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Camp Plum: St. Louis Shuts Down Homeless Riverfront Encampment, Relocates 24 Residents
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
via robertboettcherphotography.comHopeville encampment last year. Last week, the city of St. Louis shut down a homeless riverfront encampment that officials say had become a dangerous environment for the 24 people...
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Carlos Beltran Trying To Sell New York Home, Lowers Price To $4.99 Million (PHOTOS)
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
via zillow.comIt may not be quite as cool as living where the late, great Stan Musial once slept, but Carlos Beltran's former home (in Long Island, New York) is still...
St. Louis Health Care Business Owner Shoots, Kills Three Employees, Commits Suicide: Police
June 17, 2013 in True Crime Report
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St. Louis No. 1 "Most Sinful" City In America, Report Says; RFT Chooses Top 7 Places To Sin
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaIn St. Louis, we're often quite displeased when a misleading national crime report puts us in one of the top spots. But today, we're going to just embrace our latest...
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T-Mobile Robbery: Suspect Wears Clown Mask, Ties Up Clerk, County Police Say (PHOTOS)
June 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
County policeRobber in clown mask caught on camera.St. Louis county police are looking for two suspects who allegedly stole around 30 smartphones from a T-Mobile store on Friday after forcing...
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University of Missouri Expands Health Care Plan To Include LGBT Partner Benefits
June 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSome good news today for LGBT employees at the University of Missouri: The board of curators has voted to expand health-care benefits to include same-sex partners, a change which advocates...
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Eric Hinson, Former St. Clair Fire Chief, Sentenced For Embezzling Half A Million
June 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaEric Hinson.What happens when you steal more than half a million dollars from the fire department you run? In the case of Eric Hinson, you get to spend 35 months...
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Two Men Found Dead In University City Apartment, Police Suspect Foul Play
June 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaHours before four people were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide on Cherokee Street yesterday afternoon, police in University City responded to a residence and also made a horrible discovery:...
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Cardinals Pitcher Briefly Distracted By Drunk Mets Fan Falling Over Rows Of Seats (VIDEO)
June 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaDrinking your sorrows away when the Cardinals beat you is great and all, but one Mets fan apparently could not keep it together. And Cardinals reliever Trevor Rosenthal briefly noticed...
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East St. Louis Mayor On Concealed Carry Law: "More Guns...On The Street Is Not The Answer"
June 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaMayor Alvin Parks.East St. Louis, Illinois, mayor Alvin Parks says he is not in favor of having more guns on the street -- but pretty soon, he won't have a...
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Cherokee Street Shooting: Four Dead In Murder-Suicide, St. Louis Cops Say [UPDATED]
June 13, 2013 in Daily RFT
via TwitterCherokee Street shooting. Update, 10:10 p.m.: St. Louis metro police officials have just identified the three victims and shooter in the murder-suicide incident inside a Cherokee Street healthcare facility...
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KMOV (Channel 4), KSDK (Channel 5) To Have Same Owner: Gannett Buys Belo For $1.5 Billion
June 13, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSome big news about the news today. Two major media outlets in St. Louis, KMOV (Channel 4) and KSDK (Channel 5), will soon be owned by the same parent company,...
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College Hill Shooting: Victim Found In Alley Says He Threw Someone Out Of A Window
June 13, 2013 in Daily RFT
The latest shooting victim in St. Louis apparently had a pretty bizarre explanation when cops asked him for information. He had previously thrown someone out of a window -- and...
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St. Louis Woman Gets Back Lost Cash In New York City After Social Media Push (UPDATE)
June 13, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaUpdate: A story with a happy ending, y'all! A Lake St. Louis woman who lost nearly $1,000 in New York City this week reunited with her cash envelope yesterday, thanks to...
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Cupples 7: Vertical Realty Is Last Interested Developer As City Begins Demolition Prep
June 13, 2013 in Daily RFT
via stlouis-mo.govCupples 7.One of the last two remaining developers hoping to save the historic Cupples 7 building in downtown St. Louis has decided not to purchase the historic property given...
