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Ken Henderson Wants Surprise Witness at his Trial: His Pet Alligators

Ken Henderson's van was searched at the Boone County Fairgrounds last June, and police found some unusual contraband -- seven alligators. The gators were seized, and Henderson was charged with 17... »

Montez Woods: St. Louis Homicide No. 35; Found Dead on Grove Street

Police were called to the 4100 block of Grove Street in the Fairgrounds neighborhood just after 9 p.m. Sunday for a reported shooting. They found Montez Woods, a 29-year-old black man lying dead i... »

Lee Enterprises Defers Pension Payments to Employees

Post-Dispatch employees enrolled in the Pulitzer pension plan received letters this weekend notifying them that Lee Enterprises chose to exercise an election that allowed the company to defer pay... »

Ronnie Roberts Jr.: St. Louis Homicide No. 30; Shot Inside Baden Home

Ronnie Roberts Jr., a 24-year-old black male, was inside a house in the 8900 block of Edna Street (above) in the Baden neighborhood on the morning of April 24. At approximately 5 a.m., shots were ... »

Sports Illustrated Features New Chess Queen in Town

Congrats to Susan Polgar, the incoming coach of Webster University's new chess team, for her sidebar article, "Winning Gambit," inside the current issue of Sports Illustrated (NFL Draft cover). ... »

P-D Employees Protest CEO's Half-Million Dollar Bonus

Many of you shared our outrage a few weeks ago when we reported that Lee Enterprises, parent company of the Post-Dispatch, gave its CEO Mary Junck a $500,000 bonus for successfully guiding the co... »

Lavell Grayer: St. Louis Homicide No. 22; Dies from Shot in the Back

​Lavell Grayer, 23, was found on the ground near St. Louis Avenue and Rauschenbach Avenue in the St. Louis Place neighborhood with a bullet hole in his back around 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, April 1... »

Mary Junck, CEO of Lee Enterprises, Gets a $500k Bonus

​Lee Enterprises, parent company of the Post-Dispatch, gifted $500,000 to its CEO Mary for refinancing almost a billion dollars of the company's debt and successfully guiding the company into an... »

Post-Dispatch Strips Away Anonymity From Its Online Commenters

It's possible that the Daily RFT comment sections will see an uptick in trolling and race-baiting in the coming weeks. Reason being, STLtoday.com, the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has... »

St. Louis Firefighters' Pension Argument Fails Bullshit Detector

​Earlier this week Chris Molitor, president of the firefighters' union Local 73, wrote a guest commentary in the Post-Dispatch criticizing Mayor Francis Slay's push to reform the firefighters' p... »

Public School Faculty Accused of Helping Kids Cheat; SLPS District Investigates

​Daily RFT has learned that officials with St. Louis Public Schools will soon conclude a year-long investigation into whether faculty at Herzog Elementary School organized cheating on last year... »

Doonesbury's Comic About Texas Abortion Laws Too Much for St. Louis

​The Post-Dispatch's "Editor's Desk" column today informed readers that Gary Trudeau's "Doonesbury" will not appear in the paper this week because the subject matter -- Trudeau's belief that Tex... »

Temple Set to Leave Atlantic 10 Conference

Were this the 2013-14 season, the St. Louis University Billikens would hold the No. 1 ranking in the Atlantic 10 tournament that's currently being staged. Securing top seeds in future A-10 tour... »

Sneak Peek at Mizzou's New Football Helmet?

Yesterday, University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel confided to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the team's new uniform -- to debut April 14 -- will not feature the "M" that's emblazoned... »

Dominic Johnson: St. Louis Homicide No. 17; Shot Outside Sports Bar

​Dominic Johnson, a 27-year-old black male, was found shot to death outside the Starz Sports Bar and Grill (8700 block of Goodfellow Boulevard; pictured above) in the North Pointe neighborhood Mo... »

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