It feels appropriate that the same day that my opinion piece on the case for abolishing the Sheriff's office runs in @stltoday.com, we get this little insight from @sarahfenske.bsky.social's daily newsletter www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...

"The judge, like a lot of St. Louisans, was skeptical that Montgomery was able to serve as the city’s sheriff from a jail cell." @ryankrull.bsky.social with a gift for understatement www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...

New at @stlmag.bsky.social, by me & @ryankrull.bsky.social: Rene Knott confirms he was asked to resign from KSDK after an HR probe into comments he'd allegedly made (he denies saying anything inappropriate) www.stlmag.com/news/rene-kn...

Does it make sense to put two big data centers in the heart of St. Louis? If you ask the developers who built the City Foundry, the answer is no -- who believe doing so could represent a big missed opportunity. New at @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/business/cit...

Kristi Noem's controversial shutdown video isn't airing at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, but airport officials aren't saying why www.stlmag.com/news/kristi-...

KSDK told staff that they've parted ways with longtime morning news anchor Rene Knott. @ryankrull.bsky.social and I have the details for @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/rene-kn...

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery has been ordered to jail while he awaits his day in court .... but, bizarrely, he remains the sheriff. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the details: www.stlmag.com/news/alfred-...

Town hall on data center planned for Midtown St. Louis brings out the critics. @stlmag.bsky.social's Eric Schmid has all the details -- and the promises being made by backers www.stlmag.com/business/tow...

All hail @sarahfenske.bsky.social for what can only be described as this "peak St. Louis" story. Ah, man. I love it here.

5 new felony charges have been filed against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery, and these are a lot more serious. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the details www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...

Bitcoin-style real estate investment comes to St. Louis neighborhoods. What could go wrong??!?! www.stlmag.com/news/dao-st-...

Another St. Louis publication bites the dust. RIP, Feast. www.stlmag.com/business/fea...

And now police say their investigation shows there was no shooting, just a minor car crash. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the latest

St. Louis Alderwoman Laura Keys was shot at yesterday-- and fears it may not have been random. @ryankrull.bsky.social reports for @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/alderwo...

Could a doubled-up district spell trouble for Missouri's new congressional map? @ryankrull.bsky.social explores the possible error that could mean trouble www.stlmag.com/news/trouble...

“It seems clear that the intent is to further destabilize these important historic buildings so that they can be demolished outside of the City’s Preservation Ordinance.” - St. Louis Landmarks Assn Owner is also being sued by Soulard Restoration Group for nuisance property- historic church.

At MetroQuest invading Cherokee Street via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

An open air drug market thrives in the heart of Downtown West St. Louis. City leaders are working to help its denizens -- but progress has been slow. @ryankrull.bsky.social reports www.stlmag.com/news/open-ai...

Some days you win. Some days you lose. Some days you do both. www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...

The Irish ambassador to the U.S. arrived in St. Louis yesterday. Here's why, and what's on her agenda www.stlmag.com/news/irish-a...

Prosecutors busted leaders of an alleged cult, accusing them of operating call centers in 3 homes in West St. Louis County (including Nelly's former mansion), as well as in other states, that relied on forced labor and human trafficking. By @ryankrull.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/kingdom...

Some Missouri Democratic party members are grumbling over the party's plans to purchase a $610K building in Jefferson City ... when it has no employees based in the city. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the story www.stlmag.com/news/missour...

The executive director of the St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee appears to be on his way out, months after he was charged with assaulting a lawmaker. @ryankrull.bsky.social explains what's afoot www.stlmag.com/news/jonatha...

From SLM newsletter this morning, @sarahfenske.bsky.social explains who is actually on the Post Dispatch editorial board after a terribly racist Post op-ed on St Louis’ ‘black lives’ response to the tornado. #stl

Protesters disrupted Wesley Bell's first town hall as a congressman last night, pushing the focus to Gaza. @ryankrull.bsky.social was there for the fracas www.stlmag.com/news/wesley-...

We read Eric Schmitt's new book so you don't have to. Read all about it, via @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/eric-sc...

Mark Osmack definitely in for St. Louis County Council race. @sarahfenske.bsky.social has it in today's @stlmag.bsky.social free St. Louis Daily newsletter, which you can sign up for here info.stlmag.com/newsletters

One of the most fascinating true crime sagas in 1970s St. Louis is now a movie. I'm so proud of @dtowski.bsky.social, who saw the potential in this material when it was just an all-caps comment on an online obituary! www.stlmag.com/news/america...

The Missouri History Museum has landed the world's largest collection of Josephine Baker artifacts -- 450+ items -- thanks to St. Louis philanthropist Mary Strauss. New at @stlmag.bsky.social hahttps://www.stlmag.com/culture/missouri-history-museum-josephine-baker-collection/

That last graf ... 🔥: "Three days later, she says, a contractor showed up, re-mowed the tree lawn, and took a photo of their work, which of course came right on top of her work. She didn’t get paid. She suspects they did." -- @sarahfenske.bsky.social

Are WashU police actually *police*? WashU itself successfully argued to the appellate court this year that the answer was no. And that could have big implications for the criminal case against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested on campus www.stlmag.com/news/washu-p...

You've undoubtedly heard about the $5M in unaccounted for cars at the St. Louis city tow lot. The truth, @ryankrull.bsky.social learned, is a whole lot messier than the sexy headlines. www.stlmag.com/news/city-to...

Thank you @sarahfenske.bsky.social for spotlighting EB, Princess Rowan and Eddie Vedder! #CureEB www.stlmag.com/family/epide...

THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

Our BWorks #bikebus rode again this morning! Feeling so grateful to all of our amazing volunteers as well as helpful teachers and parents. I'd guess 50 kids today. We'll get them back this afternoon again.

SLU took out demolition permits for two buildings on the edge of what was Mill Creek Valley -- but preservationists fought back. Now Kranzberg Arts Foundation, which stepped in to save both, has plans to transform them into a burger joint/music venue www.stlmag.com/news/the-key...

Worth noting in all the hoopla about MetroLink's gates not working -- MetroLink claimed back when @stlmag.bsky.social first reported on the issue last October that they could just open the gates at times of high volume. Presumably they could just do that now too www.stlmag.com/news/metroli...

Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah is back in the news, but decidedly not back in St. Louis .... as @ryankrull.bsky.social reports, she's dodging subpoenas to testify in the trial of the oversight board member she had arrested www.stlmag.com/news/clemons...

[email protected] got a look at the rectory where Pope Leo XIV lived in St. Louis ... and it happens to be for sale www.stlmag.com/news/pope-le...

Pope Leo XIV reportedly served at the former St. Henry parish at California & Rutger just south of Chouteau in The Gate district. Parish closed in ‘77 & merged w/ Immaculate Conception at 3120 Lafayette. Later 2 devastating fires in mid-90s sealed the fate of the vacant landmark buff.ly/fQu2eL5

Bike buses are getting St. Louis kids to school -- no yellow school bus needed. @stlbworks.bsky.social is launching them at 6 schools this year -- and hopes to create a model that schools can use to organize their own. Via @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/bike-bu...

"'[Frank] woke up earlier than he’d ever done, bright-eyed and ready to go!'" “'I haven’t ridden my bike in a long time,' Frank said. He demonstrated his bike horn, which instead of a bell, burps, clucks, and even farts." - @sarahfenske.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social @bikebusworld.bsky.social

Opinion: PBS has enriched St. Louis and America. It's worth saving.

The St. Louis angle, and there is always a St. Louis angel: The new pope, Leo XIV, lived for St. Louis while he was preparing for the priesthood, @ryankrull.bsky.social reports at @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/pope-le...

This Saturday, Girls on the Run returns to downtown St. Louis for the first time since 2019. Director Courtney Berg explains why -- and why it's important to push past the naysayers www.stlmag.com/news/sports/...

Mayor Cara Spencer is vowing a bigger crackdown on reckless driving in St. Louis even as police put ATVs and "slide shows" on notice. Story by @ryankrull.bsky.social for @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/mayor-s...

I smell AI

A long list of the Arts affected in St. Louis by the NEA cuts.

A host of St. Louis arts organizations learned over the weekend that 2025 grant funding has been revoked, @stlmag.bsky.social reports. The reason? The NEA's "new priorities" www.stlmag.com/culture/st-l...

The judge who derided the city's lawsuit as slipshod has granted its request to dismiss the suit--and says he will not order sanctions against the attorneys who filed it www.stlmag.com/news/judge-d...