When the state last redistricted in 2022, that bill only references one KC811. In CD5 www.stlmag.com/news/kehoe-c...

Kehoe defends congressional map Governor says he will sign it into law despite a problem with 875 voters from one voting tabulation district seemingly in two congressional districts, allowing them to vote twice for the US House www.stlmag.com/news/kehoe-c...

“I’m not sure how they blew this.” www.stlmag.com/news/trouble...

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...

Diehl did not respond to a reporter's questions as to what his current role is in the Cobalt industry or why, given his presumably lucrative work in it, he committed pandemic relief fraud. Said his lawyer: "We're done. That's good."

“Dude had plenty of money. Not sure why he’d steal from something that had that amount of oversight when he literally owns cobalt mines.” www.stlmag.com/news/house-s...

Book check

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...

Remember the alleged cult in Nelly’s old mansion? They’ve just been busted. www.stlmag.com/news/kingdom...

Albus' motion came shortly after Chakraverty hired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, Washington D.C. lawyer Brad Bondi, to defend him in the case. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

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...

Car-free days on South Grand would be one of the easiest ways that the City could experiment with the viability of closing off commercial districts to cars, making our city streets safer for everyone. connerkerrigan.substack.com/p/an-easy-ch...

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-...

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...

Sauce founder sues former RFT owner, saying he owes $168K www.stlmag.com/news/sauce-f...

Disruptions, birth certificates, wedding plans—a fittingly wild day in court. www.stlmag.com/news/alfred-...

An update from @ryankrull.bsky.social on St. Louis menace Dara Daugherty

Bailey's removal petition includes the infamous sign misspelling incident (repsect), cited as evidence of "general negligence."

Montgomery's office shades Bailey's removal effort. “Right now, I’m unimpressed.” www.stlmag.com/news/bailey-...

The Building Division is a mess and needs to be remediated. Like many of our city’s agencies, it needs more staff and funding as well as oversight.

ICYMI: Last week, I traveled to Missouri's Bootheel, where a rural community grapples with the ICE detainment of a beloved Kennett mother of three — and the possibility that the policies of the president they helped elect could lead to her deportation. My latest with @chaddavis.bsky.social.

St. Louis aldermen call for unity, rally to mayor's defense. www.stlmag.com/news/alderme...

The St. Louis City Sheriff wants golf carts 🤦‍♀️ per @ryankrull.bsky.social @stlmag.bsky.social ICYMI last year, Civil Courts Bldg was renamed Clyde S. Cahill Coirthouse last year www.stlamerican.com/news/local-n...

Sanctuaria in The Grove was just hit by a car. There are no design improvements to prevent such traffic violence near this intersection in MoDOT’s Route 100 improvement plans.

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...

Joseph Sims is out as Sunshine Law coordinator for St. Louis City! 😀 Joseph Sims has moved to the SLMPD as a records retention supervisor, where he will also work with Sunshine requests 😠 www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

You could own a piece of papal history. Or perhaps go see a show there soon enough. www.stlmag.com/news/pope-le...

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 is such great news. Downtown St. Louis is awesome.

League night at the Silver Ballroom Pinball Pub in Bevo Mill. Sometimes it's nice to take a couple steps back and allow the beauty of St. Louis to be seen. This is from the final @stltoday.com I worked, in print tomorrow.

Cathy Smentkowski worked at St. Louis City Hall for 50-plus years. She retires today. At @stlmag.bsky.social, here's what she saw -- and what she plans to do tomorrow www.stlmag.com/news/cathy-s...

Permitting requirements for short-term rentals in STL city are temporarily on hold, per a judge's order. www.stlmag.com/news/short-t...

Neighbors say two closely linked companies' rehabs are "criminal" -- and city officials have issued numerous stop work orders, but it's like Whac-A-Mole. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the story www.stlmag.com/news/red-doo...

Of all of this Kentucky-based developer's ugly, ugly houses, I think this may be the ugliest. Neighbors said work was done in the middle of the night and color was chosen bc street has the word 'green' in it. www.stlmag.com/news/red-doo...

Important reporting for @stlpublicradio.bsky.social from @brianmunoz.bsky.social, Chad Davis, and @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social:

St. Louis County Council hired a new legal researcher (at $79k/year) who is also city attorney for Jennings and in that role caused Jennings to get hit w/ a $2 million judgment. www.stlmag.com/news/county-...

It’s always good to bump into old friends at City Hall

If you're not subscribed to the St. Louis Daily at @stlmag.bsky.social, how do you even know what former sheriff Vernon Betts is up to? @ryankrull.bsky.social has the scoop in today's (free) newsletter

Cara Spencer sworn in www.stlmag.com/news/mayor-c...

St. Louis Public Radio's CEO has accepted a new job in Seattle at a time of big transition for the local NPR affiliate. At @stlmag.bsky.social, here's what's afoot -- and how the split with UMSL affects the search for a new leader www.stlmag.com/news/stlpr-c...

It looks like apartment building on Morganford in Tower Grove South is likely going to happen. Developers got ok to knock down these buildings at Juniata.

A clandestine meeting that could have preserved KDHX's broadcast license took place the evening before attorneys for the radio station made their first appearance in bankruptcy court. Now at @stlmag.bsky.social, the attendees are sharing what went wrong -- and why www.stlmag.com/news/secret-...

STL media news: St. Louis Public Radio CEO Tina Pamintuan leaving station for new, unspecified gig in Seattle.

Fences that had been around City Hall and Poelker Park getting trucked away. Interesting timing.

Spencer says she’s working on bringing down the (literal) fences around City Hall. www.stlmag.com/news/cara-sp...