Danny Wicentowski
Riverfront Times
St. Louis, MO, United States
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Florissant Otter Gentrifies Pond, Deserves Personal Space
The City of Florissant announced Wednesday that an otter has taken up residence in St. Ferdinand Pond, a development that historically would be extraordinarily rare... → Read More
Missouri Gov. Parson Announces $10,000 Vaccine Incentive
With the Delta variant chomping through southwest Missouri, Governor Mike Parson has unveiled a new "Red, White and Blue" incentive program to get more jabs... → Read More
STL Mugshots Returns to its Shaming-For-Profit Ways
Three months after going silent, STLMugshots.com has resumed publishing mugshots of people in St. Louis charged with petty and nonviolent crimes. It's a continuation of... → Read More
St. Louis Cop Macing Crowd 'Regrettable' But Not Illegal, Judge Rules
A St. Louis officer who was filmed outside Busch Stadium soaking a group of protesters and photographers in pepper spray in 2017 was justified, a... → Read More
St. Louis' Owl Man Knows the Wild Nightlife
In the hour before sunset, as golden rays streak through Forest Park, its most silent residents can be found. There is a man who searches for them. → Read More
Eureka Car Believes it Can Fly, Becomes Part of Somebody's Roof
A seemingly physics-defying crash left a Eureka fire official marveling that no one was injured after a vehicle tumbled through the air, through a fence,... → Read More
What the Verdict in the Luther Hall Beating Means for 'Kettled' Protesters
The criminal trial against three St. Louis cops charged in the beating of a Black undercover detective ended Monday in two acquittals and a deadlock,... → Read More
You Can Get High in the St. Louis Arch Again (By Riding the Tram)
The tram ride to the top of the Gateway Arch is open for businesses, ending its months-long COVID-19 closure that sadly limited St. Louis' biggest and shiniest tourist attraction to just a big piece of frown-shaped eye candy. As of Tuesday, the tram ride to the top of the gleaming edifice is once again taking passengers, though, the reopening is not without some limitations. → Read More
Missouri Man in Prison for Growing Marijuana Dies in Less Than a Year
Franklin County put Steven Sutherland behind bars for growing marijuana. This weekend, just under eleven months into his ten-year prison sentence, the 59-year-old passed away. → Read More
Illinois, Pot Paradise, Made $75 Million Off Weed Sales in Two Months
As Missourians wait for their first cannabis dispensaries to open, the verdant land known as Illinois — where the birds wear Baja hoodies and the... → Read More
Listen to Jon Hamm Saying 'Awesome' in a St. Louis Accent
What is Jon Hamm? An actor, yes, one prodigious of talent and strong of chin, but also a tireless cultural ambassador for his hometown of St. Louis, a mission that, as demonstrated in a recent interview, includes nailing a pitch-perfect St. Louis accent. → Read More
Missouri Women are Way Into Fisting Porn
Porn giant Pornhub just released its annual roundup of data insights, and amid the dizzying array of global wanking trends, a state-by-state breakdown of users'... → Read More
Missouri School Investigating 'Slave Trade' Homework Assignment [UPDATED]
A Missouri elementary school is investigating an in-class assignment given to fifth grade students that asked them to consider the trade value of slaves on their hypothetical plantation — and what price to assign those slaves. "You own a plantation or farm and therefore need more workers," the assignment stated. → Read More
Shunned in Missouri, St. Louis’ Child Predator Hunters Find Allies Elsewhere
Anthony Greene knows when he isn't wanted. Seated behind the wheel of a hulking tractor-trailer on a recent Sunday afternoon, the 45-year-old trucker looms above an expanse of parking lot behind a Love's Travel Stop near downtown St. Louis. → Read More
What Tracking Women's Periods Says About Missouri's Anti-Abortion Scheme
This week, as Planned Parenthood tries to keep Missouri from becoming the only state in the 21st century without an abortion clinic, the bad faith... → Read More
Mizzou Tweet on Diversity Goes Wrong, So Very Wrong
On Wednesday afternoon, the University of Missouri of Athletics Department attempted to celebrate, by way of tweet, the diverse backgrounds and talents of its student... → Read More
The Plight of Princess Pickles, Festus' Controversial Emotional Support Pig
To the city of Festus, Princess Pickles, a one-year-old potbellied pig, represents the illegal presence of "livestock" within its limits. But in the ongoing controversy over a pig in a Missouri city, the pig's owner, Debbie Buff, is running out of time. → Read More
Donald Trump Greets The Blues at the White House, Immediately Ruins "Gloria"
Donald Trump, America's extremely wise president, met with members of the St. Louis Blues today, ostensibly to congratulate the team — composed mostly of Canadians — on winning the 2019 Stanley Cup back in July. He did do this! → Read More
St. Louis 'Cannabus' Marijuana Clinic Accused of Actually Selling Weed
Missouri is still months away from making its first legal medical marijuana sales, but one St. Louis doctor and traveling cannabis health clinic is being... → Read More
'Exactly': The Controversy Around Kim Gardner's One-Word Tweet, Explained
It doesn't take much to stoke new controversy around the polarizing figure of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. In the latest round, calls for... → Read More