PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013

Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.

We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.

While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.

- The Editor

Hey Man What Happened To Your Mobile Meth Lab?!

 Posted on September 3, 2010  |  The Editor

The thing about mobile meth labs is that, like all meth labs, they can catch on fire, only your seat belted to this one. A van laden with a meth factory ignited and was quickly engulfed in flames while traveling down a Jefferson County road. Jefferson County?! I know we were shocked too. Not really. These “mobile meth labs” are the like the ice cream man down there. The only person believed to have been in the vehicle, a 42-year-old man, was rushed to the hospital. [Read More]
fire  jefferson county  meth lab  van 

10 Things Strip Clubs Can Do Instead of Actually Stripping

 Posted on September 3, 2010  |  The Editor

It’s been a official for a few days now, but Missouri made all strip clubs suck and turned our state in to the equivalent of a Catholic Grade School dance. No booze, no one can touch each other, we have to be home by midnight, and despite all the asexual rules, the perverts have no trouble finding some very illegal tail. We here at Punching Kitty are outraged by these lame unsexy laws. [Read More]
strip club  stripping  stupid laws 

Woman Who Whored Out 13-year-old Pleads Guilty

 Posted on September 2, 2010  |  The Editor

Twenty-seven year old, Latasha Jewell McFarland of St. Louis County, plead guilty to prostitution charges including convincing a 13-year-old runaway to go be her whore. Latasha seems like a great little lady but if she’s this good at convincing people to whore it out, she should use her powers for good, and call Heidi Klum. [McFarland] told the girl last summer that she could earn $100 for each sex act that she engaged in, Assistant U. [Read More]
hooker  minor  prostitution 

The Cardinals Radio Broadcasts Go Back to KMOX

 Posted on September 2, 2010  |  The Editor

In what is no doubt the most anyone has ever talked about radio since…um…I don’t know…jesus radio metaphors are hard…probably because no one cares about radio. Except for the St. Louis sports media who still thinks its really really really really really important. As first reported today on STLtoday.com, the team announced late this afternoon that it will return its radio broadcasts to KMOX next season after five years at KTRS, where they had been airing after a 51-year run at KMOX. [Read More]
cardinals  kmox  ktrs  radio  wxos 

What Ever Happened to Eric Crouch?

 Posted on September 1, 2010  |  The Editor

Oh sure you remember Eric Crouch! The Nebraska football stud quarterback that went on to get a Heisman and then be drafted by your St. Louis Rams as a wide receiver? Mad Mike Martz’s plan never really worked and after getting a real injury to go along with his hurt pride, Crouch retired just weeks before the regular season. What’s he up to now? Crouch is now the owner of Crouch Recreation, a company that installs park and playground equipment ranging from water slides to scoreboards in Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. [Read More]
eric crouch  rams 

Never Let Your Kid Do High School Band If the Director is Rocking a Chinstrap

 Posted on September 1, 2010  |  The Editor

A former band Director for the Alton school district has been sentenced to six years in the joint for having, what KMOV is calling an “affair” with a 16-year-old student. According to the Madison County State Attorney’s officer, 36-year-old Matthew Lang has to serve 85% of his sentence. He must also register as a sex offender. Police say Lang had sex with the student more than once during school hours. Some of the encounters occurred at the school and others happened at locations away from the school. [Read More]
band  molester  teacher 

Jerry Berger Still Has That Writer’s Touch

 Posted on August 31, 2010  |  The Editor

If we pretend for a moment that exiled-Post Dispatch columnist Jerry Berger still writes his own “gossip”, then we could say: Jesus Jerry! Is this really the best way you could “report” on the passing of Deanne Lane, formerly of KSDK’s, husband passing away suddenly? It’s been a great week so far, any way you look at it (provided you weren’t looking at it from Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea or the house of Centene communicator and former television anchor Deanne Lane, who is mourning the sudden death of her husband, consultant and avid golfer Greg Goodrich [Read More]
deanne lane  gossip  jerry berger  morons 

Mizzou Running Back Derrick Washington Charged with Sexual Assault

 Posted on August 31, 2010  |  The Editor

It had to be something this heavy for Derrick Washington, the stand-out running back, to be mysteriously suspended by Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel last week. Division I college football coaches generally don’t just “indefinitely suspend” one of their best players for the something like library fines, and sure enough, the rap on Washington is a way worse than library fines…unless you broke in to the library after dark and put your penis in the books without asking, then it would be about the same. [Read More]
college football  derrick washington  gary pinkel  mizzou 

Shaq Not Engaged, Deb Peterson Still Horrible

 Posted on August 31, 2010  |  The Editor

Looks like Hoopz didn’t get a ring in St. Louis after all! The site GossipCop.com got what we couldn’t: A response from Shaq’s people about his possible engagement in St. Louis a few weekends ago (“Shaq Proposed to His Girlfriend in St. Louis“): Gossip Cop reached out to O’Neal’s rep, who told us the engagement rumors are “not accurate.” Repeat: He is not engaged. When asked for a comment, the Post-Dispatch writer noted that she “did not say he’s engaged,” but simply shared what the restaurant owner thought he witnessed. [Read More]
deb peterson  hoopz  shaq