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

Fixed: RSS Feed Images

 Posted on August 20, 2012  |  The Editor

It has come to our attention that the “featured” images above each story on the site, haven’t been making it in to the RSS feed. That sucks because 1. We love our RSS readers and that’s a bad experience, and 2. lots of jokes are based on those images. We think we fixed it . Let us know if that’s not the case for you, or if you have a suggestion on how we can do it better. [Read More]
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St. Louis Jail Sounds Like Movie Jail

 Posted on August 20, 2012  |  The Editor

According to a lawsuit and as reported by the Post Dispatch, guards in the St. Louis jail (aka “City Wordhouse”) have been making prisoners fight in “gladiator-style” matches. Which is kinda awesome, but wrong of course…because…it’s just…um…OMG tell us about it! Are there swords?! Some inmates named in the suit were both victim and attacker, the suit claims. Lawyers for those inmates say guards sometimes used promises of special privileges, extra food and snacks to enlist an attacker. [Read More]
fights  jail 

Todd Akin is Legitimately Retarded

 Posted on August 20, 2012  |  The Editor

At some point Sunday you probably heard about Senate hopeful, current Representative Todd Akin‘s thoughts on rape and abortion while talking to enemy-of-the-site Charles Jaco on Fox2. It’s been kind of a big story: “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Mr. Akin said of pregnancies from rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. [Read More]
claire mccaskill  fox2  rape  todd akin 

That is One Ugly Mother-Puncher!

 Posted on August 17, 2012  |  The Editor

49-year-old Larry Thompson was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, after punching his own mother at his home in Shiloh, Illinois. He is also suspected of robbing a bank with Flattop and Pruneface, but escaped after detective Dick Tracy got the drop on his accomplices, only to have Big Boy Caprice put the squeeze to the coppers on the take so the whole gang walked. It was a setup see! [Read More]
battery  illinois  Shiloh 

KMOV to Add Sharon Reed as News Anchor

 Posted on August 17, 2012  |  The Editor

We’re no fans of the local news, but we’ve got to hand it to KMOV, they know how to collect attractive female anchors. Virginia Kerr, Jasmine Huda, and Clair Kellet are a good start, but St. Louis, welcome the newest contestent in the “hot reporter” ring. One who comes with an interesting past, so we’re hoping for an interesting future in St. Louis: Sharon Reed. We got word late last night, and confirmed by Aaron Hooks (@athooks) on Twitter, that Reed will be the new KMOV anchor, replacing the departing Vickie Newton. [Read More]
kmov  sharon reed 

If You See a Guy On His Porch in Maplewood Who Looks Like He’s Jacking It, He Probably Is

 Posted on August 16, 2012  |  The Editor

Kenny Gooch was sitting on his front porch in Maplewood one day and while he was watching a few high school girls walk by he decided to whip his junk out and smack it around a little. Who’s gonna know right? You way up on this porch and they’re way over there down two steps and over on the sidewalk 5 feet away. It’s the perfect crime! So perfect he did it twice. [Read More]
maplewood  pervert 

So Many Prostitutes!

 Posted on August 15, 2012  |  The Editor

A city ordinance gets shot down for 1st Amendment conflicts and now we have prostitutes running all over South St. Louis! Damn you currently office-holding politicians and especially the President! “Street demonstrating was definitely a tool that we used against the prostitutes, because obviously if they’re on a sidewalk or in the street waving down potential johns, they’re inhibiting traffic,” said St. Louis Police Captain Dan Howard. But police lost that tool when the courts ruled that the “demonstrating” ordinance infringed on free speech. [Read More]
hookers  prostitutes  south city 

Punching Kitty on the John Carney Show: 08.09.2012

 Posted on August 14, 2012  |  The Editor

As we catch up on the last few weeks of calling in to the John Carney Show on KTRS, here’s our August 9th segment. Take a listen as we stumble to figure out on the fly what we’re allowed to say on the air, while dropping way way way too many “you know”s: Notes: – God Voted For Todd Akin, Claims Todd Akin – St. Charles Police Catch a Predator Dateline Syle! [Read More]
john carney show  ktrs 

Punching Kitty on the John Carney Show: 08.02.2012

 Posted on August 14, 2012  |  The Editor

We’ve been bad about posting these, but here’s our August 2nd segment: Notes: – 12 Year-Old Tased in South County Victoria’s Secret – City of Shrewsbury on the Lookup For Kissy Cop Impersonator – Creepy Looking Guy Does Something Totally Creepy – St. Louis’ Not So Missed Connections Listen live on the Thursday night edition! We’re going to start Facebooking/Tweeting out when we’ll be on, so look for the heads up Thursday evening. [Read More]
john carney show  ktrs