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
Newsflash: Everyone was really really racist a while back. We know, you’re totally shocked. Who would have thought the residents of an area that was worked by slaves would be racist, but it’s true. Here’s the proof:
A viewer alerted News 4 of an old covenant in the Osage Hills neighborhood. After an investigation, it was revealed that a 1926 agreement between the original neighbors blocked certain races from occupying homes.
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Like most towns Pevely, Missouri is hard up for cash, but unlike most towns they’ve decided the best way to save some money is to take away a time tested, doctor approved health benefit: putting fluoride in the water.
Many communities add fluoride to the water system to help prevent tooth decay.
But Pevely says it just doesn’t have the money anymore.
“…so screw you Pevely teeth! It’s fine. No one’s going to notice your crappy teeth in southern Missouri, and it’s not like putting fluoride in the city’s water supply works really well or anything.”
[Read More]The Boston Public Library has posted a whole set of retro Missouri post cards on their Flickr page (Kids, you know when you’re trying to text a pic to someone and your AT&T phone is crazy slow because you’re in one of those random parts of town with a max of one bar? The message eventually gets to the person, but then you’re like “Oh yeah, I forgot I sent that.”? That’s basically what a “post card” is.), and they’re pretty great. Not sure why the Boston Public Library is doing the stuff the St. Louis Public Library should be doing on it’s own, but whatever. We’ll deal with them later.
[Read More]The St. Louis Zoo was expecting the arrival of four harbor seals in time for the June 30th opening of the new “Sea Lion Sound” exhibit, but two of the sea lions died in the trip and had to be left at the Indianapolis Zoo as it was in need of medical treatment as well.
We guess hitchhiking from Canada isn’t as safe as it used to be.
The animals, two mother-daughter pairs, were examined before departure and checked frequently while in transit, said Steve Bircher, curator of mammals at the St. Louis Zoo.
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You know how some times you get so “exhausted” that you speed in your car and then when the cops stop you, you try to out run them, and then when they catch you and try to fight and spit on them and your breath smells like you’ve been drinking?
Nathan Grellener, the “honorable” mayor of Valley Park knows!
Police said Grellene [sic] was driving in Highway 30 in Jefferson County when he was stopped by officers for speeding.
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So maybe we’re the only one, but we just figured that all Walmarts were cleared at night to sweep for meth labs. Maybe not though, because the South County Walmart was cleared out last night for that very reason and everyone’s all surprised.
A customer cooking a so-called “one pot” batch of methamphetamine inside a pop bottle in her purse caused the Thursday night evacuation of the South County Walmart store.
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Outside air conditioning unit are being stolen all over the Godfrey, Illinois area and police think it might be related to that area’s favorite new hobby: Heroin.
The thefts of outdoor units, nearly twenty of them, have taken place in every month since February.
…but no one noticed until it got hot?
Madison County Sheriff’s Lt. Kris Tharp says the targets are homes and businesses.
Brillant! Why bother stealing all those outside air conditioning units on cars and skateboards when “homes and businesses” are right there for the taking?!
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…and if you’re wondering why the skyline looks a little weird, Reddit user mattsgotredhair says:
Just want to point out the youtube is flipped to avoid copyrights so that the downtown skyline is backwards.
Brillant! Enjoy watching it until YouTube figures out the “flipped trick”!
via Reddit
KMOV’s Brian Feldman, digging deep:
The current ordinance says on lots less than two acres, grass cannot exceed eight inches. But on some commercial lots, it may be getting longer than that.
The city council of O’Fallon is going to take a look at making the restrictions much tighter.
In our mind’s eye, Feldman did this interview while wearing one of those little brown fedoras with a press pass tucked in to the band while scribbling away on a little note pad. There weren’t any photos with the story, and we’d like to think that’s only because he forgot all his flash powder or that the his interviewee didn’t have 15 minutes to stand still for the photo to correctly develop.
[Read More]Terisha Wallace was arrested yesterday in Collinsville, Illinois after allegedly beating up a 13-year old kid.
On Sunday, June 3, at approximately 8:08 p.m., the Madison County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a home in Maryville, Ill. where deputies met with the victim of a battery. The victim was suffering from facial swelling and bruising.
The victim told deputies he was battered by two subjects. The victim identified Wallace and a 16-year-old male juvenile as the subjects who had battered him.
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