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

St. Charles Gas Station Clerks Scare Easily

 Posted on January 24, 2011  |  The Editor

A man attempted to rob an O’Fallon, Missouri gas station holding only box cutters…and it worked somehow. Authorities say a man walked into the Phillips 66, 2700 Technology Drive, near Interstate 64 about 10 a.m., threatened a clerk with box cutters and demanded cash. The man ran out with less than $200 and hopped into a car believed to be a Honda Civic waiting outside, authorities said. No one was hurt. [Read More]
box cutter  ofallon  robbery  st charles 

Mountain Lion Spotted in Chesterfield

 Posted on January 21, 2011  |  The Editor

Photos taken by a Chesterfield man have been confirmed by the Department of Conservation to be a mountain lion. A mountain lion that is in the Chesterfield area near the Missouri River. The Department of Conservation would like to remind everyone that mountain lions are nocturnal and tend to avoid humans. Not to be confused with cougars, who just pretend they are nocturnal, hitting up college bars and then trying to take home Johnny Frat at 10:45 because they have a big meeting tomorrow. [Read More]
chesterfield  mountain lion 

Car Crashes in to Downtown Hooters

 Posted on January 21, 2011  |  The Editor

Details are slim as of this writing, but just after 9 pm a car crashed in to the Hoosters in downtown St. Louis starting a fire. Somehow no one was injured and the people in car have been arrested. No suprise there. Smashing something that hard in to Hooters ususal does end up getting you arrested…at the very least slapped. That’s gotta be the first time anything “flaming” crashed a party at Hooters! [Read More]
accident  car  hooters 

Craig Cornett Beat Up a 75-Year Old Man

 Posted on January 21, 2011  |  The Editor

Former 93.7 the Bull’s morning show host Craig Cornett‘s fans have been waiting for some time now to find out what Cornett’s next big project would be. A new job at a local music station? Maybe a straight talk format show? Something online? Nope! The first real mention of Craig Cornett since dropping of the airwaves in August of 2009 is about…Cornett beating the hell out of a 75 year old man in the parking lot of a casino! [Read More]
Ameristar  assault  craig cornett 

Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman Visits F15teen’s Winter Bikini Contest

 Posted on January 20, 2011  |  The Editor

F15teen, the restaurant and nightclub, has had some major celebs come to their events, like last Saturday’s Winter Bikini Contest aka “St. Louis Skanks, Feel Free to Give Your Various Rashes Some Air at F15teen!”, but no celebrity host has been bigger than the one we found lurking in their photo gallery without nary a promotional mention: Mad Magazine’s very own Alfred E. Neuman! (Google image search link for those unaware of this particular cultural reference. [Read More]
alfred e neuman  bars and clubs  f15teen 

Comparing Our LaRussa Roast to the Actual One

 Posted on January 20, 2011  |  The Editor

About a month ago the roast of long-time Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa was announced and, shockingly, our name was left off the guest list! We roasted him anyway. Go internet! The actual roast took place last weekend though at the Annual Dinner of the St. Louis Chapter of Baseball Writers’ Association of America though you may know them as SLCOBWAOA. The “roaster roster” included Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, broadcaster Mike Shannon, Fox2’s Martin Kilcoyne, actor Billy Bob Thornton, famed college basketball coach Bobby Knight, and former Cardinal Steve Kline. [Read More]
baseball writers  roast  tony larussa 

We Just Realized That We’re Two Years Old Now

 Posted on January 20, 2011  |  The Editor

Whoops, we forgot about our own birthday. It was last Friday. Here’s a link to the very first “intro” post on Punching Kitty that went up on January 14th, 2009: “Hell Yeah Bitch! .com Launches PunchingKitty.com!“ In two years we’ve managed 1,258 posts, 2 legal threats, a decent amount of press, one hiatus of sorts and managed to get over 600 people to stand up on Facebook and say they like us. [Read More]
birthday 

Del Taco is Gross, Don’t Take Us There or We Will Stab You

 Posted on January 20, 2011  |  The Editor

There might have been another reason in play, but if we were in a car with you and you drove us to Del Taco, we would stab you. It’s gross. Don’t care how late it is or hungry we are, we will never say yes to the fast food version of rib-jobbing a sweaty Mexican donkey ride guy. The victim told police that he and a 31-year-old white male were at the drive thru of Del Taco when they got into an argument. [Read More]
del taco  Health  refried butthole  south grand  stabbing 

Empty Bag of Weed Drives Imperial Man to Kill

 Posted on January 19, 2011  |  The Editor

Pro Tip: Always check your bag of weed before giving up the money. It may drive you to shoot a guy. Ryan Harris (right) paid Michael Maybearry (dead) $20 for a bag of weed, got home, found the bag was empty. That made Harris angry, so angry the first thought through his mind, as told to police was: “I gotta kill this guy.” Harris sounds pretty highly strung. He really could have used that weed! [Read More]
marijuana  murder  shooting  weed 

NFL Running Back Laurence Maroney Arrested on Weapons Charges

 Posted on January 19, 2011  |  The Editor

No, nothing illegal here officer….oh ok, yeah, that gun. I meant nothing illegal other than that gun. Wanna autograph? St. Louis native and current Denver Broncos running back Laurence Maroney was arrested Sunday night for unlawful weapons and drug charges. Let us guess: All that stuff belonged to your buddies and you didn’t know they had it? “Mr. Maroney was unlawfully arrested for possession of weapons. He holds a permit to carry a concealed weapon and he had his permit on his person when he was arrested. [Read More]
arrested  drugs  laurence Maroney  nfl  weapons