A North Side Story

 Posted on May 10, 2011  |  The Editor

There are some that believe, despite all the evidence to the contrary, like the dropping population numbers, the fact we have our own, albeit crappy, superhero, and that St. Louis’s crime issue isn’t as bad as folks like us make it out to be. To those people, we present this, the saddest, craziest story we’ve heard of…so far this week: In short, a group of people gathered in the street for a vigil for their slain family member and friend last week. [Read More]
death  north city  shooting 

Man Beaten With 2×4 in North City Basement

 Posted on April 18, 2011  |  The Editor

A man and his girlfriend are telling police of one really really bad day where the man was being confined to a North City basement and beaten with 2×4’s. Wow, that sounds pretty ba…oh and then he was moved to another vacant North City home a block over and beaten more there. Yikes. According to Lieutenant Dan Zarrick, a girlfriend received a call from her boyfriend that he’s being held against his will and assaulted in the basement of a house in the 5400 block of Partridge. [Read More]
beating  north city 

North City Residents Want Laclede Gas to Fill Their Holes

 Posted on March 8, 2011  |  The Editor

January, Laclede Gas started some sort of project up in North City, consisting of digging five large holes along Ruskin. That was it apparently. Laclede hasn’t come back to finish whatever job it was and has since only put some wood over the holes. Well KMOV to the rescue! One resident said he’s been calling Laclede Gas since February 23rd about site. He is still waiting on an answer. News 4 went to Laclede Gas for the answers residents say they couldn’t get. [Read More]
laclede gas  north city 

St. Louis: The Face Shootin’-est City This Side of the Mississippi!

 Posted on March 1, 2011  |  The Editor

It’s been about 60 days, so we were due for a good ole fashioned St. Louis face shooting! This time it was in North St. Louis (Whaaat? No way!) off of Union, just north of Martin Luther King Dr (Double whaaaat?! No way!). A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the face outside of Union Market, in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was walking out on the 1900 block of Union, when witnesses say they heard gunshotsand discovered the victim outside. [Read More]
face  north city  shooting 

Maybe Just Don’t Worry About Line Cutters in North St. Louis

 Posted on March 1, 2011  |  The Editor

So you’re waiting in line to by your booze…at 10pm on a Sunday…and a dude rolls in and cuts in line. What do you do? Well if you’re in St. Peters, you probably do the old passive agressive “Ugh! Really?” Where you’re kinda talking to the guy behind you, but not really. If you’re really ballsy, and since you’re getting booze at 10pm on a Sunday we’re guessing you might be, maybe you tell the guy what’s up…get in his face a little bit. [Read More]
line  liquor  north city 

Gangs Clean Up North St. Louis City, Still Plan to Shoot at Each Other

 Posted on May 10, 2010  |  The Editor

According to KMOX State Representative Jamillah Nasheed and Alderman Antonio French talked to gang members and got them to help in an O’Fallon Park cleanup project. French met with some gang members recently and helped them come up with “Operation Unity” — a weekly community clean-up effort, “They care about our community, too. They live here and grew up here. Many have kids of their own living here. They want to bring up the quality of life in their neighborhood. [Read More]
clean  gangs  north city  ofallon park  social issues 

South St. Louis Gets a Taste of North St. Louis

 Posted on March 8, 2010  |  The Editor

A roving group of thugs went around south St. Louis Friday and eventually kicked the crap out of two men, giving the south side of St. Louis a little taste of what life is like on the north side of town. St. Louis Metropolitan Police said the group assaulted their first victim in the 7400 block of Virginia. Witnesses told police a 42-year- old man was collecting cans when the teenagers approached him and without provocation began to punch and kick him. [Read More]
beating  north city  qdoba  south city 

Stolen Cars in North City Come With Free Bullets!

 Posted on December 28, 2009  |  The Editor

So you’re a thug ok? You see a car idling on the street, and you think. “Wow, doesn’t get much easier than this!” So you hop in and start to drive away. And then you get shot “several times” and die. Its like the damn wild west in North St. Louis! An 18-year-old north St. Louis man was fatally wounded Sunday as he attempted to steal a truck. It happened near Baden around 10 a. [Read More]
death  north city  stolen cars 

Wash U More Dangerous Than UMSL?

 Posted on December 18, 2009  |  The Editor

A week ago we posted a little something about a woman getting attacked in a bathroom at UMSL’s north city campus. Yeah, we hear North St. Louis is a “very safe” part of town in general if you disregard all the murders and muggings. But wait! Were we wrong with our flippant remarks about north city and UMSL? Maybe. We had someone contact us about the matter! Here’s what they said: [Read More]
north city  north county  umsl