Mark Nahrgang
St Louis Today
Startup hopes to hit a home run in sports social media
Lockerdome expects to raise $5 million and double its staff this year
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Farmland values shoot up again. Is this a bubble?
Economists are not using the word “bubble,” even though the real estate picture in American farmland sort of looks like one. Farmland values are up around 20 percent or more in the Midwestern corn …
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A Look Back • Golden Eagle steamboat runs aground in 1947
Everyone escaped to the muddy, isolated safety of Grand Tower Island.
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Taking a look at new and remodeled NFL stadiums
The fate of the Rams in St. Louis could hinge on the Edward Jones Dome — more specifically, how much the Dome can be upgraded.
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Close up: Bart Baker, writer, producer, novelist
Bart Baker, 52, writer and producer with 18 films, made-for-TV movies, TV series and one novel to his credit.
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Corrections
• A bill that the Missouri Legislature approved Friday lessens the disparity in penalties between crack and powder cocaine by raising the amount of crack cocaine that qualifies as a Class A felony.…
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Joe Kleeman dies; Symphony musician started blind auditions that led to diversity
When Joe Kleeman joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as a bass player in 1958, the audience saw a stage filled almost exclusively with white males.
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Some bills fell as hostages in Missouri Legislative session
JEFFERSON CITY • In the final hours of a Missouri legislative session, there is always a hostage.
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Bark in the Park attracts dogs and owners
ST. LOUIS • Roughly 6,000 people and thousands of dogs filled Cricket Field in Forest Park on Saturday for the annual Bark in the Park animal rescue fundraiser.
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Rare corpse lily blooming at MoBot Garden
ST. LOUIS • The corpse lily, known for its rare, gigantic flower and foul odor, is blooming at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Missouri Legislature ends combative session
A divisive Missouri legislative session ended Friday evening with rancor and few marquee issues for legislators to brag about back home.
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Siblings charged with murder in heroin overdose
They allegedly providinged a fatal dose of heroin to a Moscow Mills man in a Troy hotel room last month.
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Lawyers battle on whether evidence exonerates man in '82 St. Louis murder
There was no dispute in court Friday in Jefferson City that favorable evidence was improperly withheld from George Allen's defense in a St. Louis murder trial almost three decades ago.
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Families speak out against heroin use, man connected to two overdose deaths
Chris Duren, still reeling from the death of her son Brandon from a heroin overdose in a St. Louis hotel room in November, called the man who was with him when he died and demanded answers about wh…
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Local news digest
ST. LOUIS > KWMU buys Quincy public radio station — The University of Missouri-St. Louis is buying Quincy University's public radio station, WQUB (90.3 FM). The deal is expected to be completed …
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Metro approves price increases for passes, transfers
ST. LOUIS • Metro will increase the cost of its transit passes and transfers the first week of July in an effort to generate $1.9 million and keep up with rising costs.
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Corrections
• Locally chartered banks had a combined $31.7 million profit in the first quarter of 2011. An incorrect figure was listed in a story in Friday's Business section.
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Former St. Louis radio host guilty of murder
Jurors took just 45 minutes to convict Leonardo Drisdel of first-degree murder.
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Wentzville woman gets 18 months for foreclosure rescue scam
ST. LOUIS • A Wentzville woman who scammed victims by promising that she could prevent the loss of their houses was sentenced in federal court here Friday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay …
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No more threatening cyclists in St. Louis; Alderman proposes $100 fine
ST. LOUIS • One afternoon last summer, Scott Ogilvie was heading home from work on his bike when he got caught in rush hour on North Jefferson Avenue.
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