TOWER GROVE SOUTH – When you discuss “seeing how they make the sausage” at G&W Sausage Co. in the Tower Grove South neighborhood, it’s not a wisecrack. It’s something they…
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George Sells is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in news. He has spent the last decade on the St. Louis media scene, working for KTVI Fox 2, HEC Media, and more recently as a host for KMOX Radio. His wife of twenty years, Julie, was born and raised in St. Louis. They have two kids and a dog.
Lawsuit: St. Louis officer played Russian roulette with other girlfriends
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette had a history of forcing…
Exclusive: Could a loosening of marijuana rules solve the city's job vacancy problem?
CARONDELET PARK – Is a liberalization of rules regarding marijuana use the answer to filling a glut of open city jobs? That’s one potential solution being kicked around by a…
St. Louis Blues assertion of 'History Made' is backed up by Missouri History Museum display
FOREST PARK – The fountain outside the Missouri History Museum is bubbling water that’s bright blue, and maybe offering proof that the St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup winning slogan, “History…
City takes step toward privatizing St. Louis Lambert International Airport
ST. LOUIS – In a step that essentially starts the clock on the decision whether or not to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the working group studying the move…
Schnucks quits tobacco
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis’ largest supermarket chain will stop selling tobacco products in all its stores at the beginning of 2020. Schnucks Markets announced Thursday, “the company will end…
Is racist shock-jock Romanik's bankruptcy filing an effort to dupe the FCC?
DOWNTOWN – The slur-slinging, ex-con radio host from whom the Federal Communications Commission is demanding answers about his ownership of a group of Metro East radio stations, now has those…
New police badges have a Stanley Cup flair
DOWNTOWN – St. Louis police officers will have the Stanley Cup close to their hearts for the next year … literally. New badges are being minted and will hit the…
Census shows city population continues to shrink
DOWNTOWN – The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest estimated figures on St. Louis and the rest of the nation for 2018, and it paints a picture of a…
Big 'Wheel' makes big impression at Union Station
DOWNTOWN WEST – It is the newest addition to the St. Louis skyline, and the St. Louis Wheel, in its 200 feet of glory (which, by the way, is taller…
The polarizing debate over privatizing Lambert Airport
DOWNTOWN – Why would the city want to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport? This is the first in a litany of questions and a crush of controversy surrounding the…
Men in high heels flood downtown to make a point
DOWNTOWN – It is the walk that turns plenty of heads, and opens a few eyes as well. Men in high heels were strutting their stuff to make a point,…