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Marcus Jeffries — Coverage
All filed reports from Marcus Jeffries, St. Louis correspondent covering the for the MiTL Conversation Desk.
Crestwood's new mini-roundabouts are gonna make you feel like you're in Europe
Your neighborhood just got weirder, you gotta hear this Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When you drive through St. Louis County, especially out in South County, you see a lot of the same stuff: stri...
Your new Dierbergs' kosher aisle is a St. Louis win
Your Dierbergs has a kosher aisle you gotta see Look—I'm gonna be real with you. There's a new Dierbergs in town, over there near University City, and it ain't just another grocery store. They just o...
St. Louis, are your Cardinals fans *really* the most polite?
Your Cardinals fans are too polite. What is happening? Look—I'm gonna be real with you. There's a new article out there tryin' to tell me that Cardinals fans are the *most polite* in baseball. And no...
Your Cardinals fans are too nice and Ken Griffey Jr. proves it
Your Cardinals fans are too polite, and here's why Look—I’m gonna be real with you. There are a lot of things people say about St. Louis. They talk about the crime, they talk about the Arch, they tal...
Eyrica and Anthony are getting hitched and your family tree just got messy
Your high school reunion just got awkward. ## Engagements That Make You Say "Wait a Minute" Look, I'm gonna be real with you—I saw this engagement announcement for Eyrica Qi Marie Brunk and Anthony ...
St. Louis just lost a voice it really needed at 73.
Your Grandparents Knew Ray Hartmann Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When I saw the news, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Ray Hartmann, a name synonymous with St. Louis journalism for decades, passed...
Ray Hartmann is gone. St. Louis just lost a giant.
Your heart just broke for St. Louis again. Look—sometimes news hits you like a cheap shot right to the gut, the kind that leaves you breathless on a concrete floor. That's how it felt hearing about R...
Crestwood's traffic circles are still a mess on Liggett Avenue
You won't believe what they found in Crestwood Look—I'm gonna be real with you. There are a lot of stories you could pick out of the daily buzz. But when I saw that Crestwood is still trying to figur...
Your old coach just won big for Lutheran South.
Your high school coach just got MVP of the whole state Look — if you grew up in St. Louis and played any kind of organized anything, you know a coach can change your whole trajectory. We're a city bu...
Your old coach didn't win Missouri's top award, but Joe Cox did.
Your high school mock trial coach just got a huge award Look— I'm gonna be real with you. When I saw the headline about Joe Cox from Lutheran South being named Missouri Mock Trial Coach of the Year, ...
Your kids are playing flag football at Lutheran South now.
Your kids are playing flag football now, what'd you say? Look— I'm gonna be real with you, when I was growing up in South City, the only flag football we knew was in the backyard, usually after Thank...
St. Louis just got a new game for your daughters
Your Kids Can Now Get Their Flag Football On I'm gonna be real with you—when I saw that Lutheran High School South just launched a girls flag football team, becoming the first private school in St. L...
Lutheran South just changed St. Louis football forever
Your high school is getting a flag football team Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When I first saw this, I had to double-check. Girls flag football? At Lutheran South? I'm talking about the first pri...
Lutheran South just added a wild new sport for girls
Your kid's school just started a what? Look—I'm gonna be real with you, when I saw the news from Lutheran High School South down in South County, I had to do a double take. Girls flag football? First...
Lutheran South just changed girls sports forever in St. Louis
Your kids are gonna see this in gym class, for real Look— I'm gonna be real with you. When I was coming up in South City, the big deal for girls in sports was, what, volleyball at Tower Grove Park? O...
Your Clementine's Ice Cream just got national recognition
You won't believe this St. Louis ice cream story Look—you think you know St. Louis. You think we're all about baseball and Provel cheese and maybe the Arch. And yeah, we are. But then something comes...
Your favorite St. Louis letter writer just passed away
Your letters to the editor hero just passed away Look— I'm gonna be real with you, some stories just hit different. We’re talking about Gene Carton, a name you might not recognize on the street, but ...
Gene Carton was St. Louis's voice for 40 years. Did you hear him?
Your Words Mattered, Gene Carton You ever wonder who the folks are that keep the Post-Dispatch letter section alive? The ones who write in, day after day, year after year, with their thoughts on ever...
St. Louis just lost a legendary voice named Gene Carton.
Your grandpa probably knew this guy's name. Look— in St. Louis, we've got a lot of history, and a whole lot of opinions. We're a city built on talking, on arguing, on sharing what we think. And for n...
Your Lindbergh Schools election just got deepfaked.
Did you see this AI deepfake in Lindbergh Schools? Look— I'm gonna be real with you. We've talked a lot about what social media does to our politics, but an AI-generated image of the Lindbergh superi...
Someone's stealing political signs on West Watson. What's your take?
Your neighbors are messing with your yard signs Look— I'm gonna be real with you. When I saw the news about those political yard signs going missing down in Sunset Hills, specifically on West Watson,...
Did an AI just fake a Lindbergh endorsement?
Your Eyes Are NOT Believing This St. Louis Story Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When I saw this pop up, I had to read it twice, maybe three times. Someone out in the Lindbergh Schools district, a f...
Your Lindbergh Superintendent's AI endorsement is wild.
Your superintendent just endorsed who? You gotta see this. Look—I'm gonna be real with you. We've all seen some wild stuff pop up online, especially around election season. But down in South County, ...
Oakville kids gave St. Louis snowplows a glow up
Your St. Louis snowplows just got a glow up Look— I'm gonna be real with you, sometimes the news around here, it just makes you shake your head. But then you hear something that reminds you what's re...
Your grandma could get paid for St. Louis's nuclear past
Your grandparents might be owed money, for real. Look—I’m gonna be real with you. When you grow up here, you know about the history with the Manhattan Project and the nuclear waste that got dumped al...
A fake abduction in Affton? You won't believe this.
You won't believe this wild story from Affton Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When I first heard about a five-year-old girl named Aleise Dawson being abducted in Affton, right there on New Hampshire...
They faked an Affton abduction. Seriously?
Your Friends Are Talking About This St. Louis Story Look — I'm gonna be real with you. When I first saw the reports about a five-year-old girl named Aleise Dawson being abducted in Affton, near New H...
Wally Mayer at 100: Your grandkids will love this St. Louis hero
Your grandkids will love this St. Louis hero Look— sometimes you read something, and it just stops you. You gotta put the paper down, look out the window at the Gateway Arch, and just think, "Man, pe...
Wally Mayer just hit 100 and he built our St. Louis.
Your Grandma Wally is still out here making history. Look— if you ain't from St. Louis, you might not get it. We got a lot of history here, some good, some... not so good. But when you hear about som...
St. Louis has a Passover Seder you won't believe
You won't believe this St. Louis Passover tradition Look— I'm gonna be real with you. There's a story in *The Jewish Light* about this Passover Seder that's just… it's pure St. Louis, you know? It's ...
They're closing the Kennedy Aquatic Center. What now, South County?
Did you hear what they're saying about the Kennedy Aquatic Center? ### They're Closing Our Pool Down South Look— I'm gonna be real with you, the news about the Kennedy Aquatic Center closing this su...
Your St. Louis Passover Seder is bridging communities!
Your Passover Seder in St. Louis is doing WHAT? Look— I'm gonna be real with you. We talk a lot about what divides us in St. Louis. North Side, South Side, the whole City-County split that still just...
Your JB Blast fireworks are gone. St. Louis County says why.
Your fireworks show is gone and that just ain't right Look—I'm gonna be real with you. When I heard about the JB Blast fireworks getting canceled, it hit me in a way I didn't expect. This isn't just ...
A St. Louis kid won a national title and you missed it?
Your kid is a racquetball champ and you didn't know? Look— I'm gonna be real with you, when I saw the news that a kid from Vianney won the high school racquetball national title, my first thought was...
Your kid could be like Grant Williams, a national champ from Vianney
Your kid might be a world champ, you just don't know it yet Look— I'm gonna be real with you, when I hear "racquetball" I think about my uncle back in the 80s, all short shorts and sweatbands down at...
Over 50 St. Louis volunteers built hope, not just beds.
You won't believe how St. Louis is building hope Look—we talk a lot about what's missing in St. Louis, right? The population loss, the vacant lots up north, the businesses that picked up and left. It...
Are you already infected with *Toxoplasma gondii*?
You're telling me we're all walking around with a brain-eating virus? Look— I'm gonna be real with you. I thought I'd heard it all. From the Arch being taller than you think, to why we call Highway 4...
St. Louis, your Lambert flight just got easier.
Your flight just got easier St. Louis Look—everybody's talking about the new TSA PreCheck touchless ID system they're rolling out. It’s supposed to speed things up, make getting through security at a...
Your Vianney racquetball champ is a national hero now.
Your high school racquetball champ is a *national* champ! Look—I’m gonna be real with you. When I first saw that a kid from Vianney, Grant Williams, won the high school racquetball national champions...
They found iron nails on Roman skeletons. What does that mean for us?
They found *what* in a Roman grave? You gotta see this. Look— you ever walk through Calvary Cemetery up on West Florissant, or Bellefontaine over by O'Fallon Park, and just think about what folks bel...
The Blues just reminded St. Louis what a real comeback looks like.
The Blues comeback reminds you what this city is all about Look—everybody loves a good comeback story, right? We see them in movies, read about 'em in the papers. But here in St. Louis, we *live* 'em...
Rabbi Jim Goodman's dad was saved by a secret visa
Your dad’s secret past will blow your mind Look—I'm gonna be real with you. We talk a lot about the big stuff, the Cardinals, the Blues, the *trauma* of the Rams leaving. But sometimes, it's the quie...
Horny Margaret Thatcher AI is here, St. Louis. What?!
Your AI will get horny just like Margaret Thatcher Look — I'm gonna be real with you. I thought I’d seen it all. From the time my cousin Skeeter tried to deep-fry a squirrel at the Fairgrounds Park b...
That Bryce James buzz? It just hits St. Louis differently.
You know that Bryce James news? It hits different in St. Louis. Look — everyone's talking about Bryce James and his dad LeBron, wondering what's next for the kid's basketball career. And yeah, it's c...
Your Grandpa would've loved this $30K Passover find in the Lou.
Your grandpa would've loved this crazy St. Louis Passover find Look—I'm gonna be real with you—when I saw a story about a $30,000 Passover Haggadah up for auction, my first thought wasn't about the m...
Solar flares might trigger earthquakes — Kyoto University researchers propose wild new theory
Alright folks, buckle up, because my inbox just dropped a story from Kyoto University that's going to rattle your foundations – literally. We’re talking about solar flares, those majestic, fiery burps...