Sarah Fenske

‘I had 30 minutes left to live’: Brentwood man reunites with stranger who saved him in River Des Peres flood Rob Hanselman survived 48 hours in River Des Peres after flash flooding swept him away. A year later, he returned to the riverbank to thank the man who saved him.

What a terrifying story, and what an amazing ending, by @ksdknews.bsky.social. Thank God for the kindness of strangers www.ksdk.com/article/news...

How Evolution Metals became the $6B St. Louis company that wasn’t This past summer, just weeks before sealing a $6 billion deal meant to bring a new public company to St. Louis, some local businessmen say they learned a surprising truth about their would-be partner:...

Evolution Metals was supposed to be a $6B company headquartered in St. Louis. At @stlmag.bsky.social, @ryankrull.bsky.social digs into how the deal fell apart www.stlmag.com/business/evo...

For St. Louis airport, homeless “sweeps” are a nightly ritual A fatal shooting last week at St. Louis Lambert International Airport has put a bright light on the persistent issue of homelessness at the airport, with a source familiar with its operations telling ...

For the St. Louis airport, "sweeps" moving along homeless visitors are a nightly ritual -- and may have been a factor in last week's fatal shooting. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the story www.stlmag.com/news/st-loui...

shhhh.... don't give them any ideas!

Beloved Christmas tree farm in Festus is now for sale Meert Tree Farm has been a holiday destination since 1963. “It’s a very unique piece of property, just special," says the listing agent.

If you're dreaming of a juniper-scented Christmas, a beloved family-owned Christmas tree farm just outside St. Louis is now for sale. Story via @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/business/mee...

Elvis-loving St. Charles County judge forced to retire after dressing like his idol A St. Charles County judge who traded his black robes for an Elvis jumpsuit is being forced into retirement—and his mania for The King is partly to blame. Disciplinary charges accuse Judge Matthew Tho...

A St. Charles County judge has been forced to retire after dressing like Elvis Presley in his courtroom ... and also talking politics with litigants before him. Via @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/matthew...

thank you! All credit to @ryankrull.bsky.social

Anheuser family heirs hit with $56M verdict over Kirkwood energy company Two descendants of a co-founder of Anheuser-Busch and their family trusts were part of a group ordered on Friday to pay tens of millions of dollars to a company whose investors they allegedly swindled...

Anheuser family heirs hit with $56 million jury verdict, with the son of former Gov. Jay Nixon taking the lead in representing disgruntled investors in their suit over “a company built by many, stolen by few.” @ryankrull.bsky.social has the scoop www.stlmag.com/business/anh...

Exactly!! But I figured I couldn't count on all my newsletter people having seen it....

Thank you for confirming the accuracy hahaha. I fully expected to hear from some of our older feminists questioning my word choice .... but apparently word is out, and zero objections were raised :)

As Missouri debates a new congressional map, everybody’s talking 'Air Bud' On Wednesday, when attorneys argued in court over Missouri’s congressional maps, they drew on a 1997 Disney movie that may have seemed out of place in the halls of justice—but only to those who haven’...

. @sarahfenske.bsky.social takes a deep dive about how my obsession with the 'Air Bud Rule' seeped its way into the Missouri redistricting saga.

Ain't no rule saying you can't read a story about the Air Bud Rule!!

Massive battery materials plant planned for North St. Louis is officially dead Plans for a half-billion dollar battery materials plant in St. Louis’ North Riverfront neighborhood are officially dead.  ICL Group Ltd., the Israeli-based global specialty minerals company that had p...

Breaking news from @stlmag.bsky.social: A $574M manufacturing plant planned for North St. Louis is officially dead. ICL Group Ltd. says it's pulling the plug after the Trump administration canceled a $197 million grant planned for the facility www.stlmag.com/business/icl...

Happy to serve up the most cringe-inducing links in St. Louis!

It feels appropriate that the same day that my opinion piece on the case for abolishing the Sheriff's office runs in @stltoday.com, we get this little insight from @sarahfenske.bsky.social's daily newsletter

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Judge removes St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery—for now Alfred Montgomery is no longer the sheriff of the city of St. Louis—at least for a little while.  At a hearing today in the Missouri Attorney General’s ongoing effort to remove Montgomery from office,...

"The judge, like a lot of St. Louisans, was skeptical that Montgomery was able to serve as the city’s sheriff from a jail cell." @ryankrull.bsky.social with a gift for understatement www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...

They are not. They are advertisements for the podcast, but the podcast guests are chosen by me, no consideration other than who would be a good + newsy guest. Recommendations always welcome.

Thank you!

Rene Knott quit KSDK after HR probe focused on his comments Longtime KSDK morning news anchor Rene Knott says he resigned at the station’s request last week after becoming the focus of an HR investigation. Knott says his supervisor told him not to come in on O...

New at @stlmag.bsky.social, by me & @ryankrull.bsky.social: Rene Knott confirms he was asked to resign from KSDK after an HR probe into comments he'd allegedly made (he denies saying anything inappropriate) www.stlmag.com/news/rene-kn...

City Foundry developers question Midtown data center plans When Steve Smith, CEO of the development firm New + Found, thinks about the data center proposed for Midtown St. Louis, he can’t help but think of a previous plan for a different site that’s directly ...

Does it make sense to put two big data centers in the heart of St. Louis? If you ask the developers who built the City Foundry, the answer is no -- who believe doing so could represent a big missed opportunity. New at @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/business/cit...

Noem's controversial shutdown video isn’t airing at St. Louis airport As of yesterday, TSA checkpoints at St. Louis Lambert International Airport were not showing a video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames the current government shutdown on Democrat...

Kristi Noem's controversial shutdown video isn't airing at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, but airport officials aren't saying why www.stlmag.com/news/kristi-...

Rene Knott parts ways with KDSK in sudden split Morning show anchor Rene Knott wasn’t on air this morning at KSDK (Channel 5)—and while reporter Mercedes MacKay told the audience she was filling in for 21-year station veteran, the reality appears t...

KSDK told staff that they've parted ways with longtime morning news anchor Rene Knott. @ryankrull.bsky.social and I have the details for @stlmag.bsky.social www.stlmag.com/news/rene-kn...

St. Louis sheriff ordered to jail after trouble with guns, burner phone St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery got burned by his own burner phone today and is now headed to jail as the criminal case against him works its way through court.  Montgomery, already on house arres...

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery has been ordered to jail while he awaits his day in court .... but, bizarrely, he remains the sheriff. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the details: www.stlmag.com/news/alfred-...

Town hall on Midtown data center brings out critics—and promises of no tax abatement A data center proposed for St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood drew hostile questions from city residents last night, with broad concerns and skepticism about the purported benefits of a $600 million data...

Town hall on data center planned for Midtown St. Louis brings out the critics. @stlmag.bsky.social's Eric Schmid has all the details -- and the promises being made by backers www.stlmag.com/business/tow...

Story from St. Louis Daily Magazine: O'Connell's pub calls bullshit on foliage notice it got from the city. David beats Goliath!!!

All hail @sarahfenske.bsky.social for what can only be described as this "peak St. Louis" story. Ah, man. I love it here.

Thank you for enjoying this little vignette as much as I did!

St. Louis sheriff now faces witness tampering, retaliation charges St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery is on house arrest after being hit with five new felonies—and may be headed to jail as early as Tuesday. Montgomery was in court today after being hit with a supers...

5 new felony charges have been filed against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery, and these are a lot more serious. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the details www.stlmag.com/news/sheriff...

I get your perspective here, and appreciate the feedback, but trying to explain a concept like a DAO in a way that gets readers into the story is not for the faint-hearted. Headlines by definition engage in some oversimplification -- but I hope the story itself handles it with nuance.

I edited the article.

Bitcoin-style real estate investment comes to St. Louis, and neighbors aren’t happy A new type of housing investor has come to St. Louis—one that involves not just out-of-town owners, but ones operating under a structure that’s part Bitcoin and part 1960s commune. For the alderwoman ...

Bitcoin-style real estate investment comes to St. Louis neighborhoods. What could go wrong??!?! www.stlmag.com/news/dao-st-...

Had no idea! Thank you!