Bob McCarty Writes

KMOX-AM 1120 reported on air — but not on the station’s web site — this hour that a loud boom rocked the downtown area of a the St. Louis suburb of Clayton this morning after an explosive detonated on parking level of a high-rise office building at 190 Carondelet Plaza.  One man reportedly suffered burns [...]

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Mark Reardon, host of The Mark Reardon Show on St. Louis radio station KMOX-AM 1120, interviewed John McCain yesterday and got quite a statement out of the Republican Party presidential nominee regarding Barack Obama and his relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Asked whether he would make the relationship an issue during the third [...]

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Upon reading my last post, BAILOUT GOES BUST — NO PLAN B!, my friend Mark Reardon at KMOX-AM 1120 sent me a link to a video of his friend, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last week earlier today. Congressman Ryan, it’s important to note, is the [...]

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While many Americans are marking the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition on beer in the United States today, no one is doing more to commemorate the event than the folks at Anheuser-Busch World Headquarters in St. Louis. An A-B news release about the commemoration recalls the events of April 6-7,1933: On the night [...]

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When I spoke to Gerald Thornton this morning, his manner was cold and matter-of-fact. Perhaps, he was tired after answering questions from so many news media reporters, producers and photographers on the plaza across the street from Kirkwood City Hall this morning. Self-described as the “disabled” older brother of Kirkwood shooter Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton, [...]

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Below are links to coverage of last night’s Kirkwood City Hall shootings by St. Louis-area media outlets: St. Louis Post-Dispatch — 6 dead in shooting rampage at Kirkwood City Council Assailant had history of disputes with city Slain councilwoman planned race for mayor Shootings draw eyes of the world to ‘small town’ again Reporter: “It [...]

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After learning of Republican Matt Blunt’s surprising decision not to run for a second term as Missouri governor, I predicted he would be selected as Mitt Romney’s running mate if the former Massachusetts governor wins the GOP presidential nomination. Not everyone — including one late night talk radio host who I’ll get to near the [...]

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