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This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. A shift in the weather always leads to weather tweets. (I love ‘em.) Here are a few hail and flood photos from Wednesday’s storms. Riverview shut down #stlwx copyrighted photo St. Louis Post-Dispatch pic.twitter.com/xvmNokdvCt — David Carson (@PDPJ) April 2, 2014 Only in STL – De Smet Jesuit's campus… Continue reading Oh, hail: Photos from Wednesday’s storm
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson tweeted several behind-the-scenes photos, sharing how he and St. Louis Cardinals reporter Derrick Goold put together the cover illustration for the paper’s Cardinals section. It started over dinner and drinks with @dgoold at a bar in Jupiter #coverpic pic.twitter.com/I6t8xpmFtY — David Carson (@PDPJ)… Continue reading Fire and baseball: Creating a cover illustration
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Now that Ballpark Village has opened, photos of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum are popping up on Twitter. The Cardinals museum at @STLBPV is almost ready. Fans will love this place. #STLCards pic.twitter.com/96SZqy0MLu — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) March 27, 2014 The museum opens April 7, the… Continue reading First look at the Cardinals museum
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Cafe di Organo is serving kopi luwak coffee. Touted on the cafe’s website as “the world’s most expensive and rarest coffee,” kopi luwak is coffee made from the beans of coffee berries that have been “eaten and egested by the Asian palm civet.” That’s right, we’re talking about civet… Continue reading Would you drink this coffee?
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Reporter Jacob Barker will join the St. Louis Post-Dispatch business desk Monday. Welcome to @stltoday, @jacobbarker! The ex-Tribbies are taking over. Cc: @Dave_Matter — Tony Messenger (@tonymess) March 21, 2014 Barker has been a business reporter at the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., for the past three years.… Continue reading Energy reporter joins Post-Dispatch staff