David Hunn

St. Louis

Local News Editor at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Local news editor at @stltoday. Former energy reporter @HoustonChron. Calif. native. Signal me at 314-238-4386.

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Articles

Nicholas Pistor, former City Hall reporter for the Post-Dispatch, dies at 43

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | David Hunn

ST. LOUIS — Former Post-Dispatch reporter Nicholas J.C. Pistor died suddenly on Tuesday of an acute illness. Friends of Pistor, 43, were shocked. They said he appeared healthy in recent days. "He was what's called a reporter's reporter," said Tim Bross, a longtime editor at the paper who worked with Pistor and became friends with him. "He did not sit around and wait for assignments or press releases.
Anti-Musk protests gather across St. Louis region

3 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Austin Huguelet |David Hunn

SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY — More than 100 protesters lined South Lindbergh Boulevard on Saturday, holding signs blasting billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to downsize U.S. government spending and chanting slogans urging his departure. The crowd drew regular honks and cheers from passersby, even in this relatively conservative corner of St. Louis County. It was the first protest for Ryan Walsh, an engineer from Arnold.
St. Louis man dies in motorcycle wreck near Steelville

Sep 21, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Missouri — A 78-year-old St. Louis man has died in a motorcycle crash on a wooded road here. Donald R. Chilton was riding a BMW motorcycle at 10:15 Friday morning on Highway 19 two miles south of Steelville when he traveled off the left side of the road, hit a sign and flipped, the highway patrol reported. Chilton died at the scene.
1 dead, 4 injured in St. Charles County rollover

Sep 21, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — One died and four were seriously injured after a car rolled here. Just before 2 a.m. on Friday, five St. Charles County residents, all in their 20s, were in a 2009 Honda Accord on Highway 94 east of Howell Road, near Defiance, when the driver missed a curve, overcorrected, ran off the right side of the road and flipped, the highway patrol reported. Miranda K. Douglas, 22, of St. Charles, died at the scene.
St. Louis man dies in motorcycle wreck near Steelville

Sep 21, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

CRAWFORD COUNTY — A 78-year-old St. Louis man has died in a motorcycle crash on a wooded road here. Donald R. Chilton was riding a BMW motorcycle at 10:15 Friday morning on Highway 19 two miles south of Steelville when he traveled off the left side of the road, hit a sign and flipped, highway patrol reported. Chilton died at the scene.
Pevely mother charged with death of 2nd child, shot with a rifle in St. Francois County

May 29, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

FARMINGTON — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Pevely mother with a second count of murder, this time for killing her daughter. Ashley Parmeley, of the 900 block of Pevely Pointe Drive, walked into the Festus Police Department on Tuesday and told an officer that she had just killed her two children, according to charges filed in court here late Wednesday afternoon. Officers found , in the trunk of Parmeley's car, parked in the police station lot, charges say. Scarlet was already dead.
Pevely mother charged with death of 2nd child, shot with a rifle in St. Francois County

May 28, 2024 | mycouriertribune.com | David Hunn

FARMINGTON — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Pevely mother with a second count of murder, this time for killing her daughter. Ashley Parmeley, of the 900 block of Pevely Pointe Drive, walked into the Festus Police Department on Tuesday and told an officer that she had just killed her two children, according to charges filed in court here late Wednesday afternoon.
Pevely mother charged with death of 2nd child, shot with a rifle in St. Francois County

May 28, 2024 | newspressnow.com | David Hunn

FARMINGTON — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Pevely mother with a second count of murder, this time for killing her daughter. Ashley Parmeley, of the 900 block of Pevely Pointe Drive, walked into the Festus Police Department on Tuesday and told an officer that she had just killed her two children, according to charges filed in court here late Wednesday afternoon. Officers found , in the trunk of Parmeley's car, parked in the police station lot, charges say. Scarlet was already dead.
Police ID man shot to death in Vandeventer neighborhood

Apr 16, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

ST. LOUIS — Police on Tuesday identified the man found shot multiple times in his car just after 2 p.m. on Saturday in the city's Vandeventer neighborhood. Bryan Boyle, 35, was found at Page Boulevard and North Sarah Street, police said. He was in the driver's seat of a sedan and had been shot in his torso. Police said that car, a silver BMW 745 Li, had come to a stop in the intersection, facing south down Sarah.
Man shot to death in Vandeventer neighborhood

Apr 13, 2024 | stltoday.com | David Hunn

ST. LOUIS — Police found a man shot multiple times in his car just before 2 p.m. on Saturday. The man was found at Page Boulevard and North Sarah Street, police said. There, a silver BMW 745 Li had come to a stop in the intersection, facing south down Sarah. Police evidence technicians were examining the car. At least two evidence markers were still on it at 3:15 p.m., before it was towed. Police did not identify the man. They said he died at a hospital.