diff --git a/apiserver/delete-story.py b/apiserver/delete-story.py
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+import database
+import search
+import sys
+
+import json
+import requests
+
+database.init()
+search.init()
+
+def database_del_story(sid):
+    try:
+        session = database.Session()
+        session.query(database.Story).filter(database.Story.sid==sid).delete()
+        session.commit()
+    except:
+        session.rollback()
+        raise
+    finally:
+        session.close()
+
+def search_del_story(sid):
+    try:
+        r = requests.delete(search.MEILI_URL + 'indexes/qotnews/documents/'+sid, timeout=2)
+        if r.status_code != 202:
+            raise Exception('Bad response code ' + str(r.status_code))
+        return r.json()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        raise
+    except BaseException as e:
+        logging.error('Problem deleting MeiliSearch story: {}'.format(str(e)))
+        return False
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        sid = sys.argv[1]
+    else:
+        print('Usage: python delete-story.py [story id]')
+        exit(1)
+
+    story = database.get_story(sid)
+
+    if story:
+        print('Deleting story:')
+        print(story.title)
+        database_del_story(sid)
+        search_del_story(sid)
+        database.del_ref(story.ref)
+    else:
+        print('Story not found. Exiting.')