Approximately 9% of Missourians say they have significant medical bills they can’t pay. In the St. Louis region, physicians groups have filed hundreds of lawsuits to collect unpaid debt. New research in the open-access journal JAMA Network Open found groups sued those in zip codes with low-income and Black residents more.
Nashat Aljerwan and his family have lived at Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for 12 years. But in 2023, a path to resettlement opened that would have allowed them to come to St. Louis. That path quickly closed. In the wake of President Trump’s January executive order to suspend all refugee resettlement, the Aljerwan family became one amongn thousands already vetted, approved, and in limbo.
A group of Southern California teenagers formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amid the folk revival of the mid-60’s. The group became a pillar of country music radio for decades, scoring 17 straight top-ten singles. The Dirt Band plays Chesterfield Amphitheatre on Thursday as the group bids farewell to touring.
The Savannah Bananas are bringing their unique blend of baseball and entertainment to Busch Stadium tonight and tomorrow night. Bananas pitcher Noah Niznick grew up in St. Louis and pitched collegiately at Southeast Missouri State University. He speaks about coming home to pitch in the ballpark where he watched his baseball heroes growing up and how he describes “Banana Ball” to his friends and family.
Researchers at Harvard University have used participants from a decades-old study of baby teeth to link those who lived near Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County to increased cancer risks. The study offers the latest evidence for what residents have insisted for decades: that exposure to certain sites has made people sick.
Climatologists are working on how to account for climate change when we think about droughts. Today’s normal climate might not be the same as yesterday’s.
St. Louis Public Radio's Brian Munoz breaks down the six charges against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery and updates where things are with Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove the sheriff from office.
St. Louis Public Radio's Brian Munoz breaks down the six charges against St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery and updates where things are with Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove the sheriff from office.
For more than 100 year, St. Louis audiences have attended musical theater productions each summer at The Muny in Forest Park. We go behind the scenes to see what is involved in putting on these intricate productions.
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will head to the St. Louis Zoo where actors will perform a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” …with animal puppets.
The new Japanese owner of U.S Steel will invest 11 billion dollars in mills and mines across the United States. But it doesn’t appear Granite City Works will see any of those dollars.
The new Japanese owner of U.S Steel will invest 11 billion dollars in mills and mines across the United States. But it doesn’t appear Granite City Works will see any of those dollars.
The wide-ranging budgetary package making its way through Congress curbs a key funding mechanism that Missouri uses to help pay for its Medicaid programs.
China is a major buyer of U-S agricultural specialty products. Some producers worry the on-and-off tariffs with the country could hurt America's reputation as a reliable seller.
“Abide in Love” is a group of 50 that help detainees with contacting their families and small acts of comfort and kindness as the jail has become part ICE holding facility.
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