Last month, more than 100 detainees at the St. Louis Justice Center revolted, attacking a guard, smashing windows and setting fires to protest their living conditions. The detainees held a floor of the jail for nearly seven hours. Now a new task force, created to investigate conditions in the jail, has released a report that seeks to explain what went wrong and what it will take to fix it.
The Kansas City Democrat talks about her thought on the 2021 session, including a bid to remove the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department.
The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a man who played a pivotal role in desegregating lunch counters, buses and beaches. Co-author Steve Fiffer discusses his legacy and his early years in Boonville, Missouri, and Macomb, Illinois.
Washington University sociologist Caitlyn Collins discusses the troubling trend of mothers dropping out of the workforce during the pandemic -- and how the U.S. lags behind other countries in supporting parents.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, April 5th, 2021, 5:30 PM, the Soulard Community Improvement District (the “District”) will hold a public meeting to consider and act upon the matters on the following tentative agenda and such other matters as may be presented at the meeting and determined to be appropriate for discussion at that […]
Missouri residents who the state says “keep the essential functions of society running” are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. That includes educators, child care providers and critical infrastructure workers. Also, more students are returning to schools today.
As coronavirus cases spread and shutdowns got under way a year ago this week, few of us had any idea what to expect in the days and months ahead — nor would we have guessed the crisis would extend well beyond the year 2020.
Earlier this month I learned of the retirement announcement from Brian
Henneman, lead singer and main songwriter for the Bottle Rockets. After 28
years, they leave behind an incredible discography and so many great live
shows. Here are some thoughts on their impact on us.
Edison Agrosciences is the St. Louis based agricultural biotechnology company working to develop alternative rubber crops. It’s found a product that it believes can become a source of homegrown rubber: sunflowers.
A yearlong collaboration between the Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, Blue2Blue Conservation and researchers at Wichita State University, the effort centers on three litter-collection devices installed at area creeks. In this segment, we travel to Deer Creek in Maplewood for a closer look.
St. Louis singer-songwriter Haley Woolbright planned to record her new song as a wedding surprise for her husband. The pandemic changed those plans -- but taught the couple some things about love.
It’s been one year since COVID-19 fundamentally changed how Missourians, and the rest of the world, lived.
And the pandemic also transformed politics in Missouri and in the St. Louis region. It fostered divisions on a multitude of fronts, from whether policymakers should reopen schools to if local or state governments should require masks. And it also shone a spotlight on executive leaders — and public health officials who typically stay out of the media’s glare.
On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, five St. Louis Public Radio reporters gave their takeaways about how the virus changed politics and them.
On the year anniversary of the WHO declaring a pandemic, Sarah Fentem talks to those who are still suffering months after being infected with the coronavirus.
St. Louis’ historic Sumner High School has dodged closure once more. Tuesday night, the St. Louis Public School board approved a new effort to reinvigorate Sumner's declining enrollment, rather than close the historic school.
Council Chair Rita Heard Days recently beat back a lawsuit to hold the chairwoman's post. She discusses her relationship with the county executive, her priorities and her thoughts on COVID-19 restrictions in St. Louis County.
Last week the Missouri Supreme Court dealt another blow to Lamar Johnson, who's spent 26 years in prison for a murder prosecutors say he didn't commit. His lawyer discusses next steps in the quest for his freedom.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for backyard chickens and other birds. For hatcheries, getting newborn chicks to their owner is a race against time. Extreme weather, like the snow storm that hit Missouri in February, make that process more challenging.
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