Tamara Keefe joins us to share how her local creamery is managing to keep delighting ice cream fans near and far this holiday season — and why she wants the general public to be more cognizant of what people in the food industry are going through right now.
A licensed counselor has launched a wellness mobile to give young girls access to safe therapy to help address trauma and anxiety. Girls have access to 15-minute mental health check-ins, virtual sessions, and a wellness kit.
State Rep.-elect Chad Perkins joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum on the latest episode of Politically Speaking to talk about his election to the Missouri House and northeast Missouri’s political metamorphosis
The Bowling Green Republican won an election to represent Missouri’s 40th District, which takes in portions of Pike, Ralls, Monroe and Lincoln Counties. He is succeeding state Rep. Jim Hansen, a Frankford Republican who was barred from running again due to term limits.
Last Saturday, along south St. Louis’ lively Cherokee Street, it was almost possible to forget about the coronavirus pandemic for a bit. The sun was shining. The businesses along Antique Row were looking festive. Shop owners carefully handed out cookies to passersby. And right near Whisk bakery sat a white van with a bright yellow piano inside it, along with a pianist: Alexandra Sinclair.
Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to die on Jan. 12. She faces the death penalty for one of the most heinous murders in recent Missouri history. Her lawyer explains her tragic life story and makes the case for sparing her life.
Food service, nursing homes, janitorial. Industries whose workers are essential. Those workers say they’re risking their health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic as they have to go to work every day. Some say limited hazard pay, long hours and losing coworkers has left them drained and exhausted.
Earlier this year, after being approached by the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center, Karisa Gilman-Hernandez and her colleagues at Dutchtown South Community Corporation added excessive air pollution to the list of things they're no longer willing to see the community they serve just put up with. She offers her perspective to "St. Louis on the Air," and host Sarah Fenske talks with Great Rivers staff attorneys Bob Menees and Sarah Rubenstein about why the pollution burden in the Dutchtown area caught their eye and how their legal efforts there fit in with other issues in their portfolio.
In his work leading the Missouri Veterans Commission, Tim Noonan serves in a volunteer capacity. But in the year 2020, the job has proved to be a particularly intense one — and in recent weeks it’s been filled with tragedy. The seven long-term care facilities the commission oversees suffered "a prolonged and rapidly escalating outbreak of COVID-19" beginning in September, according to a recent summary of an independent investigation.
Virtual Zoom Call 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Fatimah Muhammad, Chair of HPNA welcomed everyone to the meeting. Attendees include Adrian Stillman, Latasha Barnes, Shimia Reese, Brittany Hubbard, Marva-X, Ronald Jones, Brendan Fahey, Captain Brent Fieg, Regina Dennis-Nana, Donna Lindsay, Mary Wheeler, Michael Reid, Kavanaugh, Alecia Deal, Charli Cooksey, Sarah Rubenstein, S. Gail Guelker, Veronica […]
Virtual Zoom Call 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Fatimah Muhammad, Chair of HPNA welcomed everyone to the meeting. Attendees include Adrian Stillman, Latasha Barnes, Shimia Reese, Brittany Hubbard, Marva-X, Ronald Jones, Brendan Fahey, Captain Brent Fieg, Regina Dennis-Nana, Donna Lindsay, Mary Wheeler, Michael Reid, Kavanaugh, Alecia Deal, Charli Cooksey, Sarah Rubenstein, S. Gail Guelker, Veronica …
Staged versions of Charles Dickens’ short novel “A Christmas Carol” are reliably popular every December. With theaters closed this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, some creative people in St. Louis are finding new ways to adapt Dickens’ story to fit the times and keep the tradition intact.
Jessica Baran has been awarded an Andy Warhol arts writers grant to subsidize her ongoing “critical engagement with art, artists and exhibitions” in the Midwest. She explains what drives her criticism and how the St. Louis arts scene has changed.
A judge's decision could mean big changes for Missouri residents' abilities to referendum the decisions of the state legislature. ACLU Legal Director Tony Rothert explains why.
In the 20 years that NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson has covered the U.S. Department of Justice, she’s learned to expect changes with each administration. “But there have been seismic shifts in this DOJ under President Trump,” she says.
The expansion of absentee voting in Missouri is set to go away at the end of the year. Some election officials and lawmakers want to permanently change how Missourians can vote early.
Missouri’s fledgling medical marijuana program has approved nearly 70,000 patient and caregiver applications — so many, there is not yet enough legal cannabis in the state to serve them all. But people working in the industry say patience is necessary. The seeds of the solution to both problems are already in the ground.
St. Louis-based roots-rock band Brothers Lazaroff's 9th annual Hanukkah concert is going virtual, with guests including Tweedy, Ray Benson and Kinky Friedman himself. The brothers behind the band explain the event's unlikely origin story and how they're making it happen this year.
The St. Louis region lacks a cohesive approach to coronavirus restrictions. Area counties have different regulations to deal with the pandemic. Those differences are severe for businesses along country borders.
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