16+ hour, 16+ min ago   (517+ words) Less than 1% of Missouri’s native prairie remains today. That’s a problem for the endangered Mead’s milkweed, which is the main food source of monarch caterpillars. “There's just nothing left,” said Christy Edwards, a conservation geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Garden....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (940+ words) With less than two weeks to go before voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County decide their nationally watched race, Congressman Wesley Bell and Cori Bush clashed in an intense joint appearance Friday. The two Democrats got into tense…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (113+ words) STLPR Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell is squaring off against 1st Congressional District challenger Cori Bush live on St. Louis Public Radio at noon Friday. The Democratic primary race is a rematch of 2024, when Bell unseated the two-term congresswoman. Early voting for…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (658+ words) When Megan Kraus walked into Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s new Samoan language class, instructor Viliamu Fanene couldn’t quite figure out why she was there. Most students, he assumed, had Samoan relatives, spouses or some other personal connection to the language....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (560+ words) Missouri business owners hit by this month’s extensive flash flooding are asking tourists to visit now that the waters have receded. Between July 9 and 10, heavy rain pounded southern Missouri, causing "catastrophic flooding" in Iron and Reynolds counties and floods in…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (373+ words) The Special School District in St. Louis County will no longer use seclusion and supine restraints on its students after a federal investigation found it was violating the American with Disabilities Act. A supine restraint is when an individual is…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (570+ words) Video games have grown from the era of arcades to a multibillion-dollar industry. That growth has also created a movement around embracing esports - competitive gameplay between teams and individuals. A major part of that movement is being cultivated in universities,…...

2+ day, 52+ min ago   (295+ words) Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is pushing his colleagues to authorize funding for a program that could help St. Louis recover from last year’s deadly tornado. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said last month that she’s seeking anywhere from $1 billion to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (416+ words) Hazelwood voters will decide if the city will use up to $14 million to renovate its fire stations during the August primary. Proposition 1 would use general obligation bonds to construct a new Hazelwood firehouse. If the proposition passes, it will lead…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (573+ words) A rendition of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ filled the air outside St. Louis Public Schools’ third community meeting around school closures on Wednesday. Students from McKinley Classical Leadership Academy High School’s wind ensemble performed in protest against the district’s proposed plans…...