Brent Jones
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St. Louis Public Radio
The basketball courts in Tower Grove and Forest parks are expected to be ready by 2023.
Harrison Sweazea
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Missouri Senate
Every weekday morning, in about 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region.
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Even the Grinch can't stop shoppers in what's predicted to be a record holiday season. -
The attorney general's job is to seek justice, not to defend prior convictions, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told KCUR. "They exploited these victims again," Peters Baker said of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office.
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Nina Gilden Seavey’s podcast connects the story of Howard Mechanic with that of another fugitive who spent time in Missouri: James Earl Ray, who was convicted of killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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St. Louis and St. Louis County will share in hundreds of millions in the settlement of the lawsuit over the Rams leaving St. Louis.
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Through the first six months of 2021, nearly 800 Missourians died from opioid overdose; well over half the total number of deaths in 2020. Law enforcement and public health experts say the synthetic opioid fentanyl is largely to blame.
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School boards throughout Missouri have had to make consequential decisions that sometimes were not popular around masking and remote schooling.
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A St. Louis Fed economist says economic recovery from the pandemic has propelled demand for consumption, and it will take time for prices to even out.
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The council also Tuesday continued to question funding for the downtown St. Louis convention center.
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A Missouri judge has barred local health departments from issuing orders to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Aldermen also renewed a mask order for another 30 days and voted to further reduce penalties for marijuana usage.
The stories and songs Brewer has planned for the Blue Strawberry event include glimpses into her childhood growing up in Grand Tower, Illinois, with her brothers, Jeff and Steve Burchyett. She'll join St. Louis on the Air Monday for a sneak peek.
