Blue-green algae blooms are increasing with rising water temperatures and fertilizer runoff. They can make people sick and kill pets. Private and volunteer efforts in some states are helping to fill the testing gap.
Political strategist Lis Smith helped popularize a communications strategy in which candidates accept every media opportunity. Her new book examines those principles and how they helped Claire McCaskill’s first Senate campaign in 2006.
The driving force in jazz music over the last decade is one of the artists performing this weekend at the Music at the Intersection festival. It will be the tenor sax player's first appearance in St. Louis since playing keyboards for soul legend Chaka Khan a few years ago.
St. Louis residents who received $500 to help make ends meet during the pandemic most often spent the money on food and utilities. The city has released a preliminary analysis of the program.
The theater will perform The African Company Presents Richard III, a historical play based on a Black theater in New York City sabotaged by a white venue in the 1820s. Director Ron Himes says the play remains relevant 200 years after the real-life events.
Mental health workers in Missouri say there are potential problems with a new emergency helpline, including whether there are enough workers to absorb an increase in calls. The 988 service launched in July.
This year's celebration of music will resemble other big festivals after being limited in 2021 because of the pandemic. Organizers say the overall event is part of a strategy to raise the city's profile in the industry.
A recent poll shows respondents don’t like the new reality for abortion access in Missouri following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But many may not be prepared to punish politicians who support the high court’s ruling.
The pandemic and lack of affordable housing are leading to an increase in homelessness in the St. Louis region. Advocates say the increase will likely continue once a Missouri law making living on state-owned property illegal takes effect on January 1.
It's been decades since the last lead mine closed in southeast Missouri, but the region is still dealing with their impact. Now a company wants to bring a new kind of mining -- for silica -- to the region.
Researchers from George Mason University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Florida State University will spend the next 18 months talking to corrections officers and people in the jail as part of the process known as Plan, Do, Study Act.
Missouri lawmakers will return to Jefferson City on Sept. 6 for a special legislative session centered on taxes. Governor Mike Parson wants a permanent income tax cut and to create agriculture tax programs.
Increasing commodity prices and a global food shortage are driving up the cost of farmland. Young farmers are trying to keep up so they can grow their businesses.
The festival in St. Louis features an inventive staging of the play “The Rose Tattoo.” Actors, circus performers, and goats are part of the production at the Big Top in Grand Center.
Two women who held significant power in a small north St. Louis County city are accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past six years.
Army National Guard troops had until June 30 to get COVID-19 vaccinations. About 10% haven't received their shots. A handful of states are challenging the vaccine mandate.
Missouri residents may have heard ghoulish tales of “Doc Annie” Smith, a physician who performed illegal abortions in the early 1900s. Today, the truth about her work has largely disappeared.
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