When military veterans die, many family members and funeral homes call the National Cemetery Scheduling Office in South St. Louis County. Last year, the Veterans Administration employees made sure more than 135,000 veterans were buried with dignity and honor in a national cemetery.
The quirky, small-town summer festival is a staple in Missouri. But in the town of Nixa, costs and health department regulations are forcing officials to rethink their annual homage to the sucker fish. The most recent festival was Saturday, May 18.
It’s taken more than a year for Webster University to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against one of its game design professors. Now, some students say they’ve lost faith in the university to follow through on Title IX investigations. A Webster official on Friday said the school has hired an independent firm to audit the investigation.
The neighborhood elementary school in St. Louis’ College Hill neighborhood has a 98 percent attendance record, on par with the district’s gifted magnet school and 15 points better than other neighborhood schools. The district hopes to replicate the model of outside case workers attached to students who are homeless or struggling to get to school.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson is receiving high marks from fellow Republicans following the just-completed legislative session. Democrats wonder if he went too far by advocating for abortion legislation. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum examines how the 2019 session may impact next year's GOP effort to stay in power.
Granite City has an ordinance that requires landlords to evict tenants when they call police about a drug overdose. The unintended consequence of this is that it discourages people with addiction from getting help.
Leticia Colon de Mejias, founder of nonprofit Green Eco Warriors, believes we can impact the environment for the better by making small, consistent changes to energy consumption. She also advocates for Latinos getting a place at the table in activism and involvement in environmental issues.
Women make up just a fraction of professional basketball referees, coaches and owners. A St. Louis woman is doing her best to change that. In our Sharing America profiles series, St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson meets Khalia Collier who owns and operates the St. Louis Surge Women’s Basketball Team. Collier uses her role as a means of mentoring youth and advocating for more women coaching and owning pro sports teams and refereeing.
Parenting and pre-K advocate Annie Watson is an Asian American woman who played a leading role in a recent ballot measure to fund pre-K in Kansas City. Sharing America Profiles is a series about women of color doing important local work on an issue of national importance.
David Crosby is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer twice over: inducted in 1991 for his work as a founding member of The Byrds and again six years later for the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash. But the 77-year-old isn’t stuck in the past. He’s collaborating with a new circle of younger musicians and has released four albums in five years, with another on the way. He performs May 15 in St. Louis at the Sheldon Concert Hall.
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