New grass at the home of the Cardinals and a high-tech approach at the pitch for the city's Major League Soccer team are helping to keep the fields in shape during the sweltering St. Louis summer.
Jay Nixon was having a busy political retirement as a law firm partner and hiking trails around the world. Then, he decided to become a key figure in a national political group considering if it should field a third-party presidential ticket.
A federal report places a spotlight on Indian Boarding School policies that took Native children from their parents in the 1800s. More than 50 were sent to St. Mary's School for Boys near Chicago. Several of them died at the school.
The state just passed the new Native American history bill. It calls for all Illinois K-12 students will be required to learn about Indigenous history, tribal sovereignty, genocide, and more starting in the 2024-25 school year.
A Missouri Department of Conservation study shows many tick diseases are in the state, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme disease. Officials say ways to avoid the illnesses include wearing light-colored clothes, long pants, and avoiding shaded areas along the edge of forests.
As Missouri Republicans mull over whether to put a measure on next year’s ballot making it harder to amend the state constitution, at least one other state with similar political characteristics will soon vote on the idea.
The St. Louis Art Museum's first exhibition of contemporary and modern works by Native Americans involves elements of Indigenous culture. It runs through early September.
Hospital leaders say plans by the St. Louis and Kansas City-based systems will make treatment and innovation easier. But there are studies showing such mergers, on average, do not result in lower prices.
Transgender people are complaining about gender discrimination within some housing shelters in St. Louis and St. Louis County.
As St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson reports, transgender people and housing advocates say shelter staff aren’t complying with updated federal housing policies and are denying people shelter because of their gender identity.
Two years after the Madison County state's attorney created a task force to curb crime by Missouri residents, the number of Missourians convicted of felonies in the Metro East county continues to grow.
Jules Perkovic is one of 75 artists from around the world participating in the Big Balloon Build. They are creating a larger than life world out of more than 100,000 biodegradable balloons in four days before opening to the public for a charity event.
The department’s clearance rates have improved in recent years, but more than 750 murders in the city since 2017 remain unresolved. Those numbers are from data provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department as part of an open records lawsuit settlement.
Aomawa Shields' fascination with the stars started with the 1986 film "SpaceCamp." Shields' new book details her unconventional path to becoming a leading scientist in her field.
The berries are native to the Midwest and many believe they have medicinal properties. Demand increased in the years leading up to the pandemic, which has resulted in an increase in growers, and an oversupply.
The last place St. Louis Cardinals open the second-half of a frustrating season tomorrow at Busch Stadium against Washington. They are more than 11 games behind division leading Cincinnati and have their lowest winning percentage at the All-Star break since 1990.
The shortage of nurses, especially in rural areas, stretched many providers to their limits during the pandemic. A Certified Nursing Assistant in Boss, Missouri, about 2 hours southwest of St. Louis, says many CNAs are leaving because of low pay and little support from management.
The federal Inflation Reduction Act made uncapped tax credits available for capturing emissions, including CO2, to reduce the worst impacts of climate change.
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