Emily Byrd has lost Medicaid coverage twice due to paperwork problems. Both times, Byrd, of Kansas City, submitted documents requested by the Missouri Department of Social Services. But duplicate letters, late notices and “confusing, inconsistent information” made it difficult for Byrd to regain coverage — the second time forcing them to reapply. The 25-year-old, who […]
Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]
ST. LOUIS - It will be a historic day in St. Louis as Archbishop Fulton Sheen is beatified during a service Thursday afternoon. The beatification service for Archbishop Sheen will take place at 2 p.m. at The Dome at America's Center. An estimated 50,000 people are expected to attend the ticketed event, with doors opening [...]
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - A portion of Interstate 270 is closed Thursday morning after a person was killed in an multi-vehicle crash in Glen Carbon. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP), the crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m. on westbound I-270 east of IL-157. The crash involved four vehicles. All westbound lanes on I-270 [...]
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - The Cahokia Heights School District reached an agreement with the teacher's union late Wednesday night, preventing a strike planned for Friday. The Cahokia Federation of Teachers said it reached an agreement on all outstanding issues and is set to vote on the deal next week. The deal comes ahead of [...]
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is […]
The St. Louis Chess Club hosts the U.S. Chess men's and women's championships next month. Each competition features 12 competitors vying for a total prize fund of more than $400,000.
For years, I watched young families chase a familiar version of the American dream: land the right job, save enough money for a down payment, and find a home in a community where they could raise their children safely. One with a reasonable commute, maybe a park nearby and enough room in the backyard to […]
As large-scale data center proposals pop up around St. Louis, one of the biggest concerns among residents is noise. St. Louis University Professor Kasey Fowler-Finn studies sound and especially low frequency noise like what comes from data centers. She sat down with St. Louis Public Radio’s Kate Grumke to talk about why these projects are so loud.
ST. LOUIS - Cloudy and cooler weather continues across the St. Louis region. While some sunshine will break through each day, clouds will dominate our skies through Saturday. High temperatures will be in the low to mid-70s Thursday and just a few degrees warmer on Friday. As we head into the weekend, we’ll start to [...]
When Nick Davis arrived for his first meeting with Martin Short, he had no idea if the actor would be down to star in a documentary about the 1972 Canadian…
The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next.
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