Homes in the St. Louis area continue to move quickly and they go under contract for more than what sellers ask. We talk about this trend with two real estate agents and hear home buying experiences.
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's producing artistic director Tom Ridgely and Carl Cofield, who's directing "King Lear" with a cast and crew made up entirely of persons of color, join the show.
Animal disease labs expanded testing capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak. The lessons learned by those scientists could help prevent another pandemic.
The Steelville Republican talks about why Missourians should vote on a gas tax hike — and what could happen during multiple special sessions this year.
Bastille Weekend 2021 Save the date! Since the early 1990s, Soulard has celebrated our unique French heritage with a return to Bastille Day. 2021 will feature two days of celebration. On Saturday, July 17 (4pm), honor the peasants who rejected the monarchy by “gathering the mob.” A walking and golf cart parade will wind through …
Jonathan Butterfield of Lutheran High School South shares his takeaways from an unusual school year. The Affton school was one of the few secondary schools in St. Louis to offer five-day-a-week in-person education to its students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Dec. 12, 2019, near the corner of Bates and Virginia in St. Louis’ Carondelet neighborhood, 24-year-old Cortez Bufford died after being shot multiple times by St. Louis police Officer Lucas Roethlisberger. The case, like that night, has remained shrouded in darkness, as investigative journalists Alison Flowers and Sam Stecklow detail in their newly published deep dive.
Andrew Wyatt of the Missouri Botanical Garden discusses what garden researchers know about the Karomia gigas tree species, and the garden’s efforts to prevent its extinction.
Two recent university graduates invented a robot that could help farmers improve their crops and avoid the dangerous job of having to go inside grain bins.
If you can only plant one tree, make that tree an Oak.
Doug Tallamy, national advocate for restoring the LIFE in our places with the power of Native Plants, celebrates the mighty Quercus family of trees with this latest book, his third as definitive matchmakers for humans and plants.
Earthworms host Jean Ponzi welcomes Doug Tallamy back to KDHX, in a conversation part Eco-FanGirl idolizes Bug Guy, part Summit of Biodiversity Peers. Prepare to want to grow with an Oak!
Hundreds of Livingston County residents, alongside environmental and farming advocacy groups, recently voiced opposition to a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation coming to the county. The proposal was since rescinded, but some believe the debate over CAFOs in Missouri is just getting started.
An ongoing effort to renew and maintain vacant spaces in several north St. Louis neighborhoods just got a big boost, with the St. Louis Development Corporation last week formalizing a collaboration that will create the St. Louis Community Land Trust.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, June 7th, 2021, 5:30 PM, the Soulard Community Improvement District (the “District”) will hold a public meeting to consider and act upon the matters on the following tentative agenda and such other matters as may be presented at the meeting and determined to be appropriate for discussion at that […]
The play examines the black market ivory trade by dramatizing the spirit of a dead elephant as it follows its tusks around the world. The performance is at the Repertory Theatre of St Louis through July 11.
Walnuts and mushrooms are a perfect combination for a healthy and meaty vegan burger patty! They both have a savory yet earthy flavor profile that work with tons of different...
A series of disturbances at the St. Louis City Justice Center earlier this year brought attention to conditions inside the downtown jail. Now, a new lawsuit accuses jail staffers of routinely using chemical agents to punish and harm detainees. And, it says, as punishment, they turn off the water — depriving detainees of both hydration and the ability to flush toilets, sometimes for days.
New research out of Washington University upends the conventional wisdom about immune responses to COVID-19 infections. Its author explains how a previous study misinterpreted key data — and what we can learn from his findings instead.
Ferguson native Keyon Harrold discusses his new role as the creative advisor at Jazz St. Louis, previously known as Jazz at the Bistro, and why jazz purists need to open their eyes to other music genres.
The latest episode of Politically Speaking takes a bit of a break from Missouri political happenings and instead looks at what's going on in Illinois with redistricting. STLPR's Eric Schmid and NPR Illinois' Hannah Meisel explain what's going into Illinois Democrats' thinking — and whether it chafes with national Democratic rhetoric on redistricting.
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