Missouri lawmakers and a PAC are offering Francis Howell students $1,000 to start a Turning Point USA chapter.

Tornado debris still covers parts of St. Louis and cleanup on private property is coming. There is no start date yet, but the city says: 📄 Get your title in order 📁 Gather insurance docs 🚫 Stay out of red-tagged homes

La Tasha and Johnel Langerston Sr. live and work in the same building. So when the May tornado went through St. Louis, it didn't just wreck their nonprofit Urban Born. It wrecked their home. They joined "St. Louis on the Air" to talk about how FEMA was slow to help them.

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann is pushing for a “middle ground” on data‑center regulation. “It's something that if it has to be done, we need to make sure there's a process where it ends up in the right place."

Don't miss this weekend's "Wait Wait . . ." — it's a sidesplitting rebroadcast of our live show from the Fabulous Fox Theatre! Tune in this Saturday and Sunday morning at 10 on 90.7 KWMU. Special thanks to our sponsor, Dr. Hacker and St. Louis Vascular Surgical Specialists.

A Cole County judge is ordering a new ballot summary for a proposal to repeal most of a 2024 abortion rights amendment because it didn’t tell voters that it repeals much of Amendment 3.

NEW: Local machinists voted 90% to 10% Friday to approve a union-proposed contract. But Boeing St. Louis Vice President of Air Dominance Dan Gillian said union leadership’s offer was “not real.”

A pro-Palestinian student group at Mizzou can participate in the school’s Homecoming parade next weekend, after a federal judge ruled the university cannot exclude the group because of its viewpoints. @kcur.org reports:

GRANITE CITY, Ill. — U.S. Steel has scrapped its plans to wind down processing at the Metro East mill later this fall. “We are pleased to have found a solution to continue slab consumption at Granite City for the foreseeable future." @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

UPDATE: U.S. Steel has scrapped its plans to wind down processing at Granite City Works later this fall, the company announced Friday.

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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted on Thursday to define Sheriff Alfred Montgomery’s duties and place his office under financial monitoring for the next year.

How do you find new local music? Some advise heading to small venues, local festivals or pop into shows you spot flyers for. Follow artists on Instagram or just walk into a packed crowd and ask what’s going on—it’s how local music grows. www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-09...

From shy church‑kid to stage dynamo: St. Louis vocalist Eldraco Price, backed by his band FreeNation, just dropped his latest album "Glitter." Price sits down with @stlonair.bsky.social to talk about his music idols and how he battled performance anxiety to find his voice.

From punk to jazz lounges, these 17 small St. Louis clubs are keeping the local music scene alive. Heavy Anchor, Platypus, and the Dark Room are just a few spots showcasing local talent.🎶

FEMA disaster recovery centers in St. Louis will permanently close Thursday, four months after the May 16 tornado. Residents can still apply late for assistance or appeal decisions online, via the FEMA app or by calling 1‑800‑621‑3362.

CORRECTION: There was not a St. Louis Board of Aldermen meeting Wednesday evening. Board of Aldermen meetings take place Friday mornings. The information gathered in this story took place during our reporter's interview with Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer Wednesday evening.

The former finance director of a St. Louis charity has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing about $700,000 from her former employer.

St. Louis was once called the largest inland coffee hub in America–thanks to river and rail access in the 19th century. But coffee culture has shifted from commodity to craftsmanship. Now, the specialty coffee scene is taking off.

School buses are running behind schedule in the Francis Howell School District due to a shortage of drivers, according to school officials.

Mayor Cara Spencer laid out the City of St. Louis’ plans to tackle data center concerns through an executive order on Thursday. The executive order will see the city develop a framework for data centers over the next five months while being open to potential new data center project proposals.

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Misconduct by Missouri police is supposed to be reported to the state. But that can take years — if it happens at all. @themarshallproject.org found that delay allows some officers to stay on the job with no discipline.

A new $10M Jefferson County Health Department building is under way in Hillsboro. Jefferson County officials are the new facility will help rebuild trust in public health services with updated exam rooms, labs & more.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville projects a balanced $341.6 million budget for fiscal 2026 after pulling out of a $10.3 million deficit. What helped? Enrollment gains for the first time in four years.

Neighboring unions are rallying with Boeing workers this week as many are still off the job — pushing for bigger raises, better retirement benefits and a stronger signing bonus. On Friday, unionized Boeing workers will vote on a new contract they helped negotiate.

Francis Howell students are facing ongoing bus delays as the district tries to fill 27 driver and 4 monitor vacancies. That's more than 10% of its transportation staff.

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St. Louis officials said no to a temporary moratorium on data-center development during last night's board of aldermen meeting. Instead, they will use the existing conditional‑use process and enact new regulations to address concerns about location, energy use and public oversight.

If redistricting opponents can convince the courts that the constitution doesn’t authorize mid-decade redistricting, then the map passed earlier this month likely won’t go into effect:

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INVESTIGATION: A review by St. Louis Public Radio of police reports, hospital records and legal filings related to the 2022 incident raises questions about March’s treatment after the arrest — and why Hazelwood continues to prosecute a man based on evidence that appears to show him as a victim.

St. Louis County Council rejects resolution honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk, with a 5–2 vote. All four Democrats and Republican Dennis Hancock opposed the measure. Councilman Hancock cited concerns over Kirk's past remarks.

The city of Rolla still needs to spend more than $400,000 to keep its 65,000-square-foot fitness center open through the end of September. Phelps Health has agreed to run the exercise and wellness side of the rec center, but the aquatics portion is not included.

Washington University's Edison Theatre is reviving "Raisin," the rarely seen musical version of "A Raisin in the Sun." The Black Rep insists it’s story of systemic racism makes “Raisin” freshly relevant for St. Louis audiences. www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-09...

St. Louis Cardinals’ attendance is plummeting — average home‑game ticket sales have dropped from about 35,900 last year to 27,700 this season. That decline is hurting downtown businesses. “They’re not coming anymore," one vendor said.

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A Missouri appeals court has cleared a path for Attorney General Catherine Hanaway to seek medical records from the Washington University Transgender Center. A lower court had blocked the request over HIPAA concerns.

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The local machinists union, which has been on strike from Boeing for more than six weeks, will hold a vote on its own four-year contract counteroffer Friday.

Experts warn Missouri may not be ready for the harms that come with legal sports betting. Mobile access, advertising, and limited treatment options could worsen gambling addictions.

HSHS St. Elizabeth’s in O’Fallon, Illinois will undergo a $116M expansion: eight new ER treatment rooms, 32 more inpatient beds and surgical suites. The project means to meet the need of an aging population that requires more hospital services.

The Kemper Art Museum at WashU unveils its largest exhibition ever: Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection. The latest @stlonair.bsky.social episode discusses how the exhibit features over 80 works by nearly 70 artists.

Sen. Josh Hawley is suggesting ICE use Fort Leonard Wood to train and organize agents to work on the Trump administration's deportation program:

A second weapon that Mark and Patricia McCloskey pointed at protesters in their Central West End neighborhood in 2020 is back in the hands of the couple.

Patricia Racette will be the first female artistic director of Opera Theatre of St. Louis and she's bringing the one‑woman show “Patricia Sings Piaf." Racette told @stlonair.bsky.social to expect a celebration, not imitation, of Edith Piaf.

10 years after the Ferguson Commission’s report, regional leaders say while some progress is real, many of the 189 calls to action remain unfilled. "We are dealing with the fact that we really have not addressed fully all of those things."

St. Louis is at a demographic crossroads: new 2024 Census data show both warning signs and opportunities. Saint Louis University professor Ness Sándoval joined @stlonair.bsky.social to talk about how building more single‑family homes may be key to sustaining growth.

As manufacturing operations grows, Rung for Women is making sure women aren’t left behind. The yearlong program provides training in advanced manufacturing, technology and geospatial sectors for women 25 and up.

There is a disproportionate rate of African American women and girls who are missing and murdered compared to white women and girls. A new Missouri law establishes a task force to confront the crisis of missing & murdered Black women and girls.