Puzzle enthusiasts will adore our bright and colorful #STL landmarks puzzle featuring STLPR's STL Welcome Kit art by local artist Dan Zettwoch. The perfect gift for friends and families! Get them while they last, for a donation of $15 or more. 💙 stlpr.org/give #stlpr #puzzleaddict #thelou

In search of a gift idea, a book to read during holiday travel or a good story for a cozy staycation? St. Louis Public Radio’s 2025 book list has you covered. 📚✨ #STL #books #newbooks @stlpubliclibrary.bsky.social @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

St. Louis Public Radio’s 2025 book list is here — just in time for winter reading. Library experts from the city and county share their top picks on @stlonair.bsky.social.

St. Louis County’s Pet Adoption Center will waive fees Tuesday and Wednesday as a way to encourage adoptions. It’s the county’s first fee-waived event since taking over the shelter earlier this year.

What's the best book you've read this year — and what made it so good? 📚 #STL librarians with @stlpubliclibrary.bsky.social and @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social will join us on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social next week, and we want to include your suggestions in the show! #books #newbooks

November’s new-music roundup leans heavily into R&B, with tracks that balance reflection, sensuality and experimentation. Artists Alexia Simone, Brock Seals, Mahogani Reign and others showcase both St. Louis’ influence and the genre’s evolving sound.

What makes a taco “authentic”? 🌮 According to Washington University professor Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, that’s the wrong question — because the idea of a single authentic taco “doesn’t exist.” From @stlonair.bsky.social:

A new documentary-style play, “Just Human: Transgender Lives in the 2020s,” uses adapted the interview transcripts to explore the joy and fear transgender people and their families face.

St. Louis’ Right to Counsel program was designed to offer free legal help to renters facing eviction, but its first year has been hampered by limited funding and staffing.

NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.

Fear is growing in downstate Illinois as ICE moves into the region. @will-bauer.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/government-p...

St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Days is not sugarcoating the county’s financial situation. The county is facing a roughly $80 million budget hole. “I cannot explain how dire it really is,” she told @stlonair.bsky.social.

An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.

Dances of India's 48th annual performance kicks off tonight, including the premiere of Nartana Premachandra's original dance-theater production "Nine Jewels: Music, Art, & Splendor in the Court of Akbar the Great." ✨ www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui... #STL #dance #Indiandance @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

JUST IN: St. Louis looks likely to spend $14M in Ram's interest on winter sheltering in the wake of a housing crisis kicked off by the May tornado. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Nearly 20,000 people once called Mill Creek home before it was razed in 1959. A new exhibit, “Black Metropolis,” brings back what residents remember: a tight-knit, entrepreneurial, multiclass Black community.

A 16th-century emperor’s lessons on division and unity take center stage in St. Louis. Dances of India brings Emperor Akbar’s story to life in “Nine Jewels: Music, Art & Splendor in the Court of Akbar the Great” — on stage this weekend in Creve Coeur.

Pet food pantries and affordable veterinary clinics aim to keep families and pets together, though St. Louis animal shelter leaders say more support is needed as residents face housing constraints and financial hardship. #STL #foster #rescue #dogadoption #catadoption @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

Two years after St. Louis shelters faced a crisis of overcrowding, the situation has worsened. On @stlonair.bsky.social, shelter leaders say stricter breeding laws and community support are urgently needed.

Healthcare premiums are expected to skyrocket for people who are enrolling in ACA plans. Some parts of southern Illinois will see their rates more than double if Congress doesn’t extend tax subsidies. Are you changing your coverage or going without because of big rate increases?

Sixty years tall — and still the pride of St. Louis. Happy birthday to the Gateway Arch! 🎉 Here’s a history of how it was built:

Jonathan Pulphus was a sophomore at St. Louis University when Michael Brown Jr. was killed. In his new book, he reflects on leading protests during the Ferguson Uprising. On @stlonair.bsky.social, Pulphus talks about the need for student activism.

BREAKING: The St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education voted Friday to fire Superintendent Millicent Borishade during a closed session. Borishade told STLPR that she was not given a cause for her termination. www.stlpr.org/education/20...

A packed gym in south St. Louis heard from local immigrant rights advocates. The town hall focused on defending communities that could face stepped-up immigration enforcement.

St. Louis isn’t experiencing the bright yellow, orange and red fall colors that it has in years past. Instead, green leaves are turning straight to brown. The culprit: heat and drought. #STL #fall #autumn #leaves #horticulture #trees @stlpublicradio.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social

Stop scrolling and add "Listers" to the top of your watch list. Seriously. It's so well done! And it's available to watch now, for free, on YouTube. 🐦 #STL #birds #birding #birders #birder #BigYear @stlpublicradio.bsky.social I can't wait to see what Owen and Quentin Reiser do next.

Remnants of the South Shore raid and interviews with residents who lived through it reveal some hints, including a mysterious map of the building found in the complex and make-shift door stickers that took inventory of occupants in some units. trib.al/MSrUVTL

A man has died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after being transferred to the Ste. Genevieve Detention Center.  This is the second death of an ICE detainee Missouri this year.

St. Louis’ autistic community strongly rebukes Trump’s characterization of autism as a “horrible crisis." "They always either want to blame the parent or blame circumstances that caused it or try to cure it, not realizing that we … don't need a cure." www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...

St. Louis isn’t experiencing the bright yellow, orange and red fall colors that it has in years past. Instead, green leaves are turning straight to brown. On @stlpublicradio.bsky.social, two experts talk about how heat waves and instances of drought may be the reason.

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times.

A new documentary follows two brothers from Collinsville as they travel the U.S. attempting a “Big Year” — spotting as many bird species as possible in 12 months. Quentin and Owen Reiser sat down with @stlpublicradio.bsky.social to talk about their journey.

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

Cori Bush announces bid to reclaim Missouri’s 1st District - via @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social @stlpublicradio.bsky.social “We are in the fight of our lives,” Bush said. “Missouri’s First deserves a leader who doesn’t just navigate a broken system, but works to build a better one.” #STL

A federal case challenging the safety of mifepristone, used to treat miscarriages and to induce abortions early in pregnancy, is being transferred out of Texas to a federal court in Missouri. @missouriindependent.com reports:

What are you planting this fall? Send us your garden and plant-related questions, and we'll pose them to the experts.

On @stlonair.bsky.social: Geocaching may be the hobby for you if you like to brace the wilderness and traverse different terrains in search of treasure. Geocachers use coordinates to find over 3 million physical “caches” around the world, including 1,800 active caches in the St. Louis region.

St. Louis entertainer Chuck Flowers began his musical journey in an interfaith choir, singing alongside the influential #gospel duo the O’Neal Twins and Monica R. Butler, who later founded the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. This month Flowers is being honored as an inductee into the hall of fame. #STL

Interested in a career in journalism and/or public media? STLPR (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social) is accepting applications for spring internships re: talk show production, marketing, development, events (all #STL based), and a #moleg statehouse internship (in Jeff City). Apply now, or spread the word!

The Tap In Center was launched in 2020 as a pilot program during the pandemic. Today, it helps people resolve warrants and access legal help in six municipalities across the St. Louis region.

COLUMBIA, Ill. — Public records provide new insight into the events leading up to the resignation of a high school teacher after posting about Charlie Kirk. Side note: These records have to be about some of the most unusual that I've seen reported on. www.stlpr.org/education/20...

Mayors along the Mississippi River are urging FEMA to include new, large-scale projects like wetland restoration to reduce disaster risks before they happen. “We think that’s the biggest bang for the buck for the American taxpayer."

NEW: Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night TV talk show is scheduled to return to the air Tuesday night, but not in St. Louis or Quincy. Here's why:

Preliminary results from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey offer both encouragement and caution for the region’s future. We dig into it with @ybytata.bsky.social on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social. #STL #population #census Read/listen 🔊:

Migratory #birds use celestial cues like stars and the moon to navigate south for the winter. Light pollution disorients them and can throw them off course. 🌙🐦 Here's how you can advocate for their safe passage: www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui... @stlpublicradio.bsky.social #STL #migration

The Gateway Arch will not light up for the month of September. That's because tens of millions of birds will pass through the St. Louis region this fall. On @stlonair.bsky.social, experts share how light pollution and glass collisions pose big risks.

Anyone who’s experienced imposter syndrome knows that it doesn’t go away with success — even with a banner year like the one Nikki Glaser’s had. We dig into it in our conversation about becoming a household name, living in #STL, and the role “dirty” comedy plays in helping us reject shame.

Missouri House members gave first round approval to a measure that could make it much more difficult to pass constitutional amendments put before voters through the initiative petition process.

Bird watchers: We want to hear about your best sightings of the year ahead of tomorrow's "St. Louis on the Air" on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social. #birds #birding #STL #Missouri #Illinois #migration #Audubon #birdwatching Where did you go, and what did you see? 🦅🦉🐦