The PNC Foundation, through a partnership with the MO Botanical Garden, is granting $75,000 to create a new outdoor learning space at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City.

✍️: Lacretia Wimbley stlpr.org/education/2024…

MetroLink riders will soon see additional police patrolling Metro East stations under new agreements between the St. Clair County Transit District and local law enforcement agencies.

BND.com reports: stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

A group including survivors of childhood sexual abuse is hoping Missouri lawmakers will change state law to give victims more time to sue their assailants and provide more oversight of boarding schools and camps.

Missouri Independent reports: stlpr.org/government-pol…

A team of 'Purple Shirts' launched last year in St. Louis.

The local behavioral health clinicians help with non-police interventions to address the social, behavioral health and mental health needs of community residents.

✍️: Lacretia Wimbley stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

Scenes from the solar eclipse in St. Genevieve. More to come over at St. Louis Public Radio!

Done with your solar eclipse glasses? Here's how you can safely recycle or donate them: stlpr.org/health-science…

Still trying to plan how to best enjoy the Total Solar #Eclipse2024 ?

Look no further than St. Louis Public Radio's eclipse guide by myself and my colleague Lara Hamdan!

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For Missouri #ArborDay , MO Botanical Garden is giving away native trees from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday.

Residents can also receive a free native tree in exchange for cutting down a single Bradford pear tree in their yard.

✍️: Lacretia Wimbley buff.ly/3TKwRJZ

A St. Louis aldermanic committee voted this week to advance a bill that would that would use federal money to pay some residents' unpaid medical bills.

✍️: Sarah Fentem
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A GOP-backed bill would block Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood in Missouri. Health care providers fear it will harm patients’ access to critical care.

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As part of an eighth-month investigation, The Midwest Newsroom and KCUR took a close look at the world of police snipers to better illustrate their training and professional practices. buff.ly/3TE4bCD

St. Louisan Genera Moore established the global art brand Ra | Naissance in 2021 while abroad.

Now she's set to unveil a new exhibit in St. Louis centered on soccer icons that she hopes bring healing to the community.

✍️: Lacretia Wimbley
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A new beauty school has made its way to incarcerated women at the St. Louis County Justice Center to address recidivism with hot tools and clippers.

'It's a great confidence boost, which is sometimes hard to find in here.'

✍️: Marissanne L-T
📸: Eric Lee stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

Heads up! (With proper protective eyewear)

Midwestern towns are eager for April's solar eclipse tourism | By Eric Schmid St. Louis Public Radio
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With eight weeks left in the 2024 Missouri legislative session, the House and Senate have passed several bills on their own, but none has passed through both chambers.

Here are four things to watch for in the second half of the #moleg session: stlpr.org/government-pol…

Missouri Central Bus Co.'s contract with St. Louis Public Schools was supposed to run through June 2025 — but the company is exercising a legal clause to terminate the contract at the end of this school year.

Lacretia Wimbley reports: stlpr.org/education/2024…

A Black bus mechanic in St. Louis found a noose near their desk. Now, the bus company has ended its contract with Saint Louis Public Schools and will soon close two city locations — terminating more than 300 workers.

The latest by St. Louis Public Radio's Lacretia Wimbley.

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It's because of listener support that we can cover school board meetings like this one with not just an amazing radio reporter Chad Davis, but also bring you inside the meeting with photography. stlpr.org/give

Teenagers in Quincy, St. Louis, and Rolla, enter the St. Louis Public Radio Teen Photojournalist Prize! Besides cash prizes, there are chances to exhibit your work and to be published on our channels! You'll also be able to get a master class from working photojournalists!

St. Louis' Old Courthouse restoration will include refurbishing the upper floors and exterior of the building.

The latest by St. Louis Public Radio's Lacretia Wimbley.

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