Visiting Mom, in prison: bill would launch visitation program for children of...
Last week, the Missouri House passed a bill that would make it easier for children to visit their mothers in prison. It would launch a two-year test program requiring the Department of Corrections to...
View ArticleA St. Louisan shares his Holocaust experience
Our own Julie Bierach shares this first-person account from Mendel Rosenberg of his experiences during the Holocaust. Rosenberg, along with three other concentration camp survivors, will share their...
View ArticleMissouri Right to Pray, or wrong to confuse? Voters to decide
When voters go to the polls on Tuesday they’ll be asked to decide on an amendment to the state constitution. Supporters say the Missouri Right to Pray amendment will protect residents’ right to...
View ArticleUnlikely Secret Weapon: Former Felon Becomes Probation Worker
There are thousands of people on federal probation in the St. Louis area. And officials are always looking for ways to keep them from going back to prison, by creating new programs and hiring new...
View ArticleUnlikely Secret Weapon: Probation Program Led By Former Felon
Clark Porter is a social worker at the Federal Probation Office in St. Louis. Once upon a time, he was a violent felon. But he turned his life around and is now helping ex-offenders on probation do the...
View ArticleAn Illinois Professor's Quest To Save Music Of Ecuador
Since 2004, a music education professor at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. has been collecting and documenting the indigenous music of the native Kichwa people of the Ecuadorian rain forest. With...
View ArticleSt. Louis County Making Progress Against Heroin Epidemic
For the past year, St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch and community organizations have held nearly two dozen town hall meetings to raise awareness of the heroin epidemic. Deaths from heroin...
View ArticleArch Grants: Round Two
A local organization trying to build successful companies in St. Louis is now accepting applications for round two of its startup competition. During the first round, Arch Grants awarded fifteen lucky...
View Article2012: A Good Year For University City Woman After Son Released From Prison
To most of us, having a good year is quantified by getting a raise, a new job or perhaps the birth of a child. But not to a University City woman, who got what she's been wanting since the mid...
View ArticleWith Flu Strong And Early This Year, Be Prepared For Second Peak
The flu season has started early across the US. Doctors have been treating a large number of cases at area hospitals since October. Pediatricians at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis...
View ArticleFree After 30 Years: What Now For George Allen?
George Allen served 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Last year, a judge told Allen that he had been wrongfully convicted and set him free.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleTeachers Heartbroken As Century-Old St. Elizabeth Academy Prepares To Close
After 130 years, St. Elizabeth Academy, a private Catholic all-girls high school in St. Louis City will close this month. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Julie» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleFostering ‘Grit And Joy:’ KIPP Inspire Academy’s Strategies For Charter...
In 2009, KIPP Inspire Academy opened its doors in St. Louis. Since then, the charter school has grown from a single class of 80 5th graders to a school of» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleNavigating The STL Region After Long-Awaited Stan Musial Veterans Memorial...
The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River is slated to open early next year. As part of St. Louis Public Radios series of reports» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleSt. Louis Loses Resource For Moms Struggling To Cope After Childbirth
Ask any mother about the happiest moment of their life and they will most likely tell you ‘the birth of their child.' But for some women, the moments that» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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