NEW: Chris Dunn was reunited with his mother, Martha Dunn, moments ago outside the Carnahan Courthouse St. Louis City Circuit Court.

10 years ago in Ferguson, protests sparked an uprising. On the new podcast season We Live Here, Chad Davis and I tell stories of a movement that's still unfolding -- and still rising. You haven't heard Ferguson stories like these before. stlpr.org/podcast/we-liv…

1/ My mementos of Ferguson 2014 fit a small plastic bag near my desk. A taped-together DIY press pass (RIP RFT <3). And some things police shot at me. A pepper-spray ball. Some wood. A plastic disk I picked off the ground after something (too fast to see) hit me in the knee.

Hundreds gather on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri to commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing by a white police officer. More soon at St. Louis Public Radio and @npr.

Any parents who struggled with transportation on the first day of school in St. Louis today, please contact me at [email protected]. Thanks!

ICYMI: The number of homicides in the City of St. Louis continues to trend down. At this point, St. Louis is on track for fewer than 160 murders in 2024 — the lowest number in 10 years. 📉: Kate Grumke stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

1/ I've been thinking a lot about the Workhouse lately. Seven years ago, I went undercover inside the infamous jail for The Riverfront Times. Since then, I've gotten a chance to follow the movement that closed it. riverfronttimes.com/news/this-plac…

The Veiled Prophet is gone. According to VP St. Louis, the central figure and namesake of the secret society “is no longer part” of the group. “VP is just letters. It stands for nothing.” ✍️: Danny Wicentowski stlpr.org/show/st-louis-…

Who owns the RFT? The path to that answer started with a thread on this cursed website, then turned south to Texas. Ace sleuthing by Jessica Rogen. You can hear her discuss the reporting on St. Louis on the Air today at noon and the 7 PM rebroadcast. stlpr.org/economy-busine…

Thanks to the financial support of our listeners, STLPR can expand its local news team. 👋 Hiba Ahmad, our new education reporter! 👋 Jessica Rogen, our new digital editor! 🎉 And congrats to Brian Munoz, who’s now our first-ever visuals editor! stlpr.org/2024-10-09/st-…

St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts went on an unprompted tirade about his successor Alfred Montgomery 🇺🇸, calling him an "idiot" and a "monkey," after kicking a photojournalist from a City of St. Louis auction held on public space. My latest for St. Louis Public Radio. stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

Cus one thing Brian Heffernan is gonna do is eat every time when it comes to STLPR-niche Halloween costumes. This year’s fit was inspired by our Rice Cooker Thursdays ™ (which he started as well 😂)

Media news: St. Louis Public Radio and KCUR are both going independent, transitioning away from the University of Missouri System. The change is expected to take up to three years. stlpr.org/news-briefs/20…

The 2025 race for St. Louis mayor is officially a rematch. Incumbent Tishaura Jones and 8th Ward Alderwoman Cara Spencer were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s mayoral primary: stlpr.org/government-pol…

If you have photos or video of what these storms are looking like in your neck of the woods, please shoot them St. Louis Public Radio’s way with where you’re located. #stlwx #ilwx

Dennis brought the Grill, but forgot the lighter fluid

A huge congratulations to @GCSD9’s Brayden Cook for winning the Best in Show prize in the 2025 @STLPublicRadio Teen Photojournalist Prize! We had a great time celebrating all of our honorees last night during a gallery opening and reception at the station.

It's humid in these parts! What's your best guess for the state with the highest relative humidity so far in 2025?

More than 5,000 homes were impacted and 38 others were injured after a EF3 tornado tore across St. Louis. "I just fell to my knees and cried," one resident said after seeing the damage to their home. stlpr.org/health-science…