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New music from St. Louis musicians in January 2025 Jan 31, 2025

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Kre8 Place's Quintrel Brown and Dwayne Ferguson join producer Miya Norfleet and host Elaine Cha for a roundup of new music releases from St. Louis musicians. Brown and Ferguson also explain how Kre8 Place provides a space for artists to grow and gain the resources in the St. Louis area. They also share details about the Hiphop Takeover event occurring at the end of February at the Dark Room.

Swarm of beekeepers to descend on St. Louis for workshop on hives, honey and more Jan 30, 2025

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New and experienced beekeepers aiming to hone their honey-making skills will meet Feb. 8 in St. Louis for an annual workshop from the Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association. We get to know Tom and Melissa Sostman, founders of VIA Honeybees, who went from newbie hobbyists to maintaining 150+ hives throughout Franklin and Jefferson County. They discuss their journey and the skills they picked up along the way. We also get a preview of the upcoming workshop, where attendees will learn new techniques in the world of beekeeping, honey-making and honey-judging.

Kehoe says a state-appointed board overseeing St. Louis police will make the city safer Jan 30, 2025

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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is pushing for a state board to oversee the St. Louis police department because he says it will make the city safer in the long run. The GOP chief executive is brushing aside criticism that the idea is another example of Republican-controlled state government micromanaging the heavily Democratic St. Louis region. In a wide-ranging interview with STLPR the day after his first State of the State address, Kehoe discussed public safety and a host of other issues including taxes, education funding and diversity programs.

A record number of Missourians are stuck waiting in jail for court-ordered mental health care Jan 29, 2025

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Missouri's yearslong failure to connect criminal defendants with mental health treatment is only getting worse. More than 400 Missourians are languishing in jail as they wait to be placed into court-ordered psychiatric treatment. That's up from around 300 at this time last year. Missouri Independent reporter Clara Bates has been investigating the issue — her latest piece reveals that some defendants have been forced to wait longer than even their maximum possible sentence for their crimes. Many are placed in solitary confinement. We also hear from attorney and social worker Annie Legomsky, who represents clients waiting for treatment in Missouri jails.

How St. Louis’ Reesha Archibald is working to bring Black television into a new era Jan 29, 2025

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Before Reesha L. Archibald became a Hollywood television producer and started collaborating with Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone, she was in St. Louis thinking about ways to use her artistic talents. Now that she’s made it big as an executive producer on shows including Bounce TV’s “Finding Happy” and “Johnson,” she’s focused on lifting up St. Louis’ talent and providing opportunities for creatives in her hometown. In this episode, she talks about her journey from St. Louis to Hollywood and her vision for storytelling that reflects the breadth of Black lived experiences.

Her husband lost his life to a distracted driver. Then she got the law changed Jan 29, 2025

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Adrienne Siddens lost her husband Randall after he was struck by a distracted driver. In conversation with STLPR’s Abby Llorico, she shares how she’s worked through grief and become an advocate for a distracted driving law in Missouri — which went into effect on Jan. 1.

How a St. Louisan helps her community navigate death by filling out advance directives Jan 28, 2025

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Vivial Lopez, a St. Louis native, shares what it means to help her community become comfortable with talking about death. She specializes in helping the Black community fill out advance directives and navigate death. An advance directive is important for an individual to ensure what their end-of-life care and values are.

Legal Roundtable takes on high school mascot, J6 pardons and more Jan 27, 2025

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A panel of attorneys discuss local and regional legal issues. Discussion will include the latest attempt to change the , allegations by a chess star against the U.S. Chess Federation, why a Wendy’s restaurant in Bridgeton is paying $5 million to a former worker who was a victim of sexual assault on the job, why Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey must sit for deposition, and more.

Sam Page continues a familiar battle: the county executive vs. the council Jan 24, 2025

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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has officially entered politically treacherous territory. He’s leading Missouri’s largest county at a time of downward population growth, an uncertain budgetary future, and for the first time since he took office in 2019, Page is facing a county council with enough antagonists to override his veto. Politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum sits down with Page in his office in Clayton to discuss criticisms, partnerships with leadership in the City of St. Louis and answer questions from listeners.

Missouri Republicans again push state control of St. Louis police department Jan 24, 2025

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Republicans in the Missouri General Assembly want to place a board with gubernatorial appointees in charge of overseeing the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. It’s an idea with high-level support among police unions and Missouri’s new governor, but fierce opposition from St. Louis’ top elected officials. We talk about the proposal with one of its most vocal backers, Republican state Senator Nick Schroer from St. Louis County.

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