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Tuesday, July 29 - 'Broadway on a football field’ Jul 29, 2025

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While most high school football fields sit quiet in the dog days of summer, one in the Metro East is bursting with music and motion. Dive inside the world of drum corps and its ties to the Metro East.

Monday, July 28 - Next act for an old boat Jul 28, 2025

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Retirees of Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 are bringing a replica of the famous SS Admiral steamboat back to life. And, a team from Rolla is world champions. But it’s not an athletic team - it’s a collection of more than 100 students at Missouri University of Science and Technology who designed and built a Mars rover.

Friday, July 25 - A film that captured St. Louis history — just in time Jul 25, 2025

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A documentary is highlighting St. Louis’s Black history through the eyes of a retired priest. Father Gerry Kleba is a white priest from south St. Louis who headed up two Catholic churches in Black neighborhoods for decades and has led tours of Black St. Louis’ history for five years.

Thursday, July 24 - Steering Medicaid in Missouri Jul 24, 2025

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Missouri’s Medicaid program is about to go through a major transformation with the advent of federally-imposed work requirements. And while critics of this idea believe they’re aimed at kicking eligible people off of the health care program, Missouri’s Medicaid director contends they could be implemented in an unobtrusive way.

Wednesday, July 23- Doctors want poor patients to pay up Jul 23, 2025

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Approximately 9% of Missourians say they have significant medical bills they can’t pay. In the St. Louis region, physicians groups have filed hundreds of lawsuits to collect unpaid debt. New research in the open-access journal JAMA Network Open found groups sued those in zip codes with low-income and Black residents more.

Tuesday, July 22 - Stuck in limbo waiting to call STL home Jul 22, 2025

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Nashat Aljerwan and his family have lived at Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for 12 years. But in 2023, a path to resettlement opened that would have allowed them to come to St. Louis. That path quickly closed. In the wake of President Trump’s January executive order to suspend all refugee resettlement, the Aljerwan family became one amongn thousands already vetted, approved, and in limbo.

Monday, July 21 - A Nitty Gritty farewell Jul 21, 2025

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A group of Southern California teenagers formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amid the folk revival of the mid-60’s. The group became a pillar of country music radio for decades, scoring 17 straight top-ten singles. The Dirt Band plays Chesterfield Amphitheatre on Thursday as the group bids farewell to touring.

Friday, July 18 - Banana Ball frenzy at Busch Jul 18, 2025

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The Savannah Bananas are bringing their unique blend of baseball and entertainment to Busch Stadium tonight and tomorrow night. Bananas pitcher Noah Niznick grew up in St. Louis and pitched collegiately at Southeast Missouri State University. He speaks about coming home to pitch in the ballpark where he watched his baseball heroes growing up and how he describes “Banana Ball” to his friends and family.

Thursday, July 17- Baby teeth link Coldwater Creek to cancer Jul 17, 2025

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Researchers at Harvard University have used participants from a decades-old study of baby teeth to link those who lived near Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County to increased cancer risks. The study offers the latest evidence for what residents have insisted for decades: that exposure to certain sites has made people sick.

Wednesday, July 16 - Missouri Future Caucus tackles complex issues Jul 16, 2025

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Missouri House members are trying to take a proactive approach to complex issues, like artificial intelligence regulation and disaster preparedness.

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