Lacretia Wimbley
General Assignment ReporterLacretia Wimbley got her Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Journalism from Mississippi State University in 2016.
Wimbley spent six years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in various roles, including copy editing, page design and breaking/feature news reporting. She has also covered stories on the Hill District of Pittsburgh for the Heinz Endowments Magazine. She was elected President of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in 2020 and served until 2022.
Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio, Wimbley spent a year in Denver working as a Justice Reporter for Colorado Public Radio. She enjoys thought-provoking conversations, gospel, soulful music and poetry. You might catch her playing her acoustic guitar on the streets or at open mics from time to time.
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The new starting salary for teachers beginning with the next school year will be just shy of $50,000, district spokesman George Sells said.
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Workers at Missouri Central School Bus say the company also pushes them to do the bare minimum to “Band-Aid” over glaring issues with brake systems and other mechanical problems.
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A state law that has been around since the 1970s and was last amended in 2016 lists pregnancy as a barrier for finalizing divorce. HB 2402 would clarify that language to specify that pregnancy status shall not stop the court from finalizing dissolution of marriage or legal separation.
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St. Louis Public Schools' bus drivers called off en masse Monday and Tuesday after a noose was found last week near a worker's desk at Missouri Central Bus. Some drivers say its an attempt to keep them from speaking out against poor working conditions.
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Explore St. Louis says an additional $30 million to $40 million may be needed to cover rising expansion costs at America's Center in downtown St. Louis.
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A baby girl who was several hours old became the first child to be surrendered in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Mehlville Fire Protection District Station 2 in south St. Louis County last week.
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A citywide survey that closed Feb. 6 garnered 12,442 online and paper responses during its 30-day voting window. The city’s Board of Aldermen said that compares to 3,195 completed surveys when it launched its kick-off survey last August.
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The protests temporarily stopped a speech being given by Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, to members of the Missouri House and Senate.
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Car thefts have plagued the city of St. Louis for years, but like homicides and overall crime rates, those numbers appear to be dropping too.
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As public safety officials celebrate record-breaking crime lows in parts of the St. Louis region, community members continue grieving losses.
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Tax increment financing districts — commonly known as TIF districts — have cost minority students in public schools across St. Louis and St. Louis County more than $260 million over the last six years, according to a new report.
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Milestones include establishing the city’s first Office of Violence Prevention and hiring Police Chief Robert Tracy, whose one-year anniversary was marked on Tuesday.