Jonathan Ahl
Newcast Editor and Rolla CorrespondentJonathan Ahl reports from the Rolla Bureau for St. Louis Public Radio.
Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in November of 2018, Jonathan was the General Manager for Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois. He previously was the News Director at Iowa Public Radio and before that at WCBU in Peoria, Illinois. Jonathan has also held reporting positions in central Illinois for public radio stations.
Jonathan is originally from the Chicago area. He has a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Western Illinois University and an M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He is an avid long-distance runner, semi-professional saxophonist and die-hard Chicago Cubs fan.
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A coalition of north side churches will be one of the organizations to begin distributing state disaster relief money, starting with $50,000. -
Smaller rural hospitals are closing or in danger of shutting down, regional facilities like Phelps Health are looking to expand to pick up the slack. -
The hospital’s involvement is a partial lifeline to the facility that has faced financial struggles, but questions about the aquatics area remain. -
The senator from Missouri said the large military installation with a long history of training soldiers and military law enforcement should be used to help ICE. -
Busch Stadium III has been sold out for most of its 20 seasons, but a losing team is keeping fans away this year. -
The man hired to build the roster for the expansion soccer club is out after two disappointing seasons. -
A Phelps County official said the $85 a night the federal government paid per detainee wasn’t covering the increased costs of transportation and additional paperwork. -
An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. -
Dahlia Dahl is one of thousands of troops facing investigation and removal after the the Department of Defense announced that trans people can’t serve in the armed forces. -
The new hospital at the Army post in the Ozarks was rumored to be under consideration to be downgraded to a clinic. -
The goal is for the new facility to offer more specialty medical services and reduce travel times for veterans who would have to go to St. Louis or Columbia. -
The team of more than 100 students beat out international competition with a machine they took an entire school year to design and build.
