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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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. -
The storefront location of U.S. Route 63 will be part meeting space and part resource repository. -
Abide in Love is a group of 50 activists who help detainees contact their families and provide small acts of comfort and kindness, as the Phelps County Jail has become part ICE holding facility. -
The compounds, called PFAS, are pervasive, but their impacts on human health and safety are still unclear. -
After a middling start, the Battlehawks ended up with the best record in the upstart spring football league. -
David Critchley wants a style of play to have fans "on the end of their seats" and has plans to immediately implement a more aggressive mindset. -
A new $8 million EMS base will consolidate ambulance and helicopter services in Rolla with the goal of better serving the region that is seeing fewer health care providers. -
Dentists say adding fluoride to drinking water is a major benefit for healthy teeth, but opponents are having some success with local and statewide bans. -
Rolla High School students put the phrase “the show must go on” to the test as they attempt to recover from a tornado to stage the musical “Chicago.” -
The Cardinals enter the 2025 season with the usual pageantry but low expectations for the team’s performance mean lower-than-usual ticket sales. -
Rolla Public Library is providing a lost-and-found for people who find photos and other personal items in their yards and elsewhere.
