Today, two stories about how technology is changing the hospital experience: for pediatric patients whose weeks or months-long hospital stay means school has to come to them, and for nursing students learning how to care for real patients -- with the help of artificial intelligence.

When she arrived in St. Louis on September 9th, Ashley Johnson became the first woman to be the special agent in charge of the FBI’s St. Louis field office. Johnson told St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann that her previous postings taught her to value the people working for her.

A new Midwest Newsroom investigation found that many rural school districts in the Midwest aren’t identifying and helping their unhoused students with the assistance they qualify for, and that the majority of rural school districts in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska undercount homeless students.

St. Louisans gathered to mark one year since Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people, and sparking a military response that has claimed more than 40,000 lives in Gaza. St. Louis Public Radio’s Ulaa Kuziez and Jeremy Goodwin report.

Over the last two years, agriculture in the United States has been riding the highs of elevated crop prices and record incomes. But farm income is projected to dip this year. St. Louis Public Radio’s Will Bauer reports on what that means for farmers and the larger ag economy.

Bellleville East and Belleville West just wrapped up their first regular season of girls flag football. STLPR's Will Bauer brings us a look at how the first year has gone for the Metro East programs – and what it’s meant for the girls playing. Plus, another story from the participants in the NPR Next Gen Radio project held in St. Louis. Today, how University City resident Jeff Perkins is most at home as a DJ.

All this week we are bringing you stories produced by participants in the NPR Next Gen Radio project held in St. Louis. They focused on the meaning of home. Today, the story of the Naichuk family, who fled for the St. Louis region after the war broke out in their hometown in Ukraine.

St. Louis Public Schools Acting Superintendent Millicent Borishade is trying to address concerns in the district about many issues, including transportation. Borishade’s conversation with STLPR reporter Lacretia Wimbley. Plus, all this week we are bringing you stories produced by participants in the NPR Next Gen Radio project held in St. Louis, focused on the meaning of home. Today, a story about how for a traveling nurse, introducing a local dish to people far away was a step in bringing him back to St. Louis.

Today we bring you another story from NPR's Next Gen Radio project held in St. Louis about a local restaurant owner, whose Bosnian heritage and the food she makes create her sense of home. Plus, STLPR's Statehouse Reporter Sarah Kellogg breaks down the races for MO Treasurer and Secretary of State.

As part of our collaboration with NPR Next Gen Radio project, we hear from a local writer who found the meaning of home in a rough and tumble sport.