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Andrew Mueth tends to a head of lettuce in VAST Produce's greenhouse in Waterloo on June 26. VAST won the 2018 Metro East Start-Up Challenge.

Start-Up Challenge Offers $20,000 To Spur Business Growth In The Metro East

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Small Business Development Center wants to grow Metro East startups focused on information technology, health…

Bernard Macon picks up his prescription on June 6, 2019 at LV Health and Wellness Pharmacy in Shiloh, Ill.

How Black Pharmacists Are Closing The Cultural Gap In Health Care

SHILOH, Ill. — After a health insurance change forced Bernard Macon to cut ties with his doctor, he struggled to find another African American physician…

Bars and restaurants on North Main Street in St. Charles are operating under new rules after the city passed a new liquor ordinance last year. Bar owners say it is unfair for the city to target businesses in the small area. January 25, 2019

Bar And Restaurant Owners On St. Charles' Main Street Want Changes To New Liquor Ordinance

Just months after a new liquor law put into place stricter rules for bars and restaurants on North Main Street in St. Charles, some owners want the law…

Bishop Edward K. Braxton initiated the practice of holding a Red Mass each fall to mark the start of the U.S. Supreme Court session. He's shown here in 2016 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville.

Belleville Diocese Waiting To See If Pope Accepts Resignation Of Controversial Bishop

Bishop Edward K. Braxton turns 75 on Friday, prompting supporters and critics to wonder how much longer he will be leading the Catholic Diocese of…

A KMOV Channel 4 reporter records a news story from the 1984 Pride parade, where marchers carried pink balloons. It wasn't until the 1990s that the rainbow flag became a common symbol in St. Louis and nationwide.

Photographer Scott Lokitz Looks Back On Documenting 4 Decades Of St. Louis Pride

When Scott Lokitz was a gay teenager, his mother and grandmother took him to march with dozens of other gay and lesbian St. Louisans down Lindell…

Among the films in the series is 'The Kinloch Doc' by Alana Woodson, which traces Kinloch's demise.

With Film Series, ArchCity Defenders Aims To Spur Awareness And Action

ArchCity Defenders uses the cash bail system, the death of Michael Brown Jr. and the movements that grew out of the Ferguson unrest to shine light on…

Salvador Mondragon, left, with a large alligator gar caught near the Mississippi River.

Missouri Scientists Fight To Save A Fish With Teeth Like An Alligator

On a hot morning in Cape Girardeau, two men pulled up nets from a lake in hopes of catching alligator gar, one of the largest and most feared fish species…

Former State Senator Rita Heard Days speaks after being named the Democratic nominee for the vacant 1st District seat on the St. Louis County Council. Days will run against Republican Sarah Davoli on Aug. 6.

Former State Sen. Rita Heard Days Wins Democratic Nomination For County Council Seat

St. Louis County Democrats have picked former state Sen. Rita Heard Days to run for the vacant 1st District County Council seat in an August special…

The report notes that 80% of children who lost health coverage in Missouri are living below the poverty level.

Kids In Missouri Are Losing Health Insurance At The Second Highest Rate In The Nation

In Missouri, children’s enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program fell nearly 10% over the last 14 months – the second biggest...

Driving into Cairo from the north, you pass a funeral home and a bridge underneath a rail line. There are structures behind this bridge that shut it off in case of massive flooding from the nearby Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

One Town’s Hope Rests On Money and The Mighty Mississippi

The Mississippi River system is both an artery and a vein. It pumps ag products out of the heartland and into the world while bringing back fertilizer...

3 Women On The Nuances, Positive Effects Of Paid Family Leave Policies – And Why US Lags

The U.S. remains the only industrialized country that does not provide some form of universal paid family leave. Many American workers continue to have to…

Dwaun Warmack is installed as president of Harris-Stowe State University in April 2015.

Before Moving To New Job, Harris-Stowe President Reflects On The University's Progress

When Harris-Stowe State University President Dwaun Warmack graduated from high school, he had a 1.7 grade-point average and did not think he was college…

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