St. Paul Pioneer Press

Good morning. It's Wednesday, May 29th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Today will be mostly cloudy with a high of 71 and a low of 52. Expect spotty showers. Tonight will be partly cloudy. Our top story is: Orlando Arcia showed a bunt and then quickly pulled back, seeing a high pitch from Taylor Rogers’ left hand, headed in his direction. The next pitch, though, he was swinging. And he didn’t miss.

Good morning. It's Monday, May 27th. I’m Crystal Orren, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Expect on-and-off rain today that could be heavy. Watch for flooding. It’ll be breezy with a high of 60 and a low of 51. Tonight will be mostly cloudy. Our top story is: Mike “Bones” Hartzell, the Vietnam vet that called Rice Street in St. Paul’s North End home, left behind a wheelbarrow when he died last December.

Good morning, it's Friday, May 24th. I’m Crystal Orren, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Today will be mostly cloudy and breezy, with periods of morning rain, a possible thunderstorm, and a high of 70. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 57. Our top story is: Hundreds of students walked out of Highland Park Senior High yesterday in response to 2 teachers’ use of a racial slur in front of students.

Good morning, it's Thursday, May 23rd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. In weather, today will be partly sunny, with a high of 65. Tonight, expect occasional rain and a late thunderstorm, with a low of 52. Our top story is: 99 years after helping found the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, St. Thomas, the biggest school in the NCAA Division III conference, has been kicked out.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, May 22nd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Today will be cloudy and breezy, with occasional rain, and a high of 65. Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies, and a low of 48. Our top story is: Citing high vacancy rates due to increasingly robust “alternative to incarceration” efforts, Ramsey County officials are permanently shutting down their Boys Totem Town juvenile correctional facility this summer.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, May 21st. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. It will be cloudy and breezy today, with heavy rain and a thunderstorm this afternoon, and a high of 59. Tonight, expect heavy rainfall, with a low of 47. Rain can lead to flooding problems.

Good morning, it's Monday, May 20th. I’m Crystal Orren, and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Today will be partly sunny, with a high of 62. Tonight, expect plenty of clouds, and a low of 45. Our top story is: Minnesota political leaders have a budget deal that tops $48 billion for the next 2 years. Gov.

Good morning, it's Friday, May 17th. I’m Crystal Orren and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Expect showers and thunderstorms today and through the evening hours. Today’s high is 63 degrees, with a low of 46. Our top story is: Governor Tim Walz, Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman have been negotiating all week to decide how to spend nearly $50 billion of taxpayers’ money.

Good morning, it's Thursday, May 16th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. Expect times of clouds and sun today, with a high of 78. Tonight, it’ll be partly cloudy, with a low of 50. Our top story is: Another day, another ranking on the Internet. In a recently published ranking of worst cities in each state in USA Today, St. Paul came out on the bottom for the North Star State.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, May 15th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here are today's headlines from the Pioneer Press. It’ll be partly sunny with a high of 76. Tonight, expect a couple of heavy showers and a thunderstorm toward dawn, with a low of 59. Our top story is: A man who reportedly told investigators that he went to the Mall of America “looking for someone to kill” pleaded guilty yesterday to throwing a 5-year-old boy from a 3rd-floor balcony. He faces 19 years in prison.