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It’s been more than six weeks since Iranian-American Dorsa Derakshani has had any direct contact with her family in Iran.

The Mizzou medical student shares what it's been like to watch the war in her home country from Missouri.

East St. Louis historian and civil rights activist Reginald Petty received an Order of Lincoln award Saturday. That’s the state’s highest honor for contributions to the betterment of humanity. St. Louis Public Radio Metro East reporter Will Bauer sat down with Petty to discuss his life’s work — from voting rights in the 1960s to returning to the Metro East and working with the East St. Louis Historical Society.

STLPR's Jonathan Ahl takes us to a new building in Rolla that's bigger than two football fields is the Protoplex, and it has an equally large goal — to be the center of an effort to bring manufacturing back to rural Missouri.

New York native Jack Lane co-founded theater company Stages St. Louis in 1987. In recent years he’s turned to a second career, producing shows on Broadway and London’s West End. STLPR’s Jeremy Goodwin talks with Lane about branching out from Missouri to Broadway and beyond.

The St. Louis Civilian Oversight Board can no longer review police complaints, but longtime board member Ciera Simril said it’s not over yet and encourages the state board to engage with city residents.

The results are in following Tuesday's municipal elections in Missouri: we have some highlights. Plus, the Illinois Ag Director makes the case for a change in fuel to help prices at the pump and the state's corn farmers.

Despite efforts from the community, a Columbia, Missouri, man detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been deported to the Netherlands.

Addison Zanger went to the city of Utrecht to see how Owen Ramsingh is adjusting to his new home.

A group of Bonne Terre artists have spent the last year learning how to draw and paint for a gallery exhibition and a mural -- projects that can live outside the prison walls.

Late last month, St. Louis finally started demolishing tornado-damaged homes. That was 10 months after the deadly storm.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Kate Grumke reports on why it’s taken so long to just get started.

Missouri’s 2026 election cycle got a jolt last week when longtime Republican Congressman Sam Graves announced his retirement. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum reports that the Northwest Missouri Republican’s departure could tell us a lot about Democratic strength during the midterm elections – depending on which congressional map is used for the contest.