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St. Louis native Eric von Schrader set his science fiction trilogy in an alternate version of St. Louis, taking real bits of local history and giving them a cosmic twist. 

St. Louis native Eric von Schrader set his science fiction trilogy in an alternate version of St. Louis, taking real bits of local history and giving them a cosmic twist. 

St. Louis native and jazz vocalist Denise Thimes has a knack for putting a new stamp on old songs by connecting with them personally. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin asked Thimes to break down her approach to holiday classics. 

The cost of higher education continues to go up. There is a movement in Illinois to overhaul the way public colleges and universities are funded. Proponents concede it will be very expensive in the short term. Lisa Kurian Phillip reports on the plan, and why they think it’s worth ...  Show more

Every day, Missourians pay a small tax with each purchase they make that supports conservation efforts in the state. And as Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval reports, with large portions of Missouri regularly in a drought, those dollars have helped farmers prepare. 

Illinois law requires transparency when people die at the hands of police officers. But many of those cases remain unseen. Farrah Anderson and Chris Weber explain what happens when prosecutors stay silent on police killings.