Late on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut funds for the nation’s public media stations. The cuts would impact NPR, PBS and the more than 1,300 local public media stations across the country, including STLPR.

The 2025 St. Louis Public Radio Teen Photojournalist Prize's top honor was given to a Granite City High School junior.

Jess Luther, a 13-year veteran of St. Louis Public Radio and the current chief of staff, will become the station's interim general manager beginning April 26.

As NPR CEO and President Katherine Maher testifies before a DOGE subcommittee this week about federal funding for public media, we — the leaders of St. Louis Public Radio — urge you to consider the essential public service STLPR provides our community.

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has awarded the 2025 Brechner Freedom of Information Award to St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project for their collaborative investigative project, “Unsolved.”

UMSL announces plans to transfer the governance of St. Louis Public Radio to the Friends of KWMU, which currently serves as an independent nonprofit and advisory board.

As the value of public media funding is likely to become a trending topic in the coming year, we’ve put together some common questions on how public media funding works, and what impact a profound realignment of that funding may have on public radio and television in your region, and across the country.

The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has awarded $824,917 to St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) to fund a new program that will model how St. Louisans can talk across divides in order to create greater understanding in our region.

McCabe retired in 2013 after working at the station for almost 25 years. McCabe died Friday, December 13, surrounded by his family. He was 80 years old.

St. Louis Public Radio earned national recognition Sunday, winning a 2024 EPPY Award from Editor & Publisher Magazine, which honors the best in digital news publishing. The station was awarded Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting for its multi-part investigation of St. Louis’ homicide clearance rates, produced in partnership with APM Reports and the Marshall Project.