Alex Heuer
“St. Louis on the Air” Executive ProducerAlex Heuer joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2012 and is the executive producer of St. Louis on the Air. Alex grew up in the St. Louis area. He began his public radio career as a student reporter at Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois and worked for a few years at Iowa Public Radio. Alex graduated summa cum laude from Western Illinois University with a degree in history and earned a teaching certificate in 6 - 12th grade social studies. In 2016, he earned a Master of Public Policy Administration with a focus in nonprofit organization management and leadership from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has won local and national awards for reporting and producing and his stories have been featured nationally on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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The Missouri House passed a measure in March to return the St. Louis Police Department to state control. It’s unclear what the Senate may do in the waning days of the session. -
Historian John C. McManus paints compelling portraits of the military leaders and soldiers who fought in the Pacific during World War II. -
Migrantes Unidos, un grupo de apoyo mutuo que incluye a más de 50 inmigrantes del área de St. Louis, tiene cinco demandas. Entre las demandas están eliminar los monitores de tobillo y ser tratados con respeto. -
Migrantes Unidos, a mutual support group that includes more than 50 St. Louis-area immigrants, has five demands. Among the demands are eliminating ankle monitors and to be treated with respect.
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English writer Neil Gaiman is a recipient of both the Newbery and Carnegie medals. -
About $6 million will help restore St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. The church — now built in Fulton, Missouri — traces its roots to the 12th century. -
A tragedy took a teen’s legs in St. Louis. Could it end Kim Gardner’s career? -
A new report from the St. Louis School Research-Practice Collaborative shows that 38% of St. Louis students change schools midyear. While the rate of student mobility has declined over the last decade, the rate in St. Louis is higher than in Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis County and Missouri overall. -
Attorney Lindsay Runnels of the Kansas City-based law firm Morgan Pilate has represented Lamar Johnson since 2015. Johnson was freed this week after serving 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. -
Bob Kramer’s Marionnettes went up in flames on the night of Jan. 20. Bob Kramer lost his life, but Dug Feltch survived. He joined the show to remember his longtime partner. -
A facilities worker at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, stopped his excavator after finding a white object about 12 feet below the surface. -
One hundred images in the museum’s collection of more than 13 million items are featured as 3D images. Visitors to the website can enlarge, turn upside down and spin around objects.
