Jonathan Ahl
Newcast Editor and Rolla CorrespondentJonathan Ahl reports from the Rolla Bureau for St. Louis Public Radio.
Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in November of 2018, Jonathan was the General Manager for Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois. He previously was the News Director at Iowa Public Radio and before that at WCBU in Peoria, Illinois. Jonathan has also held reporting positions in central Illinois for public radio stations.
Jonathan is originally from the Chicago area. He has a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Western Illinois University and an M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He is an avid long-distance runner, semi-professional saxophonist and die-hard Chicago Cubs fan.
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In order to comply with a Pentagon mandate to electrify its nontactical vehicles, Fort Leonard Wood is working with Laclede Electric Cooperative to find the best way to add charging stations. -
Increased limits on a loan program for new farmers and expanded tax credits for small farmers could help producers as inflation continues, but more could be taking advantage of the opportunities. -
The agreement will let the hospital that serves a predominantly rural area have access to the resources of a major city’s health care system without surrendering local control. -
A new study shows a threefold increase in Midwest farm acres using the offseason crops to help protect the soil and reduce runoff, but it still makes up less than 8% of all farmland. -
“Jackson Petty” is a song about Mondlock’s great-great-grandfather who avoided being conscripted into the Civil War as a 13-year-old but met a tragic end on his family’s farm in south-central Missouri. -
A $2 million grant will provide software for 26 rural school districts around the state to use software to look for signs of trouble to help prevent school violence. -
While snow accumulations were less than expected in St. Louis, rural areas to the southwest saw more snow and power outages. -
The report paints a grim picture of accelerating consolidation over the past three decades. Yet some communities and local grocery stores are finding ways to thrive. -
In the six wards, five incumbents will be unopposed, and only one person has filed to represent an open seat in Ward. -
Research into psychedelic drugs was halted in the 1960s as recreational use and its backlash criminalized them. The Veterans Administration is joining dozens of other medical providers and researchers in resuming that work. -
Jinling Liu will analyze a mountain of data looking for a genome responsible for hypertension, which could lead to a better and more personalized approach to preventing and treating the disease. -
The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers.
