Audio Features

Knodell will be heading back to his hometown of Poplar Bluff to serve as city manager for the southeast Missouri municipality.

The need for inpatient mental health care for pediatric patients has grown in recent years. Health officials say a proposed facility in Webster Groves could provide much-needed treatment. But some nearby neighbors don’t like the plan.

Hall’s tenure in the St. Louis region comes to an end this month, when he moves to Ohio to take over the reins of the Columbus Partnership on Jan. 13.

Leadership at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis is changing hands. Its current president and CEO is retiring at the end of the year, and Brandon Williams, an ex-NFL player and St. Louisan, will take over.

The Rev. Darryl Gray said he is more hopeful for reform after a recent conversation with Commissioner of Corrections Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah.

St. Louis native Eric von Schrader set his science fiction trilogy in a reimagined version of St. Louis. All three books and audiobooks are out now.

Every day, Missourians pay a small tax with each purchase they make that’s been supporting conservation efforts in the state. And now that Missouri is in a drought alert, those dollars are helping farmers prepare.

Betts — who has become known for saying just about anything — will depart at the end of the year after losing the Democratic primary to former deputy Alfred Montgomery.

Composer Christopher Stark teamed with innovative cello-percussion group New Morse Code for “The Language of Landscapes,” a piece that melds field recordings from nature with sounds wrung out of discarded items like plastic bags. The album includes remixes by St. Louis artists Mvstermind and Adult Fur.

Madison County in the Metro East began flipping red in the 2010 election, and the GOP’s support has only gotten stronger. But local Democrats don’t see neighboring St. Clair County flipping anytime soon.