Will Bauer
Metro East ReporterWill Bauer is St. Louis Public Radio’s Metro East Reporter. Before moving to Belleville, Illinois, Bauer worked at Nebraska Public Media. At the state’s NPR and PBS member stations, he served as a general assignment reporter, covering politics, higher education, agriculture and other topics. He also produced the station’s talk show, Speaking of Nebraska.
The Minnesota native graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in journalism, broadcasting and sports communications in 2020. In college, he reported for the Omaha World-Herald’s breaking news and sports desks. In his spare time, Bauer enjoys playing golf and watching movies. You can reach him by email at wbauer@stlpr.org and follow him on Twitter at @Will_Bauer_.
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While the next closest option received less than 9% of the vote — nearly 57% of votes were cast for a different option. That may signal that the state does indeed want change, according to flag experts. -
Incumbent Darlene Green and former alderwoman and state Rep. Donna Baringer were separated by just over 500 votes, according to final but official results. -
Mayor Tishaura Jones will face Alderwoman Cara Spencer of the 8th Ward in the April 8 election. Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler was third, while retired utility executive Andrew Jones was fourth. -
Executives at Wieland Manufacturing, an international producer of copper and copper alloys, said the investment in a facility that employs 800 will make it viable for the long term. -
Nearly 26,000 people work for the federal government in the St. Louis metropolitan area. If a portion lose their jobs, some economists said it will have overall trickle-down effects, while others believe it wouldn’t have broader implications. -
Along with an unspecified number of job cuts and changes to academic programs, the plan includes early retirement buyouts that will start this spring to balance the budget by 2027. -
In 2024, the Metro East city recorded 20 homicides. At the most recent peak in 2017, that same figure stood at 37. -
The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state history — with key policy proposals for the upcoming fiscal year. -
Forecasters predict the snow will fall until midnight and 3 a.m., tapering off first in the west and later in the east. -
If federal dollars were to disappear, union members and the congresswoman say classroom sizes could get bigger with fewer teachers and resources for students with special needs. -
BJC’s Memorial Hospital planned to close the Belleville Health & Sports Center in late 2019. Five years after community members took the gym nonprofit, membership has grown 40%. -
Earlier this year, then-President Joe Biden blocked the deal, and President Donald Trump also remained opposed to it.
