Sarah Fentem
Sarah Fentem reports on sickness and health as part of St. Louis Public Radio’s news team. She previously spent five years reporting for different NPR stations in Indiana, immersing herself deep, deep into an insurance policy beat from which she may never fully recover. A longitme NPR listener, she grew up hearing WQUB in Quincy, Illinois, which is now owned by STLPR. She lives in the Kingshighway Hills neighborhood, and in her spare time likes to watch old sitcoms, meticulously clean and organize her home and go on outdoor adventures with her fiancé Elliot. She has a cat, Lil Rock, and a dog, Ginger.
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The St. Louis Health Department is investigating whether someone violated the city's wild animal ordinance after several monkeys were spotted loose in the city. -
The helicopter was carrying workers who were doing maintenance work on power lines, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. No other injuries were reported. -
Two rulings from a Kansas City judge had allowed abortions in the state to resume while a challenge to its near-total ban proceeded to trial. -
The mayor's acknowledgement on Monday confirms what St. Louisans had suspected and feared: Residents were not given a warning for the first deadly tornado in the city since 1959. -
More than 20 people have caught the coronavirus at the state-run facility. They're among three dozen residents and workers at three of the state’s five veterans homes who have caught the virus. -
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Thursday sued Planned Parenthood Great Plains, alleging the Kansas-based organization organizes abortions for minors without parental consent. -
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last June, clinics in the Metro East that offer abortions have become a destination for thousands of patients seeking the procedure. Abortion providers at Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights think legislators will make more attempts to regulate reproductive health. -
The National Building Arts Center plans to place the statue at its entrance. “Little Liberty” traveled from Brooklyn to the Sauget preservation museum on the back of a flatbed truck. -
The region is recovering after a massive storm dumped more than 9 inches of rain. People and animals are staying in makeshift shelters while the flash flooding recedes.
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The most rain in St. Louis in more than 100 years reports over 10 inches in under five hours. The rains caused flash flooding — closing major roads and leaving many stranded in their cars on roads.
