Wayne Pratt
Wayne Pratt is a veteran journalist who has made stops at radio stations, wire services and websites throughout North America. He comes to St. Louis Public Radio from Indianapolis, where he was assistant managing editor at Inside Indiana Business. Wayne also launched a local news operation at NPR member station WBAA in West Lafayette, Indiana, and spent time as a correspondent for a network of more than 800 stations. His career has included positions in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario and Phoenix, Arizona. Wayne grew up near Ottawa, Ontario and moved to the United States in the mid-90s on a dare. Soon after, he met his wife and has been in the U.S. ever since.
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The Major League Soccer expansion team is reaching out to several parts of St. Louis as it prepares for its inaugural season. -
Updated at 5 p.m., Aug. 20 with stadium details and comments from ownership. St. Louis soon will be home to a top-tier professional soccer team. Major...
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Players will embark on a series of tiebreaks, which will get faster if they continue to draw. If American Fabiano Caruana beats Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, it could cement St. Louis as a chess capital.
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Protests started over the weekend in St. Louis after the acquittal of a white police officer who shot and killed a black man in 2011. Some demonstrators say they'll keep protesting for weeks.
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A battle over power is shaping up in Illinois. It involves lawmakers, but unlike with the state budget crisis they are not playing a central role. This...
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Updated at 1 p.m., November 24, 2015, to include comments from a union representative: Dave Dowling, the sub district director for the United...
