St. Louis officials and bar owners say Pride festivities will be successful ^24.3%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 6/26/2026, 9:58 PM

Optimism Bias 21.2% - Appeal to Authority 11.2% - Fundamental Attribution Error 10%

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said Friday that city workers, the police department and Grove area restaurant and bar owners are working together to make the end of Pride month a success. Spencer acknowledged that she misspoke last week when she said Grove bar owners agreed to close at midnight this weekend during Pride celebrations for... more

Trailnet’s report shows St. Louis communities of color are impacted the most by traffic violence ^16%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 6/26/2026, 10:00 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 34.3% - Negativity Bias 19.1% - Representativeness Heuristic 16.6%

Traffic violence disproportionately impacts people of color and low-income households in the St. Louis region, according to a new street safety report. Trailnet, a local nonprofit that advocates for safer streets, released its first State of Our Streets report this week. It highlights recent local and state projects that are improving... more

Centennial Christian Church receives $3M FEMA grant to help rebuild tornado-destroyed sanctuary ^12.5%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 6/12/2026, 7:29 PM

Appeal to Emotion 20% - Optimism Bias 17% - In-Group Bias 14.4%

Centennial Christian Church has received more than $3 million in federal funding to help rebuild its tornado-destroyed north St. Louis worship center. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $77 million in post-disaster funding through its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which helps repair, rebuild and stabilize... more

One year after the tornado, Juan Baltazar’s family wants people to celebrate him through service ^11.2%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 5/26/2026, 10:00 AM

Optimism Bias 12.1% - Negativity Bias 11.4% - Anecdotal 10.2%

The red nylon star balloons tied to the fence of a Dutchtown home in south St. Louis indicate a party is going on in the backyard. Children are chasing each other with foam pool noodles, hot dogs are sizzling on the grill and family and friends are enjoying each other. However, it is not a birthday party; it is a barbecue in remembrance... more

Black St. Louisans say the tornado crushed their homeownership dreams ^11.3%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 5/15/2026, 10:00 AM

Negativity Bias 23.1% - Pessimism Bias 11.2% - Loss Aversion 10.3%

As Christy Jefferson-Bey came up to her white-paneled, two-story home in the Penrose neighborhood last month, she did not immediately walk on the lawn or up to the doorway. She simply glanced at it from the street. She rarely comes back to the nearly collapsing, tornado-stricken home and was last here in January. Seeing it in an... more

‘We want to hold on to our legacy’: North St. Louisans fear tornado will empty community ^23%

STLPR - By Andrea Y. Henderson, Kavahn Mansouri - 5/12/2026, 10:00 AM

Anecdotal 16.1% - Appeal to Emotion 15.3% - Negativity Bias 15.3%

As she emerged from the basement, Tracey Dickerson felt certain her home had been destroyed. It was May 16, 2025, and an EF3 tornado had, in minutes, torn a nearly 23-mile path through St. Louis, causing the most damage in north St. Louis’ predominantly Black neighborhoods. Dickerson and her husband, Harvey, had spent years renovating... more

How a St. Louis nonprofit is trying to boost Black children’s literacy rates through representation ^44.5%

St. Louis Public Radio - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 4/23/2026, 10:00 AM

Anecdotal 15.7% - Optimism Bias 10.9% - Hasty Generalization 8.8%

In Mrs. Murphy’s second grade class at Jefferson Elementary, about 15 students are practicing phonics out loud. They are sounding out the letters that spell “limelight,” and in walks a guest they have been waiting for. In unison, they say, “Good Morning, Mr. Keyon.” Keyon Watkins reads books to first and second graders at the Carr Square... more

Circuit attorney’s office should investigate medical neglect at city jail, St. Louis NAACP says ^51.7%

St. Louis Public Radio - By Lacretia Wimbley, Andrea Y. Henderson - 4/14/2026, 4:24 PM

Negativity Bias 26.7% - Confirmation Bias 22.4% - Anecdotal 20.1%

The St. Louis City NAACP is calling on Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore to investigate medical neglect at the St. Louis City Justice Center after at least 22 people have died in custody there since 2020. NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt said the civil rights organization has interviewed about 15 people, including medical officials, who say the... more

WashU’s second Environmental Racism Report shows hazards persist in Black St. Louis communities ^75.3%

St. Louis Public Radio - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 4/3/2026, 10:00 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 24.7% - Optimism Bias 11.1% - Pessimism Bias 11%

Washington University School of Law’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic recently released its updated Environmental Racism in St. Louis report. It cites major environmental hazards in the area, but researchers say there are multiple ways the community and local and state officials can work together to address them. It's an update to... more

One Missouri woman's story of being detained by ICE during routine check-in ^0%

KCUR - By Andrea Y. Henderson - 3/22/2026, 4:00 AM

On the morning of Jan. 22, Armande Namegni went for a run, then to the gym, showered and later rode with a friend to St. Louis from O'Fallon, Missouri, for her yearly Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in. A typical immigration check-in for Namegni would last about 40 minutes, but the Cameroonian asylum seeker said this time it... more