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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Organizations such as the alcohol and drug abuse education nonprofit PreventEd in the St. Louis area received emails announcing grant funding had been canceled because it did not align with the federal government's priorities. -
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. -
Plaintiffs had argued the prohibition violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the Missouri Constitution. -
Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang will preside over the two-week bench trial to determine whether Missouri's abortion restrictions violate the state's constitution. -
The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "non-professional fields," which includes nursing. -
State leaders applied Wednesday to the $50 billion federal grant initiative, which Congress included in the congressional spending package known as "One Big Beautiful Bill." -
A Perryville radio personality has died after apparently contracting the West Nile virus, according to employees at the station where he worked. -
Missouri health officials say West Nile virus is spreading more than usual this year. -
The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare but nearly always fatal. -
The suit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, rests on claims Planned Parenthood has made about the drug mifepristone.
