Josh Renaud

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How to watch St. Louis Cardinals games in 2025

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Ethan Erickson |Josh Renaud

As the Cardinals' 2025 season begins, this will be the first season for several new ways to watch St. Louis' favorite team. The team's broadcaster, FanDuel Sports Network, is selling to fans directly for the first season, and that's just one of quite a few options to watch the team. FanDuel Sports Network is set to air 151 of the team's 162 regular-season games.
See the tracks of the tornadoes that touched down March 14

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Josh Renaud

The storm system that swept St. Louis on Friday, March 14, also hit southern parts of the state and northeastern Arkansas. Here's a look at the confirmed tornado tracks:National Weather Service employees are still confirming reports of damage and tracking the paths of the storms. So far, they have confirmed at least 13 tornadoes that hit Missouri. These are preliminary damage assessments for local tornadoes:Residents should report damage by calling 211, government officials said.
What's being built near you? Search the latest St. Louis building permits

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Josh Renaud

Want know what's being built near you? Explore our database of more than 55,000 building permits issued in St. Louis city since 2012 for construction projects with estimated costs of at least $1,000. You can search the database by address or neighborhood to find permits issued in a certain area, or by permit type or estimated project cost to narrow down which permits are displayed. When searching by a specific street or address, avoid using the street suffix or abbreviation. Loading...
Missouri to track immigration status in crime data

2 months ago | stltoday.com | Josh Renaud

ST. LOUIS — Missouri is poised to become one of the first states to require police departments to track the immigration status of people involved in crimes. The move, announced by Gov. Mike Kehoe as one of his first executive orders, is set to begin in coming days, state officials said. Police officers, sheriff deputies and other law enforcement officials already often learn if people involved in crimes are in the country legally.
Mayor touts crime drop in St. Louis. But shootings, injuries rise.

Jan 14, 2025 | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann |Josh Renaud

ST. LOUIS — Homicides and other major crime dropped last year in St. Louis, city leaders announced Tuesday. The number of murders declined about 6%, from 160 in 2023 to 150 last year, the lowest in more than a decade. Crime overall dropped 15%, officials said. "While we've seen remarkable progress, 150 homicides in one year is still far too many," Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said at a press conference.
Use of force numbers for St. Louis County police are rising. Here's why.

Dec 18, 2024 | stltoday.com | Josh Renaud

CLAYTON — Last year, the St. Louis County Police Department saw a surge in one of its most sensitive and least-understood statistics — use of force. And the 2024 numbers are on pace to surpass it. A Post-Dispatch analysis of annual totals provided by county police shows that the number of incidents where police used any kind of force, from physical restraint to firearms, has been rising since the pandemic.
Few school districts rebound from pandemic learning loss across St. Louis region

Dec 8, 2024 | stltoday.com | Blythe Bernhard |Monica Obradovic |Josh Renaud

RICHMOND HEIGHTS — Madelyn Berzon never hears the dreaded question from her fifth-grade students anymore: “Why do we have to learn this?”At Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary School, students demonstrate what they’ve learned by creating and hosting exhibits open to the public. On Thursday, the fifth graders debuted their Oregon Trail exhibit for the museum’s opening night. “We love contributing. We love how we get to work together, and everyone’s been working so hard,” said Grace Yarbrough, 10.
St. Louis school districts lose nearly 11,000 students over 5 years

Dec 1, 2024 | stltoday.com | Blythe Bernhard |Josh Renaud

ST. LOUIS — Enrollment in most St. Louis area school districts has continued to plummet five years after the pandemic sparked an exodus of students, according to newly released state data. Since the fall of 2019, public school districts have lost more than 6,000 students in St. Louis County and 3,000 in St. Louis. Schools in St. Charles County are down by 872 students. Fox School District, the largest in Jefferson County, has dropped 1,000.
Missouri releases latest school scores. Underperforming districts get reprieve.

Nov 25, 2024 | stltoday.com | Blythe Bernhard |Monica Obradovic |Josh Renaud

JEFFERSON CITY — The state won’t penalize school districts for poor performance until 2026, further delaying the accountability process as more than half of Missouri students remain behind in math and reading goals. The annual performance reports for 2024 released Monday were expected to be used to classify more than 500 school districts statewide on a scale of accredited with distinction, fully accredited, provisionally accredited or unaccredited.
Coyotes Silver and Solar logged hundreds of miles crisscrossing St. Louis

Nov 19, 2024 | stltoday.com | Josh Renaud

In late October, the Post-Dispatch shared the stories of Silver and Solar, two coyotes caught last spring in Forest Park and released there with fancy tracking collars. Scientists wanted to better understand where the coyotes go and how they live among us — and what the animals could teach us about ourselves. Tracking data was supposed to be collected for one year, but each animal died within several months of being released.