Jonathan Ahl
Reporter, St. Louis Public RadioI report from Missouri for Harvest Public Media and am also the Rolla Correspondent for St. Louis Public Radio. Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in November of 2018, I was the general manager for Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois. I previously was the news director at Iowa Public Radio and before that at WCBU in Peoria, Illinois. I’ve also held reporting positions in central Illinois for public radio stations.
While I’ve lived in very rural areas for most of my adult life, I’m originally from the Chicago area. I have a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Western Illinois University and an M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. You can reach me at jahl@stlpr.org or through Twitter @jonathanahl.
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Doe Run wants to mine more land underneath the Mark Twain National Forest in southeastern Missouri. But the company has been criticized by environmentalists for decades, and has also been involved in tax disputes with local school districts in recent years.
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Silvopasture is the practice of grazing livestock in a forested area instead of an open pasture. It’s a very old practice that might see new life.
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While COVID isn’t as big of a concern this year, fairs are keeping some protocols in place they picked up during the pandemic. At the same time, they are keeping an eye on other threats to crowd levels.
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In a visit to Fort Leonard Wood, part of the message from Gen. James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, was to find more soldiers without sacrificing talent.
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The Phelps County Clerk wanted to take anyone with a court-ordered guardian off the voting rolls. She relented, but people with disabilities and their advocates concerned about the future are fighting back.
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Producers will make more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol from corn, complying with the new renewable fuels mandate from the EPA.
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Soldiers dying by suicide are at their highest levels since 9/11, and while some installations are trying do more to help prevent them, critics say its not enough.
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The crossbreed gained some attention in the 1970s. Supporters today say there is big potential to provide better, healthier meat by combining the best qualities of the two animals, in just the right amount.
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A series of virtual roundtable discussions are underway regarding the Waters of the United States definition. But the input might not change much about what comes next.
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Aerospace engineering major Dillon Ruble is graduating and on his way to work for Boeing, but not before he tries to be the best in the world at designing, folding and throwing a paper airplane.