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 recommendations of the Ferguson Commission are being touted as a potential roadmap to move forward in the St. Louis region after this year's...
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Updated Nov. 5, 2017 with a statement from Solar Roadways - The Idaho vendor that planned to work with the Missouri Department of Transportation on a...
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Some heavy equipment is pounding away this week at the rock in a section of the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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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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Updated June 14 at 1:10 p.m. with comment from lifelong acquaintance - Metro East residents are coming to terms with the notion that one of their...
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Updated May 4 at 7 p.m. with information about West Alton — Officials with the Rivers Pointe Fire Protection District are urging residents east of...
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Updated July 18 with deal closing - Panera Bread is no longer a locally-owned company. The $7.5 billion acquisition by European business group J-A-B...
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Updated Jan. 17 with comments from Bayer, Monsanto and Trump administration - More details are emerging about Bayer's possible acquisition of St. Louis...
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Updated at 3 p.m. Dec. 19 with news of the bill signing — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for 2,000...
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Monsanto shareholders have approved Bayer’s roughly $65 billion acquisition of the seed giant. The company said 99 percent of shareholders present...