Living St. Louis Video – Credit Counseling

Producer Ruth Ezell visits Laurie Ferrer. In this segment of ‘Facing the Financial Crises,’ Ferrer discusses steps to improve credit scores and ways to lower interest rates through online services. She currently works at University Pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Children’s hospital. She wants to help others get out of credit card debt and find ways [...]

School Sisters of Notre Dame

By Ruth Ezell
Watch this story on an all-new Living St. Louis on Monday, November 17 at 7 p.m.
What many people know about women of religious orders is often limited to theatrical productions like “Nunsense”.  But the contributions of these selfless individuals are far greater than you may realize.  I was deeply impressed by what I [...]

Living St. Louis Video – Campaign Buttons

Originally broadcast 11/3/08:
Patrick Murphy tours the new exhibit, Persuasive Politics at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art. The collection features rare campaign memorabilia from elections over the past 200 years.

Living St. Louis Video – Jazz Festival Volunteer

Originally broadcast 5/5/08:
Ruth Ezell visits with three very different but connected jazz musicians to find out what music means to them. Wynton Marsalis is one of the world’s best trumpet players, and when he preformed at the St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2004 he encouraged festival volunteer Andre Brown to learn to play. [...]

Jazz Festival Volunteer

I’m very grateful for the opportunity to meet so many bright, creative and caring people through my work. I met several in the course of developing this week’s story, and the person who ended up making the biggest impression on me played a minor role on camera. Terry Williams is the father of four boys, [...]

Living St. Louis Video – Highway 40

Originally broadcast 4/17/06:
Patrick Murphy looks at the history of Interstate 64/Highway 40 and the construction in its future. Beginning in 2007, more than 12 miles of this heavily traveled highway will be revamped.

Living St. Louis Video – Techno Art

Originally broadcast 4/10/06:
Patrick Murphy visits the St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum, where multi-media art is on display. The art portrays life in America through sculpture, performance, music and video.

Living St. Louis Video – PHL Inc.

Originally broadcast 3/20/06:
Anne-Marie Berger looks at the much needed improvements made to football fields and athletic facilities in the St. Louis Public School District. PHL Inc. (Public High School League), a non-profit organization formed by area businessmen, is working to fix the poor condition of these facilities—such as the muddy football field at Gateway Magnet [...]

Living St. Louis Video – Charles Guggenheim

Originally broadcast 10/26/05:
Jim Kirchherr remembers the life and career of Charles Guggenheim, one of the key founders of KETC/Channel 9. After he was fired by the board of directors in 1954, Charles went on to make several films including the first political documentaries for television and Monument to the Dream—which can be seen everyday at [...]

Living St. Louis Video – Iain Fraser

Originally broadcast 10/25/05:
Ruth Ezell catches up architect and sculpture artist, Iain Fraser. Originally from Canada, he came to St. Louis to attend Washington University—where he now teaches other budding architects his skill. Fraser believes that an approach of form, more so than logic, inspires his work. Ruth had a chance to learn more about the [...]