Chris McDaniel
Chris McDaniel started at St. Louis Public Radio as a political reporter, predominantly covering the race between Senator Claire McCaskill and Congressman Todd Akin. Before coming to St. Louis, Chris worked at NPR stations in Louisville, Kentucky and Columbia, Missouri, and his work has been broadcast on NPR’s national newscasts. He is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri, where he studied journalism and political science. He is also the winner of the 2011 PAX East Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Chris enjoys dogs, anything by Cormac McCarthy, and listeners like you.
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This story has been updated to reflect events since it was initially published. A member of the grand jury that decided not to charge former Ferguson... -
(Will be updated.) A judge in St. Louis has ruled that Missouri's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Already several same-sex couples have... -
(Updated at 10:51 am, Thurs., Sept. 4 with further response from the Department of Corrections) In Ohio, the execution took 26 minutes, as the inmate... -
Updated at 8:45 a.m. to confirm officer-involved shooting. After a night of tense but peaceful protest, two shootings were reported in Ferguson early... -
"The people who did the damage to this store are not our customers,” Mike Jacob said, looking around his ransacked store. “100 percent not our customers... -
Missouri carried out another execution early Wednesday. It was the state's fifth this year, and the nation's second since Oklahoma botched an execution... -
Lobbyists spend nearly $1 million each year on gifts for Missouri lawmakers. The types of gifts vary greatly -- from expensive meals and drinks to... -
Oklahoma, a state with numerous ties to the controversy over Missouri's lethal injection procedures, on Tuesday night botched what the state had hoped... -
At 12:01 Wednesday morning, Missouri executed inmate Jeffrey Ferguson, marking the state's fifth execution in as many months. Ferguson was put to death... -
Wednesday's execution of Michael Taylor marked the state's fourth in as many months - a dramatic uptick from recent years. The state put Taylor to death...
