St. Louis will offer no‑cost full‑day camps, free pool access and paid youth employment programs this summer to keep kids active and ease family budgets.

About 36,000 Build-A-Bear Heartwarming Hugs bears were recalled after a zipper slider on a weighted pouch was found to detach and create a choking hazard. The company is offering refunds and free return shipping.

Students and teachers in Rockwood say Missouri’s bell-to-bell phone ban has made lunches livelier and classrooms more focused. Early reaction from schools is mostly positive.