The Nine Network’s documentary Gentlemen of Vision has been selected for this year’s American Film Showcase (AFS), a film diplomacy program of the United States State Department. Gentlemen of Vision tells the story of a ground-breaking step team from St. Louis. The step team includes students from several St. Louis area school districts and was […]
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Patrick C. Whitener graduates from basic military training
Patrick C. Whitener graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas as U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class. He completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He is a 2011 graduate of McCluer North High School.
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Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre holding job fair on Saturday, March 2
Outdoor concert venue Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre is holding a job fair tomorrow (Saturday, March 2) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 14141 Riverport Drive. The venue is hiring for several positions for their season. Security, ushers, ticket takers, housekeeping, parking attendants, box office and maintenance are just some of the positions available. Prospective employees […]
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St. Louis born actor Nathaniel Taylor, best known for ‘Sanford and Son’ role passes at 80
Nathaniel Taylor, the actor best known for portraying the smooth talking Rollo on fellow St. Louis native Red Foxx’s hit sitcom “Sanford and Son” passed away on Feb. 27. He was 80 years old. His death was announced on social media by his friend, the music promoter Alonzo Williams. Williams said Taylor was hospitalized on […]
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Sheila D. Pearson elected chair of the Board of Directors for CAASTLC
Sheila D. Pearson was elected chair of the Board of Directors for the Community Action Agency of St. Louis County, Inc. (CAASTLC). She is director of Operations for REJIS (Regional Justice Information Service) Commission and a retired lieutenant with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. As board chair, she will support the agency’s mission to […]
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Climate change is a growing global health crisis
Last year was officially proclaimed the fourth-warmest on record; scientists predict that melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland could not only raise sea levels but further destabilize weather patterns; and progressive members of Congress are proposing a “Green New Deal,” the first policy framework ambitious enough to meet the challenge of global warming. Climate change […]
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KIPP St. Louis receives charter renewal
KIPP St. Louis, a public charter school network that educates nearly 2,000 students in the City of St. Louis, has been awarded renewal of its charter through the 2023-2024 academic year by the Missouri State Board of Education. Washington University in St. Louis, its sponsor, was instrumental, along with a group of local business leaders in […]
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Clay says Cohen hearing should be a wake-up call for Americans about Trump
(St. Louis Public Radio) – As a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay had a prominent place in the nationally televised hearings of Michael Cohen. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer spent most of Wednesday making a series of accusations against his former boss. And the issue the […]
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Sumner Football — the greatest program in St. Louis history — might get sacked
(St. Louis Public Radio) – Tory Russell has been roaming the halls and cafeteria of Sumner High School in a maroon Bulldogs hoodie, a laptop open in his hands. He has one question for every boy he finds: “Wanna play football?” Russell, an assistant coach, is fervently trying to save St. Louis’ winningest high-school football […]
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Albert Harrold received a 2019 Inspiring Teachers award
Albert Harrold received a 2019 Inspiring Teachers award from The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis. He is a science teacher at McCluer South-Berkeley High. The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis – a partnership of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, the Saint Louis Science Center and EducationPlus – provides simulated space missions and other science education programs.