Sulbrena Day expanded her role as chief operating officer (COO) at Touchette Regional Hospital by assuming the chief nurse officer functions. She has been the COO since early 2017 and has been with the Touchette leadership team since 2004. Previously she served in numerous capacities through service at St. Mary’s and Kenneth Hall Regional hospitals.
Posted inInside sports
Referees love the game, one whistle at a time
As we embark on another high school basketball season, everyone will be concentrating on who will be the top players and top teams in the area. There is another group of dedicated people who are also ready to get after it this season on the court. They are the referees. These good folks may not […]
Posted inBusiness news
Free session with credit-building counselor on Nov. 29
Hey St. Louis! FICO is coming to town and, just like Santa Claus, in one evening you will receive a gift that will change you and your family’s future. This type of gift does not fit in a stocking or under a tree, but rather positively impacts almost every facet of daily life, now and […]
Posted inPeople on the move
Bernard Gilkey inducted in Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
Bernard Gilkey was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. A University City High School graduate, Gilkey played 12 seasons in the big leagues, including his first six (1990 to 1995) for the hometown St. Louis Cardinals. Overall, he hit 118 home runs, 244 doubles and drove in 546 runs in a career that […]
Posted inGuest columnists
Cut out the millennial condescension
Now that New York has elected Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress, it’s time to drop the snarky jabs about millennials. Ocasio-Cortez, 29, is worth celebrating. Young people are woefully underrepresented in governing roles, and their exuberance, fresh ideas and open minds could help them connect with a more diverse demographic. Yet in a society that is […]
Posted inLocal news
St. Louis Teacher Residency recruits adults to change careers and try teaching
A group of middle-aged adults is back in school this fall. This time, though, they’re at the front of the classroom learning how to be teachers. St. Louis Teacher Residency, launched over the summer, is recruiting adults to change careers to work in education, hoping their life experience and maturity will lead to less burnout […]
Posted inLiving It
Acclaimed author, STL native Jabari Asim returns with a breathtaking look at the black experience
Several years before the mere mention of a quaint municipality in St. Louis county became a flashpoint for the conversation on the broken relationship between black people and law enforcement, St. Louis native Jabari Asim was using his work as a talented wordsmith to express the aforementioned dysfunction. Two of his recent fiction works, “Only […]
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Three excellent executives
A department leader in a financial services firm, director of Talent and Inclusion at a food ingredient supplier, and vice president at a utility company will be recognizes as Salute to Excellence in Business awardees at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon on Friday, November 30. As […]
Posted inHomegrown black males
Living for myself and Demetri
Part of a year-long series, presented by The American and the Brown School at Washington University, on changing the narratives and outcomes of young black males in St. Louis. I grew up without my biological father. Not having that portion of my life caused distress and anger. I was constantly getting in trouble at school […]