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At the Corey Seibert Invitational on Saturday, April 13, 2019 Hazelwood Central’s Danielle Frank (right) won the girls 100-meters with a time of 12:23. Sandrea Cogio from Gateway (left) finished at 12:72 and Keosha Rogers from Valley Park (center) finished at 13.27.
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Tia Latimer (a senior at McCluer North High School), Alyssiah Santano (a senior at McCluer North High School) and Khaliah Booker (a senior at McCluer High School) spoke at the Ferguson Youth Initiative’s 2019 Empower Youth Jazz Brunch fundraiser on April 6, which raised more than $30,000 to benefit the its youth programs and community service projects. The youth were recognized for their contributions as graduating Ferguson Youth Advisory Board members.
FYI is striving to forge enduring partnerships with local businesses, organizations and school districts to create more job and internship opportunities for young people. For more information or to get involved, contact FYI Executive Director Aaron M. Harris at 314-749-5379.
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Better Family Life’s Kuumba Youth Performance Ensemble ( KYPE), were among the young troupes whose performances paid tribute to African and African-American styles of movement during the culminating concert of Black Dance – USA Saturday, April 3 at The Sun Theatre in Grand Center.
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Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia tweeted this photo on April 16, noting, “For the first time in history the Board of Aldermen has 14 women and 14 men elected. Welcome, @schubbard26! #WhenWomenLead.”
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Karessa V. Morrow, a teacher at Wedgwood Elementary School, will sign her first book Ring the Bell: Literacy Is Everyone’s Problem 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Maryland Heights Community Center.
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Karessa V. Morrow, a teacher at Wedgwood Elementary School, will sign her first book Ring the Bell: Literacy Is Everyone’s Problem 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Maryland Heights Community Center.
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Tiger Woods -
Tiger Woods -
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has committed $100 million over the next decade to provide scholarships allowing as many as half of its future medical students to attend tuition-free and many other students to receive partial tuition support
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Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, Illinois hosted the Cahokia High School Exploring Post on Saturday, April 6. Doctors, nurses, and administrators taught students about health care, with hands-on demonstrations on how to suture, dissect, intubate. Real medical equipment and other simulations will be used for hands-on learning.
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Preschooler’s from Dunbar Elementary School parade through the Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood to bring attention to the school trying to remain open for the upcoming school year.
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Normandy music teacher Suzanne Palmer performs a routine with her class at Jefferson Elementary School. Palmer is also the choir director for the Community Gospel Choir of St. Louis.
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Kevin Durant and Patrick Beverley were both ejected from Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs. Beverley then helped agitate Durant into nine turnovers and six fouls in Game 2.
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Claressa Shields defeated Christina Hammer Saturday night to become the undisputed women’s middleweight champion of the world.
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Leroy Shumpert, president of 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis, recognized the SIUE Collegiate 100 Chapter recently for boosting its membership, increasing its collective GPA, participating in professional and leadership development opportunities, and engaging in more than 250 hours of community service. The SIUE Collegiate 100 Chapter was formed April 20, 2015 in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson. Left to right: Dustin Judge-Hayes, Vernon Smith, Justin Truman, President Braxton McCarroll, Patrick Bowman, Trystin Nance and founding member Reginald Hamilton.
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David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, with Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Petty Motorsports, sponsored by WWT.