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'Hundreds of victims can now begin to heal': Former Agape Boarding School student reacts to news of its closing

2 years 2 months ago
A Missouri boarding school for boys labeled the “Christian Reform School from Hell” by Rolling Stone magazine has announced it will be closing this month. In a statement obtained by KSDK, Bryan Clemensen, who until November had been director of the Agape Boarding School, wrote: Robert Bucklin said he spent five years at the Baptist facility in Stockton, Missouri, and was the victim of abuse there. “After years of fighting for justice, justice has finally prevailed,” he said moments after…
Christine Byers, KSDK

St. Louis-based grocery chain's parent company refinances debt

2 years 2 months ago
Moran Foods LLC, the St. Ann-based parent company of the Save A Lot grocery business, said it has completed a debt refinancing that will provide it with more liquidity and operational flexibility while lowering its borrowing costs. Moran said last week in a press release that effective Dec. 30, the company closed on the refinancing of debt facilities put in place at the time of the company's 2020 restructuring. The refinancing includes a new $200 million, five-year asset-based lending (ABL) credit…
Diana Barr

UMSL names new academic chief

2 years 2 months ago
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has named Steven Berberich as its vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. Berberich has been serving in the post on an interim basis since September 2021 and was chosen to hold the post on a permanent basis after a nationwide search, officials said Tuesday. He had been named to a two-year interim appointment after Marie Mora stepped down in August 2021 as UMSL's executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost to take a role as associate…
Diana Barr

More than 6,000 delayed flights after huge FAA outage

2 years 2 months ago
The Federal Aviation Administration says air traffic operations are gradually resuming across the U.S. after a critical overnight system outage. The agency had ordered all domestic departures to pause until 9 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, causing a nationwide ripple effect of flight delays and cancellations.  "Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews," the FAA said…
Chris McCrory and Val Lick, TEGNA