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Armed teens carjack pizza delivery driver in St. Louis, steal SUV

1 year ago
ST. LOUIS – A pizza delivery driver says he was carjacked by a group of armed teens in the Carr Square Neighborhood around 7 p.m. Friday night. The 36-year-old victim told officers he had just finished a delivery when a white Hyundai Elantra pulled into the parking lot. He says the suspects got out with [...]
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SIUE's Nicole Franklin and her Mother, SIUE Alumna Irene Franklin, Illuminate Pages of American History in Delightful New Children’s Picture Book

1 year ago
EDWARDSVILLE - The reading voices ran the scale from sounding strong to resolute, excited to pensive, and were punctuated with masterful and melodious tunes along the way. They relayed an old, important American story with a new twist, as told through the words of a fictious child and her grandmother. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Communications Director Nicole Franklin and her mother, SIUE alumna Irene Franklin , captivated an audience with the reading of their book, “ Ella’s Sunday Song ,” on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in the University’s Lovejoy Library. Earlier that morning, the Franklins visited the SIUE Early Childhood Center to share their story. “Ella’s Sunday Song” is a children’s picture book introducing the Spiritual, a musical artform that emerged from centuries of slavery in the United States,” informed Franklin. Accompanying the Franklins, by singing the Black spiritual, “Steal Away (Steal Away

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