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Glen Carbon Woman Shares Her Search for a Kidney

2 years 6 months ago
GLEN CARBON - Jean Sommer remembers the day she got home from the hospital, the first time she was told she would need an organ transplant. There were 14 stairs leading to her bedroom. Her husband held her arms and lifted her up. Her son had wrapped a belt around her chest to keep her upright. Her daughter knelt at her feet, lifting each foot up the stairs, step by step. Two months before, she had become septic through complications of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and polycystic liver disease (PLD). She would go on to receive a liver transplant in August 2016. Now in 2023, Sommer is once again facing a transplant list. PKD has affected her kidneys, and she has a seven- to nine-year wait before she could receive a kidney transplant from a deceased donor. Hoping to avoid dialysis, Sommer is searching for a living donor who would be willing to donate a kidney now. “I knew this day was coming,” Sommer said. “But it always surprises people

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Coloring STL

2 years 6 months ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in […]

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Jim Murphy (2023)

2 years 6 months ago
State Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis County, joins STLPR's Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about veto session, a committee examining the earnings tax, and what to expect during the 2024 legislative session.

List: haunted houses opening for the 2023 season metro St. Louis area

2 years 6 months ago
Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange? It's fall! And you know what that means – haunted houses! Are you ready to get your spook on? Check out these haunted houses with opening dates in September that will continue to thrill throughout the spooky season. 
Liz Dowell

Why one Missouri Republican is leading the push to scale back the state's abortion law

2 years 6 months ago
Jamie Corley founded the Missouri Women and Family Research Fund in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs decision, which led to Missouri’s ban on most abortions. Corley, a Republican who has worked for several high-profile GOP lawmakers, has put forth six ballot initiative petitions that would chip away at the state’s ban. She shares the details of her proposals and makes the case that the current abortion law is too extreme for most Missouri conservatives.

39 Years Later, Stop Making Sense Is as Exuberant and Wonderful as Ever

2 years 6 months ago
I still remember stumbling in late to a press screening of Stop Making Sense, arriving right when David Byrne was stumbling around the stage his damn self. It was 1999, and the beloved Talking Heads concert film, directed by Oscar winner Jonathan Demme, was getting a 15th-anniversary re-release.
Craig D. Lindsey

St. Louis leaders battling to hold downtown Railway Exchange Building owner accountable for public safety concerns

2 years 6 months ago
St. Louis Building Commissioner Frank Oswald peered in through a hole in a board at the Railway Exchange Building that his department was supposed to repair Wednesday and was instantly brought back in time. “This door led into the men’s department,” he said, recalling the high school and college days he spent working at the Famous Barr that was once inside the massive historic structure in the middle of downtown St. Louis. It takes up an entire city block. And now, Oswald says it also takes…
Christine Byers and Jacob Kuerth, KSDK