ROXANA - Bosten Tinnon is the latest Shine Like Spencer Kindness Award winner at Roxana High School. This is the fifth year of presenting the honor. The Shine Like Spencer Kindness Award is presented annually to a Roxana High School senior by the Bacus family in honor of their son Spencer Bacus. Spencer was born with a rare birth defect called Giant Congenital Nevus (GCN) which covered most of his body. Despite the life-long health challenges it caused, he never let it deter him from living a full and lovely life. Even after his first cancer diagnosis in 2013, he came back with a vengeance and became a bodybuilder. Unfortunately, he succumbed to the disease in 2018. Spencer's brain and spinal cord were donated to aid in the research of what causes GCN. Spencer's brother, Oliver, described Spencer as follows: "My brother Spencer graduated from Roxana High School in 2012. During his career as a student, he emerged as a leader amongst his classmates and within the school. He served
It’s no secret that Twitter isn’t paying many of its bills, including the rent for its headquarters. That was rumored last fall, but became much more clear when the landlords sued the company in January. Now a new lawsuit, filed last week by six former employees, provides a lot more details on Elon’s view of, […]
This new exhibition will take guests on an immersive journey sharing history of South Africa and Mandela’s life story, from his youth in the Xhosa kingdom to his time as a world leader.
Yesterday, as many as 30 cars parked were broken into near Busch Stadium as the Cardinals played the Dodgers. According to KSDK, the break-ins occurred at several parking lots around the stadium, including on South Broadway, Clark Avenue and South 4th Street. Last fall, a Board of Aldermen bill attempted to make parking more secure on lots like those around the stadium.
Matt Yglesias on Twitter: What I do think is true, though, is that: — Under any tactics, Biden would have ended up agreeing to meaningful cuts in discretionary spending. — The case *on the merits* for austerity budgeting is a much stronger today than it was in 2011 — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 22, 2023 ...continue reading "Austerity budgeting? Really?"
Josh Hawley, conservative Missouri Republican, and Dick Durbin, liberal Illinois Democrat, join forces make tech companies liable for child porn on sites.
The Center for Developmentally Disabled is building four-bedroom family houses across Kansas City that are designed to help people with disabilities live with greater independence. The new homes will include automatic doors. The ceilings will be outfitted with lift and track systems to make it easier for a caretaker to get someone with limited mobility […]
Torkwase Dyson’s artwork engages urgent issues regarding architecture, infrastructure and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis, bringing them into conversation with historical and contemporary reflections on the
On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching
On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until Aug. 6, African Modernism in America is the first major traveling exhibition to examine the complex connection between modern African
With return of baseball in April, Cardinal flagship radio station sees more than 40% bump in overall audience and jumps into top five in Nielsen ratings.
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