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St. Louis Public Schools vote to sponsor Confluence Academies

2 years 6 months ago
During its meeting Tuesday, St. Louis’ Board of Education approved a partnership agreement to sponsor Confluence Academies for four years. The agreement means Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) will provide oversight for the Confluence schools, which will still be governed by an independent board. Confluence's current sponsor, the University of Missouri-Columbia, is ending its sponsorship of charter schools after this school year. Charter schools are tuition-free schools of choice that are publicly…
Travis Cummings, KSDK

Prosecutors in St. Louis sentenced Lamar Johnson to life. Now they're trying to free him

2 years 6 months ago
This week, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has been making its case to overturn the conviction of Lamar Johnson. Johnson has spent the last 28 years serving a life sentence for murder – and was sent there by the same prosecutor’s office that’s now working to exonerate him. St. Louis Public Radio justice reporter Rachel Lippmann breaks down the case, and the story behind what one attorney has called a "historic moment in this court."

Khalilia Spitz Is Art Fahrner-Edward Jones Alton High School Remarkable Redbird of the Month  

2 years 6 months ago
ALTON - Junior Khalilia (Khas) Spitz is the Art Fahrner-Edward Jones Remarkable Redbird of the Month. Khas carries a full load of honors classes and participates in the music program while maintaining a 4.4 GPA and still finds time to be a leader of GSA at Alton High School. She was also selected to be one of this year's representatives to the Riverbend Growth Association Young Adults Committee. In a recent conversation, Khas mentioned that being a part of the Riverbend Growth Association is "super cool." Khas added, "I get to speak with a lot of business owners, and I get to see people who are passionate about giving back." Khas said that some of the local organizations they are working with are the Madison County Family Ministries, Tree House Center, Alton Little Theater, and also Kreative Kids. Khas mentioned that the RBGA Young Adults Committee consists of about 30 members, and they meet about once a month. Other members come from other Riverbend schools including Marquette Catholic

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Soldiers Memorial Vietnam War Exhibit Honors Service and Sacrifice

2 years 6 months ago
The first thing the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum’s latest exhibition asks viewers to do is choose between two tracks: “At War” or “At Home.” It might seem like an odd setup for an exhibition with a goal to portray a holistic history of the Vietnam War.
Kasey Noss

Elon’s Promise Not To Ban Account Tracking His Jet Didn’t Last Very Long At All; Also Bans Guy’s Personal Account

2 years 6 months ago
Hilarious Update: A few minutes ago, the @ElonJet account returned to Twitter, but that came about 20 minutes after Elon himself justified the ban, saying it violated the company’s (new) doxxing policies (see the original update to this story at the bottom. Hilarious Update 2: And, a couple hours later, the account was suspended a […]
Mike Masnick

All-You-Can-Tag

2 years 6 months ago

Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.

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Former WW II POW Robert Ryan Remains An Alton Treasure At Age 99

2 years 6 months ago
ALTON - Robert Ryan of Alton is not an everyday 99-year-old. Ryan, truly a River Bend treasure, recently appeared on C.J. Nasello’s Our Daily Show on Riverbender.com. Nasello has guests every day Monday through Friday on Riverbender.com . During the program, Ryan was asked about his capture as a POW in May 1944 when his B17 4-Engine Bomber was hit head-on by an enemy air attack, damaging engine No. 2 of four engines. Ryan said he was a navigator on the plane, and he said they discovered they were 200 miles from Switzerland and Sweden, but also 200 miles from France, which was still occupied. “I knew we were in trouble,” Ryan said. “Because I was the navigator, I parachuted out of the plane first. It took a while to land. I thought to myself, ‘how am I going to get back to Illinois.'" As soon as Ryan hit the ground, he said: “A guy was aiming a rifle at me. He had been firing at me from about 1,000 feet down. Thank God he did not pull the trigger

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