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St. Mary's Student Is "Mayor for the Day"

2 years 8 months ago
GLEN CARBON - May 25, 2022: St. Mary’s student, Lucas Frohnert, was Mayor for the day for The Villiage of Glen Carbon. He won this experience at the 2022 St. Mary’s School PTC Auction. Thank you Mayor Bob Marcus for donating this amazing experience. The Event Chair, Elizabeth Moody, explains, “It is incredibly generous of Mayor Marcus to not only donate this incredible experience but to take the time to plan such a meaningful and neat day for one of our students. Experience-based items like what Mr. Marcus donated are what make our auction successful, fun, and memorable.” With the help of Mayor Marcus and so many other local businesses, parents, donors, and school & parish families the St. Mary’s Auction was able to raise over $140k and will be building a brand new playground.

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FreightWeekSTL: Union Pacific Railroad Continues to Adapt and Invest to Keep Freight Moving

2 years 8 months ago

An unprecedented disruption in the global supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic is still having a major impact on many U.S. industries. Freight rail has had to adapt daily over the last two years to keep goods moving, and Union Pacific Railroad is taking its lessons learned, investing in adding more capacity and committing to moving more intermodal freight. That commitment includes investing $600 million of capital in 2022 alone as the company works to add more than one million lifts to the intermodal franchise and ramps up hiring so resources match demand. The various ways that Union Pacific continues to adapt and invest to keep freight moving were the focus of one of the panel discussions during FreightWeekSTL 2022.

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Families of People Killed by Law Enforcement Demand Police Reforms

2 years 8 months ago
It’s been three years since Tammy Bufford’s son was shot and killed by St. Louis police in a dark south city gangway. On the day that would have been Cortez Bufford’s 27th birthday, Tammy Bufford and four others who lost family members to police violence stood on the steps of St. Louis City Hall to demand police reform. [content-2] Bereaved speakers brought various demands, from reparations to a ban on no-knock warrants.
Monica Obradovic

72-year-old man hit and killed by teen driver in Oakville

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A 72-year-old man died Tuesday night when he was hit by a vehicle in Oakville. The incident happened at about 6:33 p.m. in the 3200 block of Country Hollow Drive. The man was taken to the hospital for life-saving treatment, but he died from his injuries. A 16-year-old remained at [...]
Monica Ryan

FTC Politely Asks Education Companies If They Would Maybe Stop Spying On Kids

2 years 8 months ago
If you hadn’t noticed, the U.S. doesn’t give much of a shit about this whole privacy thing. Our privacy regulators are comically and intentionally understaffed and underfunded, we still have no meaningful privacy law for the Internet era, and when regulators do act, it’s generally months after the fact with penalties that are easily laughed […]
Karl Bode