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Social Club Thursdays
Join us every Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30pm for fun with friends and networking with likeminded professionals. Each week’s social hours are surrounded by games, drinks, discussions and more!
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Man charged after 3-year-old accidentally shot
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged a 48-year-old man after a 3-year-old was seriously injured earlier this week in an accidental shooting.
Kwame Building Group Hires Senior Project Manager and Project Engineer
Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Stan Richardson as Senior Project Manager and Majid Naseh as Project Engineer. Stan Richardson has 15 years of industry experience in new construction and renovation for healthcare, K-12 and higher education facilities as well as transportation and public works projects. He is overseeing the City of St. Louis […]
Researcher Said Apprentices Should be Trained to Address Stress, Mental Health Support Needed
A recently published study on work:life balance for construction apprentices concludes that apprentices should be provided with tools like trainings on stress management and self-care habits such as meditation, yoga, and proper sleep and diet. It further suggested that community mental health workers and directed efforts by management and labor organizations to impact worker mental […]
Educators honored during Washington University 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
The 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event honored Dr. Kelvin R. Adams, retired St. Louis Public School District superintendent, and Dr. Deidra Thomas-Murray, Students in Transition Coordinator and foster care liaison for St. Louis Public School District…
Beyond the Gates: African Americans at Bellefontaine
Join Dan Fuller, Event and Volunteer Coordinator at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, for a public presentation off-site. Beyond the Gates: African Americans at Bellefontaine Founded in 1849, Bellefontaine
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Thieves strike again at Stray Rescue's upcoming building
Thieves return to the scene of the crime overnight and break in again at the Stray Rescue of St. Louis' new south St. Louis facility.
Missouri winery owner to receive 2023 Horatio Alger Award
A Missouri vintner and entrepreneur was one of 13 individuals chosen to receive the 2023 award from the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit membership-based educational organization that has provided more than $245 million in student scholarships since 1984.
Search continues for 5 St. Francois County Jail escapees
The US Marshals are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of the escapees.
Federal student loan programs are antiquated, insufficient and in dire need of change
The first federal student aid program in the United States, the National Defense Education Act, was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 — six years before the Civil Rights Act federally ended “Jim Crow'' laws across the nation. The Higher Education Act of 1965, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, followed the Civil Rights Act, and while codified into law, American citizens and lawmakers still struggled with equality. Nick Hillman, professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shares his theories on the slow progress to update federal student aid and provide relief to student loan debt.
Former state official blasts Missouri’s handling of human trafficking cases
People tasked with addressing human trafficking "are not properly trained, equipped, qualified and/or motivated," says a former state official.
Infrastructure Ramp-Up Demands Collaboration on Workforce
by Jeremy Bennett, SITE Improvement Association The $2.3 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed by Congress last October promises $621 billion in new transportation infrastructure construction work and $689 billion for buildings and utilities projects for contractors across the country. While the exact amount coming to Missouri may not be known for at […]
Material that led to exposure concerns at prison in Hillsboro, Illinois, was baby powder, nasal spray
Dear Supreme Court: Judicial Curtailing Of Section 230 Will Make The Internet Worse
Every amicus brief the Copia Institute has filed has been important. But the brief filed today is one where all the marbles are at stake. Up before the Supreme Court is Gonzalez v. Google, a case that puts Section 230 squarely in the sights of the Court, including its justices who have previously expressed serious […]
Former Express Scripts subsidiary moves away from UMSL campus to its own office space
The company will occupy will a full floor of a four-story building, totaling 32,000 square feet.
Special Olympics Missouri athlete selected to compete at SO World Games Berlin
A longtime athlete has been selected to represent Special Olympics Missouri and Special Olympics USA at the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, according to a release from SOMO.
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