ALTON - Meme Evans loves building relationships with her students. This is one of Evans’s strengths as a fourth grade teacher at West Elementary School in the Alton Community Unit School District #11. This Teacher Appreciation Week, she remembers why she started working in the education field and her passion for helping students succeed. “My favorite part of the job is building relationships with the students. They are all unique and have something to teach me,” she said.
ALTON - Joy Sawyer didn’t always expect to become a teacher, but she has definitely found the right path for her. Sawyer is a K–1 Special Education Instructional Class teacher at Lovejoy Elementary School in the Alton Community Unit School District #11. This Teacher Appreciation Week, she is grateful for the decisions and experiences that led her to this career so she can help students shine. “Teachers are many things to a student, really, to a family,” Sawyer said.
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks was one of the special musical guests at Monday night’s Met Gala in New York, where she shared the stage with pop…
The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated […]
The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]
Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s Independence Day—and that single mix-up explains why the holiday can feel confusing on both sides of the border. The date marks a specific battle, fought in a specific place, under pressure from a much bigger global story. Over time, it turned into a symbol of pride and resistance in Mexico, then grew into a broader celebration of Mexican heritage in the United States. Understanding its roots makes the day feel less like a party theme and more lik
In the early 1800s, Europe was reshaping itself after years of war, and May 5 carried one of those turning points. In 1818, Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of Saint Helena. His rise had helped spread new ideas about law and government, while his wars redrew borders and left deep scars across the continent and beyond. At the time, his death closed a chapter that many Europeans had lived through as a constant crisis. Over the long term, the debates his career sparked—about
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the road in each of the states it traverses, passing by vintage diners, gas stations and motels — many since preserved or restored — along with breathtaking vistas and wide horizons of the open road.
The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]
Good news if you really enjoy corporatism, autocracy, propaganda and a violently misinformed electorate! The U.S. has fallen to sixty-fourth place (now below Ukraine) in the annual Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. As corrupt, oligarch-coddled authoritarians the world over continue to enjoy their moment in the sun, journalism (aka the “enemy of […]
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Lt. Brittaney Hughes, whose family lives in Fenton, Mo., serves the U.S. Navy assigned to U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hughes graduated from Lee’s Summit North High School in 2012. Additionally, Hughes earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Missouri in 2016 and a master's in nursing in 2022 from Liberty University. Hughes joined the Navy 10 years ago. “I joined the Navy to practice
A 17-year-old from Vandalia was killed and two others were injured in a crash Monday evening in Pike County when a Chrysler PT Cruiser lost control and struck a Cadillac XTS.
Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]
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