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SLU medical students each year conduct a memorial service to honor those who donated themselves to the school’s gift body program, which uses cadavers for research and instruction. This year, 372 people donated their bodies to the school so students learning to be doctors, physical therapists, physician assistants and other health professionals can study them.

The program to erase student loan debts for millions of borrowers hit a brick wall Thursday when it was blocked by a U.S. District Court judge. The administration quickly appealed the decision.

Preliminary results from the Army Corps of Engineers contradict a recent report from a private firm that found “unacceptable levels” of radioactive contamination in the Jana Elementary school.

St. Louis Archdiocese leadership said feedback from the community highlighted the need to postpone plans to close schools.

A day after her family laid Alexzandria Bell to rest, hundreds of students, teachers, parents and other supporters gathered Sunday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to pay tribute to Bell and teacher Jean Kuczka. They died last month during an attack on the school.

Hundreds have gathered to honor teacher Jean Kuczka and 15-year-old Alexzandria Bell, who were both killed in a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts last month.

Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are set to start virtual instruction on Wednesday and return to in-person learning the following week or by the end of the month at the latest. There is no timeline yet for their counterparts at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to return to class, whether in person or virtually.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Cathedral Basilica on Monday to honor Jean Kuczka, the teacher who lost her life last week when a gunman shot her and a student during an attack at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis. “The world is truly a better place because of Jean,” said her son Stephen Kuczka Jr.

Family members of the gunman who killed two and wounded several others during a shooting rampage at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School recently asked police to take a gun from the home, interim St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Michael Sack said Wednesday. They also had been monitoring his mental health and helped him get treatment and medication.

Alexzandria Bell, 15, was killed Monday in a school shooting in St. Louis. Friends and loved ones remember her as a vibrant person who loved to dance.