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Dunbar Elementary School Principal Heads To The Roof

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 6:17pm
Dunbar Elementary School Principal Heads To The Roof

(KTVI) – The principle of Dunbar Elementary School will be spending some time on the schools roof Friday.  The principal lost a bet with the school’s students in a reading challenge. 

Principal Carla Cunigan, challenged the students to read 6,000 books for this school year.  Well, the student easily beat that, by reading 7,000 books.

The school is one of three St. Louis Public Schools that have partnered with Wells Fargo Advisors, who provided tutors, purchased and implemented the reading program for Dunbar.  The online programs showed reading levels at the school increased in all grade levels, 1st-6th and vocabulary for pre-school and kindergarten students.

Friday, May 10th, Principal Cunigan will present awards to the schools top readers, host a dinner for all the schools students and climb to the roof at 7:00 pm.

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Cold Cases: Police Still Searching For Missing Missouri Kids

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 5:12pm
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This Week's Mug Shots: 04/28/13

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 2:03pm
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St. Louis Crime Rate Rap

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 10:12am

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Liz Schranck and Vanessa Woods are journalism students at Washington University. They created a video that’s getting a lot attention explaining the crime statistics in St. Louis.

They joined Tim to tell him why they made the video and what kind of reaction they are getting to it.

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Video: Wash U. Students Rap About St. Louis’ High Crime Stats

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Police Chief Opposed To Drone Bill Amendment

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 2:10pm

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – A tweet heated up debate over a little-known bill moving through the Missouri legislature. One lawmaker says Missouri House Bill 46 would protect farmers from unmanned drones.  One police chief said an amendment to that bill could put lives at risk.

St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch said police helicopters fly over the region most of the day.

“What if you have a child that’s lost…and we know that many children will wander into the neighbor’s pool and drown before you can find them?” said Police Chief Tim Fitch.

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Buy A Budweiser, Support Military Families

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Sunday, May 5th, 2013, 1:10pm

ST. LOUIS (KTVI)- Starting Sunday, every Budweiser sold through July 4 will benefit military families. For every case of Budweiser sold from May 5 to July 4, the King of Beers will make a donation up to $1 million to the Folds Of Honor Foundation. To kick off the program, the Anheuser-Busch Foundation donated an additional $500,000, with a total of $1.5 million possible for Folds of Honor.

Since 2010, Budweiser has raised more than $5 million for the Folds Of Honor Foundation and provided more than 1,000 educational scholarships to the families of soldiers killed or disabled in service.

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100 Innings Of Softball For A Cause

Submitted by KTVI-KPLR Staff
Sunday, May 5th, 2013, 8:08am

(KTVI)- The second annual SWAT vs. The World 100 inning softball game is coming up. Current and former members of the St. Louis Police SWAT unit will again be partnering with the Marines of Always Brothers, Inc. in support of One Mind for Research, a non-profit organization committed to the study and treatment of PTSD and TBI. Both military members and law enforcement often suffer from both.

The teams are set, but participants are hoping to fill the stands. They will be accepting donations and selling barbeque and t-shirts.

The long day of softball will be Saturday May 11th, starting at 8:00 a.m. The games will be played on the Aviation Field in Forest Park.

More information: 100 Innings For One Mind Website

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