SGF NAACP/SPD supports Lights On
Springfield, MO – A partnership between the Springfield Police Department and Lights On! brings an innovative community-driven program to Springfield that replaces tickets with no-cost repair vouchers. Through the program, when a Springfield police officer conducts a routine traffic stop involving a mechanical violation (e.g., burned out light bulb, broken turn signal), instead of issuing […]
Zorian Black earns trip to DECA Nationals
Springfield, MO— High school student Zorian Black has achieved the title of State Qualifier in the Food Marketing Series with DECA. Additionally, he secured a second award as a National Qualifier for his Viking Venue Marketing Campaign. DECA, which stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America, is a program designed for high school and college […]
Honoring and Celebrating Women’s History Month
By Gwen Marshall, UniteNews Contributing Writer Every year, March is designated as Women’s History Month—a month dedicated to honoring women’s contributions in US history. Women’s History Month 2024 will take place from Friday, March 1 – Sunday, March 31, 2024. President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th, 1980 […]
Designing the road map for your business
By Nicki Donnelson UniteNews Contributing Writer Most of us wouldn’t begin a road trip without a plan, even if it’s flexible. We’d think about where we would like to visit, directions to get there, how much money we must spend and how long we can reasonably be gone. The most spontaneous individual might just go […]
Christa Jackson publishes books highlighting culturally diverse mathematicians
By Samuel Knox UniteNews Staff Writer “Empowering students to be learners and doers of mathematics and giving them the agency to do so” Christa Jackson, Ph.D., is currently a professor of educational studies at St Louis University. Prior to that appointment, Jackson worked as an assistant professor in the Department of STEM Education at the […]
Black Theaters and Theater Going
Written by: Joan Hampton-Porter Curator, History Museum on the Square From the 1910s through the 1930s there were a few exclusively Black theaters in Springfield. The Springfield Greene County Library has a listing for an unnamed Black theater at Phelps and Jefferson around 1911. The Ritz was located in the 300 block of Boonville in […]
BHM Winter 2024 Summit Rewind Kidney Health: It Takes 2 – You and Your Doctor
Presented by: Dr. Eugene E. Wright, Jr., Dr. Patrick Gee, PhD, Thelma B., Noelle Bush Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim / Lilly Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly partnered with hip-hop pioneer Rob Base on a campaign to convert his classic hit “It Takes Two” into a healthy rallying cry. The “It Takes Two” campaign promotes the idea that […]
The Library Announces Annual One Read Book and Activities
The Springfield-Greene County Library annually selects a special book for the community to enjoy together. This year’s selection is “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. Charming, witty and deceptively sensitive, Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” follows an unlikely connection between a widow and a Giant Pacific Octopus residing at the local aquarium. Written […]
BHM Winter 2024 Summit Rewind: Vaccines: A Discussion About Solutions for Staying Healthy
Presented by: Dr. Lynn Paxton, Kendal K. Whitlock, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Lee Woodall, Nicole Adams (Moderator) Sponsored by Merck Misinformation about vaccines has allowed new variants of new viruses and a host of nearly eradicated diseases to thrive in a culture of ignorance and fear. Dr. Darlene Ruffin-Alexander, Dr. Lynn Paxton, an international scholar who […]
BHM Winter 2024 Summit Rewind ELREXFIO, a newer BCMA-Directed Bispecific Immunotherapy for Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Presented by: Erinn Goldman, PhD Sponsored by Pfizer Dr. Erinn Goldman, Ph.D., Global Medical Director, Multiple Myeloma at Pfizer, shared information on promising new therapies for treating multiple myeloma. She explained that there are treatments available for versions of the white blood cancer that tends to recur. She shared information about the patients in the […]
