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Originally published on January 11, 2021 8:37 pm It was 1979 when Terri Krueger was hired at KSDK. Fresh out of journalism school at Mizzou, she was determined to work as a news photographer in her hometown. There was just one catch: No woman had ever done that. So Krueger took a job as a production assistant at KSDK, going out with the crews at night without pay to prove herself. In just one year, the news director offered her a job. But, she recalled, he had three conditions: take the worst shift, start at the bottom of the payscale and be willing to do anything a man would do.

Originally published on December 18, 2020 7:35 pm On Tuesday, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams agreed to delay for one month the school board vote on a plan to close 10 schools and transition another. Adams had asked for the closures in light of declining enrollment. But activists, alumni and local politicians have pushed back on the closure plans, claiming they were rushed and came with too little public notice. The city’s Board of Aldermen voted 19-1 on a resolution opposing the plan. Now, Adams said on St. Louis on the Air, those critics have a chance to step up. He...