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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

Stories from Kirkwood High School
Turning the page
Features

Allie Caffey | April 17, 2025

Welcoming shoppers from all around St. Louis, a bookstore sits amongst the shops in Webster. Inside, the shelves are lined with books and merchandise from several authors and art sellers. Holland Saltsman,…

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KHS cashing in
News

Desmond O’Connor | February 27, 2025

What are your plans for a typical Friday after the last class of the week? Would it be hanging out with your friends through the night? tending to your stacks of homework from half a dozen of your classes?…

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Burned but not broken
Features

Sophia Webb | February 27, 2025

When Sasha Boyd, 2024 alum and freshman at UCLA, traveled back to her dormitory after winter break, the last thing she expected was to be packing up and moving out again just days later. However, with…

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Back in business
News

Megan Snyder | February 4, 2025

A counter top once deserted now bustles with eager customers awaiting their coffee and breakfast. The atmosphere, once still and lonesome, comes alive with the buzz of business and filled with the aroma…

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In-Depth: Closet chronicles
Features

Sanchan Khanuja | January 23, 2025

After a long week full of school and cheer practice, Sam Rochleau and Zoë Henderson, juniors, find time to bond on a weekend thrifting trip. They hunt for hidden gems, their eyes scanning the racks for…

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Walking the tightrope: KSD limits KHS Publication’s surveys
News

Mia Intagliata | January 15, 2025

Eighteen months ago, controversy struck Pioneer yearbook when a group of concerned parents from the Kirkwood community went after high school journalists for publishing controversial pages discussing casual…

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Charity Issue: HEAL Palestine
Features

Ibraheem Khan | January 7, 2025

Hadi Zaquot stands outside his house in Northern Gaza with a few other children, waiting to fill his bowl with water. Suddenly, he hears a bang as the ground beneath him shakes, throwing him to the floor…

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Charity Issue: STL’s safest haven
Features

Daphne Wassel | December 20, 2024

Most people are aware of the 24/7 hotline phone services available to anyone needing help in an emergency. For example, numbers such as 911 and 988 (Suicide prevention lifeline) are open at all times for…

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Up all day, up all night.
Features

Grace Volz | October 10, 2024

A clock ticking past midnight and the rustling of a blanket invade the ears of Olivia Dothage as she competes in a staring contest with her ceiling. Dothage spends restless nights counting the hours before…

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A cornerstone goes dark
News

Frances Igney | October 1, 2024

Frozen at 5:08, the clock nestled in the Spencer’s Grill sign sits above an ‘indefinitely closed’ poster. The iconic diner, now dark during its once busy hours, has sat empty in the center of downtown…

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Senior profile: Devin Leutkemeyer
Features

Khadija Khan | May 9, 2024

College: Webster University

Major: Film Development and Production

It’s Thanksgiving of 2023 and Devin Luetkemeyer, senior, chases after his younger cousins in a game of tag. The pain in his…

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Faking it: the McLovin way
Features

Sanchan Khanuja | March 15, 2024

*The names Evan, Seth and Jules have been used to protect the identities of sources in this article.

In the life of Clark County, an adventure unfolds involving a crashed party, a gas station robbery…

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Charity Issue: True superheroes
Features

Sophia Webb | March 5, 2024

What makes someone a superhero? Super strength? Lightning-fast speed? Telekinesis? At Tiny Superheroes, this title means so much more. For Tiny Superheroes, a superhero is someone who’s courageous, strong…

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Fostering Change
Features

Avery Haden | February 27, 2024

While many children snuggle under their covers as they excitedly await presents under the Christmas tree, a young boy tosses and turns on an old couch in an unfamiliar office, unable to fall asleep. It’s…

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Charity Issue: One meal at a time
Features

Khadija Khan | February 23, 2024

Pans clinking together, the satisfying crunch of knives cutting through lettuce and the whistling of the stove can be heard every week at Project Downtown St. Louis (PDSTL). Freshly cut fruit and cucumber…

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In-Depth: A dose of awareness
Features

Sanchan Khanuja | February 20, 2024

The counseling room is tense, the air thick with anxiety and hesitation. The counselor intently listens to the young boy across from her as he cautiously shares his story, recalling memories of his parents’…

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Charity Issue: Blocking out the noise
Features

Allie Caffey | December 14, 2023

The sound of a person chewing loudly, someone repeatedly clicking a pen, people coughing. For many, these noises are simply minor annoyances one might hear once in a while. For those with misophonia, an…

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Charity Issue: Kirkwood cares
Features

Kiley Huang | December 13, 2023

Volunteers walk their clients through the newly refurbished food pantry that mimics a grocery store, as grocery carts squeak as they go through the aisles, all overseen by the giant black, white and red…

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Charity Issue: Maren’s mission
Features

Lucy Cortright | December 8, 2023

In a world that measures success in titles and wealth lies a realm of warmth and acceptance filled by families and individuals touched by Down syndrome. While having a child with Down syndrome can be a…

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Charity Issue: Building foundations back home
Features

Owen Spiegel | December 7, 2023

More than a year ago, the very first player signed by St. Louis City SC was a center back from Ghana by the name of Joshua Yaro. By signing Yaro, City moved the Yaro’s foundation’s (figurative) headquarters…

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Disrespecting dance
Sports

Natalie Bednarski | March 1, 2023

Similar to other KHS sports, the KHS dance team has a varsity and JV team, practices three times a week and participates in various competitions. However, on the KHS athletics website, they’re still…

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Secondhand clothes turned vintage
Arts & Entertainment

Kylie Madden | February 2, 2023

Roland Bradshaw, freshman, was originally drawn to thrift stores because of their cheap prices, but now, after discovering what Goodwill’s myriad of fashion could bring to his everyday look, he has continued…

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Features

Kinley Bokermann | December 13, 2022

As a parent, you will never be ready for the words.

“Your child has cancer.”

Eva Schueller, Developmental Coordinator for Friends of Kids with Cancer, said this is one of the hardest things for…

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Charity Issue: Never an accident
Features

Lila Shepard | December 8, 2022

“Is my baby okay?” Patsy Pate asked the paramedics. 

On Jan. 5, 2009, her youngest child of eight children, Chris, kissed her goodbye and said he would be right back after checking out a “new…

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Charity Issue: Feed the facts
Features

Anna Newland | December 5, 2022

You are what you eat. 

This saying became a reality for Audrianna Hebron, junior ambassador for Missouri Eating Disorder. After being diagnosed with childhood obesity at 8 years old, her world fixated…

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Charity Issue: Who let the dogs out?
Features

Caroline Steidley | December 2, 2022

Meribeth Broadway’s eyes glisten as a herd of lively, energetic puppies rush toward her. She gleams as they pick up tennis balls, roll around on the ground and wrestle with each other. However, these…

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Turkey Day: It’s all about the bell
Sports

Kinley Bokermann | November 29, 2022

With 124 years of tradition and one of the fiercest high school football rivalries on the line, the communities of Kirkwood and Webster await to see where the Frisco Bell will make its home for next year…

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Charity Issue: Healing through horses
Features

Kylie Madden | November 28, 2022

Some people get therapy from a counselor or physical therapist. But at Equine Assisted Therapy, people find their comfort through horses. Founded in 2004, Equine Assisted Therapy is a non-profit organization…

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Going the distance
Features

Wyatt Byers | November 4, 2022

Every Thursday morning, 85-year-old Pat Britt runs laps around the KHS track. While his speed may not show it, Britt has run dozens of marathons, including two ultramarathons (31-100 miles), the Boston…

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“Man” made uniforms
Sports

Anna Newland | November 3, 2022

Sun blazes down on the KHS track, sweat dripping off the blistering skin of the athletes. It soon becomes unbearable to keep a suffocating shirt on, so the boys instantly rip off their shirts to practice….

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Hero teacher killed in South St. Louis City school shooting
News

Mason Heller | November 2, 2022

Editors’ note: This story contains graphic accounts of gun violence. 

A man in a tie-dye t-shirt glances at me as he walks up to place another bouquet of flowers among a sea of roses. Two men are…

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Former KHS student set to be executed
Features

Caroline Steidley | October 17, 2022

Former KHS student Kevin Johnson is scheduled to die by injection Nov. 29 for the killing of Kirkwood Police Sergeant William McEntee 17 years ago.

It was July 5, 2005, when McEntee arrived in Meacham…

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‘It comes down to class’
Features

Mason Heller | October 14, 2022

When KSD students returned to school this August, they came without a group of their peers whom they studied alongside for almost a decade. Riverview Gardens School District students attended KSD from…

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The road to diversity
Features

Kylie Madden | October 13, 2022

Fifty years ago, Minnie Liddell and four other parents of Black St. Louis city school students went to federal court, alleging that their schools were inferior to those in white neighborhoods. This was…

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Doctor in the making
Profiles

Khadija Khan | September 15, 2022

Natalie Reathaford couldn’t have felt more at home stepping inside the medical clinic surrounded by the hum of machines and overlapping conversations in Spanish. That’s because Reathaford, sophomore,…

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Leveling the playing field
Sports

Kinley Bokermann | April 14, 2022

No Serena Williams grand slams, no Simone Biles gravity-defying routines, no Alex Morgan goals and no Katie Ledecky golds. Without Title IX these world-renowned athletes and other women around the country…

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In-depth: Clothing ≠ gender
Features

Kailey Shirrell | April 5, 2022

In the 10th century Persian men used to wear high heels to keep their shoes in their stirrups, and in the 1920s pink was the perfect color for boys, as a softer version of the masculine color red. Harry…

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Call Ed: Mom and Dad don’t know what’s best
Opinions

TKC Staff | April 1, 2022

Out of all the problems in our world right now — inequality, racism, healthcare, poverty, sexism, war — it seems American parents have found the paramount topic to complain about: books. The push to…

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Baseball’s Hall of Shame
Sports

Hayden Davidson | March 11, 2022

*Opinion

Barry Bonds hit 762 home runs and won seven MVP awards. Roger Clemens pitched 4,672 strikeouts and won seven Cy Young awards. Yet neither of them are members of the National Baseball Hall of…

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Addicted to porn
Features

Maya Kim | March 7, 2022

He flipped through the TV channels looking for something to watch and stumbled across a movie that contained something he hadn’t seen before. At 13, this was his first exposure to graphic sexual content….

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Getting help
Features

Grace Marcus | March 3, 2022

This story discusses topics that may be difficult for some readers, including substance abuse and addiction. If you are struggling with addiction, contact a counselor or call the SAMHSA hotline at 1-800-662-HELP…

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A park for every body
Features

Ava Duggin | March 2, 2022

Jamie Vann was at Target in one of the food isles when she ran into her friend. Vann found out that she had just visited Morgan’s Wonderland, the only “Ultra-Accessible” theme park for every age…

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In-depth: The gateway to gun violence
Features

Nathan Sweeney | February 17, 2022

A school resource officer escorts her toward her mother’s car, where her family sits in silence. A few minutes ago, she was in band class. Now, she watches her mother’s tear-soaked eyes and somber…

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In-depth: A test-optional future
Features

Mya Copeland | February 7, 2022

After three hours of staring at the tiny bubbles on a Scantron sheet, even a good student can start to go cross-eyed. Taking the ACT or SAT is a time-consuming process, especially for those taking tutoring…

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No plane, no gain
Features

Megan Glasgow | February 1, 2022

“It ain’t bragging if you can do it.”

This is one of the many encouraging notes hanging in Kirkwood resident Dennis Kelly’s basement, carefully handwritten by his wife. The “it”…

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Get your head in the game
Sports

Ava Duggin | January 18, 2022

“Go hard, be aggressive.”

She repeated in her head while warming up before each game. But this time was different. It was her first competition back after a concussion, and she was playing in her…

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Making history and headlines: Asian representation in 2021
Opinions

Maya Kim | January 7, 2022

*Opinion

To some, 2021 may be remembered for the Capitol riots, the COVID-19 vaccine becoming available and life getting back to some normalcy. For me and the Asian community, 2021 will be remembered…

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Charity Issue: We are family
Features

Grace Marcus | December 16, 2021

Like many family homes in St. Louis, the people living in Joyful House enjoy spending time together cooking and sharing meals, watching movies or relaxing. But unlike many family homes in St. Louis,…

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Charity issue: Battling Alzheimer’s step by step
Features

Sim Khanuja | December 6, 2021

Outside Enterprise Center, you could spot a sea of purple on the crisp morning of Oct. 23. From the Planetarium all the way to the rooftop of the City Museum, around 30 buildings in St. Louis displayed…

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Jeremy Maclin: The experience
Sports

Henry Chappell | November 30, 2021

Before he played America’s game, and strapped on his helmet and cleats, Jeremy Maclin was born and raised in the Meacham Park neighborhood of Kirkwood, Missouri. Although Maclin had two older brothers…

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