Dr. Jenna Sladek, principal at Truman Elementary in the Meramec Valley R-III School District in Pacific, was awarded the 2024 Homegrown Hero Award from the St. Louis District Dairy Council
Christine Pruett was named the new assistant principal of Zitzman Elementary. The decision was made at the April Meramec Valley R-III Board of Education meeting Wednesday.
01:52 EDT, 17 December 2020
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A young doctor has broken down in tears upon recounting her terrifying encounter with a man who allegedly raped a jogger in a sadistic attack.
Joel Russo, 26, is accused of repeatedly raping his victim on December 3 last year as she ran along the Merri Creek in Melbourne s north.
The doctor claimed a man fitting Russo s description jumped into her car the same day as she was leaving a clinic on Bell Street - a short distance from where the eventual attack happened.
Russo (pictured) is accused of holding his alleged victim s head under water and choking her