Deborah Van Fleet
Missouri Public News Service ProducerDeborah has 20 years of public radio announcing, hosting & producing in Omaha, Nebraska and has been an independent producer on the Public Radio Exchange. Deborah also taught in a variety of K-12 grades and settings in and around the Omaha area for over two decades.
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It's American Heart Month, and the American Heart Association wants people to be trained to use hands-only CPR. Around 350,000 people of all ages experience cardiac arrest in this country outside the hospital each year.
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Plans have been approved for Kansas City to triple the distance of its streetcar, which has operated fare-free since it began service in 2016. Kansas City's bus system has also offered free rides since 2020, a policy that is set to sunset this year but officials are exploring making it permanent.
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A 2021 law requiring Missouri public schools to share every incident of seclusion or restraint of a student went into effect this school year, and the data is now available at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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By the time they turn 18, one in 11 Missouri children will experience the death of a parent or a sibling. A Glendale-based organization that works with these kids and families says grieving children may need different kinds of support than adults.
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Missouri's 2022 traffic fatalities were the highest they've been since 2006. The Missouri Department of Transportation has some recommendations to bring down that number, and is reminding folks that everyone has a part to play in making roads safer.
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This holiday season, it's important for Missourians to not ignore or minimize signs and symptoms of a heart attack. A study in an American Heart Association (AHA) journal identifies December 25 as the day the most fatal heart attacks occur in the United States, followed by December 26.
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A Missouri Juvenile Justice Association (MJJA) project that aims to disrupt the "school-to-prison pipeline" has received a $275,000 grant from the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MODDC), with a focus on training adults to handle discipline more constructively with students of color with disabilities.