🌱 See how Jennings schools and gym are making regional headlines.
Jennings, Missouri Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Jennings! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- See how Jennings schools and gym are making regional headlines.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 77, low: 51.
- Monday: Sunny and comfortable, with a high of 72 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Media Coverage: September 2026 (umsl.edu) — Jennings residents get a shout-out in recent media coverage, with the superintendent of Jennings School District honored for expanding early education and college-credit opportunities, and Jennings High School’s gym receiving a new floor and jumbotron after winter flood damage. The broader roundup highlights how nearby UMSL programs, innovation events, and education initiatives are influencing schools and workforce development across the St. Louis region. 
📸 Around Jennings
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Farmers' Market →
Ferguson Calendar, 501 S. Florissant, Ferguson
8:00 am -
City-Wide Yard Sale →
Ferguson Calendar Ferguson, MO 63135
8:00 am -
Herbal Phoenix STL at Ferguson Farmers Market →
501 Plaza, Ferguson
8:00 am -
HPSTL at Ferguson Farmers Market →
501 Plaza, Ferguson
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Homecoming Parade
Riverview Gardens Saint Louis, MO 63137
8:30 am -
Work/Life/School Balance
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis
10:00 am -
Homecoming Football Game vs Parkway Central
Riverview Gardens High School, 1218 Shepley Dr, St. Louis
11:00 am -
University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Volleyball vs Upper Iowa
Mark Twain Building St. Louis, Mo.,
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FeverUp presents: The Jury Experience â The Deadly Boat Ride: Wil
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, E. Desmond & Mary Ann
4:30 pm -
University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Soccer vs Truman State
Don Dallas Soccer Field St. Louis, Mo.,
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University of Missouri - St. Louis Men's Soccer vs Truman State
Don Dallas Soccer Field St. Louis, Mo.,
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Academic Writing Workshop
Lucas Hall (LH), 107
2:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Ferguson
- Read coverage of the death of Shannon O'Brien, a Lyft driver caught in crossfire in Ferguson (stltoday.com)
- Ferguson man charged after shooting brother following argument, police say (kmov.com)
- Introduction: Radical Poets of the Midwest (poetryfoundation.org)
St. Louis
- St. Louis mayor says city ‘doing everything we can' to silence train horns (fox2now.com)
- SCI Welcomes New Ministry On The River Chaplain In St. Louis (waterwaysjournal.net)
- Katie Rose Clarke, John Behlmann, Norah Nunes, Carrie St. Louis, and Gabriel Ebert Cast in Dolly Parton Musical on Broadway (theatermania.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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