A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs. No deaths were immediately reported.
Pedestrian bridge collapses at university; several hurt
Despite cancer diagnosis, Rachael Caruso keeps family, confidence close
Rachael Caruso, wife of football coach Glenn Caruso, was diagnosed with Stage III colorectal cancer last November. Through the process, Rachael and her family have found ways to use the cancer as a valuable lesson in positivity in their lives.
PODCAST: Keep the Ball Rolling with Steve Fritz
In the third Keep the Ball Rolling episode, hosts Gamiel Hall and Brady Halbmaier, joined by producer Lauren Andrego, recap the St. Thomas women’s basketball trip to Waverly, Iowa, and talk March Madness and Kirk Cousins. St. Thomas Athletic Director Steve Fritz visits the studio.
More than 500 participate in St. Thomas March For Our Lives demonstration
About 550 St. Thomas students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on J.P. Monahan Plaza as part of a March For Our Lives demonstration in response to the Florida school shooting a month ago.
3 Tommies work out for Bears, Vikings scouts
Tommie quarterback Jacques Perra, tight end Matt Christenson and linebacker Blake Weber spent the morning and early afternoon of March 9 working out for scouts from both the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears in an effort to garner NFL interest.
Students organize campus walkout to end gun violence
Five St. Thomas students organized a walkout on March 14 as part of March for Our Lives, a national movement dedicated to student-led activism around ending gun violence.
Spring forward into Daylight Saving Time
For most of the country, the shift from standard to daylight saving time officially comes at 2 a.m. March 11.
Women’s basketball runs out of time, falls to Tigers in Sweet 16
Despite a 28-point performance from center Hannah Spaulding, the women’s basketball team fell 61-58 to East Texas Baptist University in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament.
Student petitions for pedestrian sign at Cleveland, Ashland
St. Thomas junior Alice Ready created a petition in January to install a pedestrian crosswalk sign at the intersection of Cleveland and Ashland avenues.
Women’s basketball gears up for second weekend of NCAA tourney
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team traveled to Waverly, Iowa Thursday to make its fourth consecutive Sweet 16 appearance on Friday in the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament.
Senior lands US embassy internship in Poland
St. Thomas senior Erin Engstran is spending her spring in Warsaw, Poland interning for the U.S. State Department. Her internship comes as Poland has passed Holocaust legislation that has drawn international condemnation.
Campbell trial underway in Hennepin County
The trial of Michael Laurence Campbell began Monday. Campbell, 21, was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide after the September car crash that resulted in the death of St. Thomas junior Ria Patel, 20.
Diver to close career at Nationals
St. Thomas diver Andrew Grabowski will end his illustrious college career at the NCAA Division III Swim and Dive championship meet at the end of March.
AFROTC one of four schools to receive national award
St. Thomas’ AFROTC program received the ROTC Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award from the Department of Defense. The program is one of four nationwide to receive the award and is the only Division III school to do so.
2018 Winter Olympics medal count
The United States won 23 medals at this year’s Winter Olympics, which was good for fourth place. See which countries earned more as designed Keely Gregory provides a run down of all the medals handed out in PyeongChang.