Featured Story /// Osage County Night


StOsage County Night Story by: Rod Smith Photography by: Vitae Foundation


Just about every kid who picks up a baseball dreams of stepping   ing in the big leagues, but they did get the chance of a lifetime to                   event until earlier that afternoon. Who needs practice? She threw a  


ing softball for years, threw a fastball over the corner of the plate. It   


80 /// September 2026


. Louis Cardinals First Pitches


Three strikes for mid-Missouri!  tled, “The Clinical Echo: Results, Regrets and Redemptions of Abortion.” Jade wrote the winning 30-second radio spot to encourage wom- en to be brave when facing an unexpected pregnancy. Her ad aired on the Cardinals Radio Network and inside Busch Stadium during the opening pitch ceremony.


This was the 15th annual Osage County Night presented by the St. Louis Cardinals and the Vitae Foundation, encouraging students in grades 7-12 in all Osage County schools to write essays or radio ads  prize winners out of nearly 100 that entered the contest. But everyone who took part in the contest was a winner, receiv- ing four free tickets to the Cardinals-Reds game on July 25th.


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