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Pandemic pushes more Black Americans to take up urban farming to fight 'food apartheid'
Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all five counts against him earlier today for fatally shooting two people Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and shooting Gaige Grosskreutz who was left paralyzed.
Committee releases fourth draft of new ward map on Tuesday
Legislators released a fourth draft of the city’s proposed ward map Tuesday, which included just a few changes from last week’s map.
Activists, state officials protest naming of new ‘urgent care’
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, former state Rep. Jamilah Nasheed and St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne have joined a growing list of local elected officials in opposition to the use of the Homer G. Phillips Hospital name on a modest new…
‘Small’ businesses outpace ‘minority-owned’ firms in NGA project spending
McCarthy Building Companies and HITT Contracting, the joint venture building the $1.7 billion, under-construction campus of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, recently announced the project has surpassed its goal of awarding 28% of all subcontracted dollars to small businesses.
Jones in D.C. for signing of infrastructure bill
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Monday joined President Joe Biden in Washington D.C. for the signing of the historic $1.75 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Rep. Cori Bush confirms bid for reelection
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush confirmed last week she will run for a second term representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.
Health equity trailblazer Dr. Will Ross honored with endowed professorship
When Dr. Will Ross was growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, he witnessed the shooting death of a Black teenage boy.
The status of bail, courts, and cages in St. Louis
In 2019, ArchCity Defenders and partners from across the country challenged a system of cash bail that routinely caused people to be jailed pretrial in St. Louis because they could not afford to buy their freedom. Last month, a federal…
Church founded by enslaved celebrates 175 years in Chesterfield
175 years ago, a group of enslaved people founded a church in what’s now known as Chesterfield. They were granted the land, which they couldn’t even legally own at the time, by Missouri slaveholder Maria Long.
Protest on Saturday over Homer G. Phillips Hospital name
Demonstrators castigated developer Paul McKee on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, for his stubborn insistence on using the name Homer G. Phillips on a three-bed healthcare facility near Jefferson and Cass.
St. Louis homicide rate drops significantly
As St. Louis made national headlines with the arrest of alleged serial killer Perez Reed, new data reveals the city has seen a 29% drop in homicides compared to this time last year.
Family of slain Black man demands suspect’s arrest
Justin King’s mother Eva Bruns did her best to hold it together Thursday morning as she stood before members of the media at William C. Harris Funeral Home in Spanish Lake.
Protest aimed at Paul McKee on Saturday
Some St. Louis City officials and the community are fighting back against Paul McKee’s insistence that the Homer G. Phillips’ name will not be removed from a new medical facility.
A lost young life changed counselor Yolanda Curry’s forever
Education honorees praise family, desire to change lives during Salute gala
“Call to Glory”
Rufus Shannon of Tom Powell Post #77, the Nation’s First All-Black American Legion Post, on the meaning of Veteran’s Day.
STL American Foundation supporters boost record $2.9 million for talented students
Support for higher education in the St. Louis region and throughout the area has not waned during the COVID-19 pandemic and an unfavorable economic climate.