Giving thanks, turkeys, dinners – and coats
SHAW – ‘Tis the season for giving thanks, turkeys, dinners and, well, coats. On Wednesday, 2,000 students were thankful as they…
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Closed Cabanne Library awaits renovation, better security
ACADEMY – The Cabanne branch of the St. Louis Public Library is closed. That’s something that can be agreed upon.…
Black Friday events will help put black businesses in the black
ST.LOUIS – Area entrepreneurs are trying to help put local black businesses in the black on Black Friday. Thanks to…
AmVets Post 67 has proud history of military, neighborly service
ST. LOUIS – On Veterans Day, Donna Harrell-Saddler made her way to Denny’s to be served up a free appreciation…
Covenant House enlists executives to sleep out in cold, help homeless youths
KINGSWAY WEST – Don’t be surprised next weekend if you happen to be in the Kingsway West neighborhood and see about…
S.T.E.A.M Fair powers up youths’ career aspirations
JEFF-VANDER-LOU – It was full steam ahead for about 300 youths Saturday as the local chapter of the National Coalition of…
Some find snow and ice nice
ST. LOUIS – The winter storm that slammed the area on Monday brought numbing cold, ice and snow that caused…
Sumner students plant flower garden against crime
THE VILLE – Students at Sumner High School are planting seeds they hope will germinate into a drop in youth…
City, county team up to fight lead poisoning, other home health risks
ST. LOUIS – Black youths in St. Louis are 2.4 times more likely than their white counterparts to have an…
Committeeman, boxing coach wants to help those who carjacked him
WEST END — The very group of people whose lives and livelihoods public servant Joseph Palm is most concerned about…
Bereaved mother ‘Looking for an Angel’ shares her journey
ST. LOUIS — Losing a child – no matter the cause or method – is horrific. Maintaining sanity can be an…
North side groups pitch their projects to banks through Fed program
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – Organizations in north St. Louis that are perceived to be doing good in the neighborhood got a…
Group promotes after-school programs to ease gun violence
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – The return of a robust number of after-school programs is the latest course of action being…
Sav A Lot grocery brings new life to food desert
HAMILTON HEIGHTS – When Pete’s Shur Save grocery store packed its bags and moved to University City in December 2016, it…
Sumner’s homecoming draws hundreds, including from Vashon
THE VILLE – Sumner High School. It’s the first black high school west of the Mississippi River. Situated at 4248…
Recent fires were intentionally set, residents fear
ACADEMY – Carl Solomon predicted that his house at 5107 Enright Ave. would catch fire. Sure enough, in the wee…