• Allie Sullivan thought this would be a good day to do a little fishing in the lake at O’Fallon Park Fri. Mar. 27, 2020. She has been fishing here for 10 years in the O’Fallon neighborhood. 

  • BET’s ‘Sunday Best’ winner, national recording artist and STL native Amber Bullock sang the stage down as a featured performer for the October 2019 installment of A Night of Soul Searching at The Ready Room.

  • Karen Allen-Holmes, mother of ‘The Voice’ finalist Kennedy Holmes, and her nephew Ronald Smith after getting tested for COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 25. They both tested positive for the virus.

  • Kirkwood High standout Lauryn Miller was a starting forward on the UCLA Bruins team that won 26 games and was ranked among the top teams in the nation all season.

  • Diner’s Delight staff Markeith Houston, Reginald Holiway and Greg Houston served up a takeout order for former St. Louis Fire Chief Sherman George at the restaurant located at Compton and Park avenues on the city’s near South Side on Tuesday, March 24. The main dining room has been closed until further notice because of COVID-19 concerns, as public officials in St. Louis city and county ordered the closure of dining rooms to stop community spread of the deadly virus. Diner’s Delight and many other restaurants are adapting by selling orders to-go, often with curbside service. People are advised to keep six feet of distance between others and to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds after being in public spaces and touching surfaces recently touched by others.

  • Testing for COVID-19 has expanded in St. Louis County and in other areas as the state has slightly broadened the rules for who can get tested, more aligned with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance

     

  • Joe Ross 67, took a walk through Forest Park on Wednesday, March 25. He said he needed to get out of the house after being inside for a while due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Louis city and county are under Stay at Home orders to stop community spread of the contagious and deadly novel coronavirus for which there is no developed cure or vaccine. Public health officials directed people to stay home, limit non-essential contact with others, and stay six feet away from people you do come into contact with until the outbreak subsides. Walking outside at a safe distance from other people is recommended for physical and mental health.

     

  • The playground in Beckett Park in the Lewis Place neighborhood at Page and Taylor Avenue goes unused after the City of St. Louis closed all parks play areas and basketball courts.  Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

  • Debra Greene (right) a 12 year resident of the Tower Grove neighborhood walks down the 4100 block of Magnolia from a near by store with paper products and food for her family Fri. Mar. 27, 2020. 

  • Herbert Harry took a casual walk in the rain down the 5000 block of Lindell Boulevard to pick up his prescription at a pharmacy in the Central West End on Tuesday, March 24. Pharmacies are among the essential businesses not impacted by the region-wide Stay at Home orders in effect to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, and walking outside while maintaining social distance is recommended for health and well-being.  

  • Rev. Darryl Gray

    Rev. Darryl Gray

  • St. Louis’ own DJ Charlie Chan Soprano with D-Nice, two nationally renowned legends on the tables, have been in the mix on Facebook and IG Live respectively and helping groove us through this period of social distancing.

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