• District parent Archilla Buford spoke out at the Ferguson-Florissant school board meeting at McCluer North High School last Wednesday.

  • GThang before & after
  • GThang
  • John Witherspoon and a lucky fan
  • Judy Austin
  • Federal poverty level
  • Riley Cooper
  • Jack Wang

  • University of Missouri – St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George presents former state Sen. Rita Days the St. Louis County Democratic elections director with an award for outstanding service to the university. At right is the university’s chief diversity officer Deborah Burris. 

  • Angela Brown

  • Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal, Chaminade’s latest contribution to The League, is showing that his rookie success was no fluke as the 6-foot-5 two guard is putting up more than 20 points per game this season.

  • Fifteen Harris-Stowe State University students recently participated in HSSU Day at Saint Louis University’s School of Law. SLU opened a new law school building downtown – Scott Hall – in August, and Alice Dickherber, who serves as the assistant director of admissions and Lisa Taylor, director of multicultural outreach, helped to coordinate the event that gave Harris-Stowe students a glimpse of a day in the life of a law school. In addition to touring the new facility, HSSU students had the opportunity to learn about the application process for law school, participate in a mock criminal law class with Associate Professor Jacqueline Kutnik-Bauder and talk with students who are members of the Black Law Student Association. The HSSU group was accompanied by Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs Michelle McClure.

  • St. Louis American sports editor Earl Austin Jr. had his jersey No. 41 retired at his alma mater, Lindenwood University, in St. Charles on Tuesday night before the Lions’ games against Maryville University. Earl is joined at midcourt by his wife Judy Austin, Lindenwood head coach Brad Soderberg and Lindenwood President Dr. James Evans.

  • Ambassador George Herbert (Bert) Walker III, chairman of Missouri Council for a Better Economy, announced its Better Together project on Tuesday.

  • Hundreds filled McClure North High School’s gym on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 to show support for Superintendent Art McCoy at the

    Ferguson-Florissant School Board meeting. Board members Paul Morris

    (president), Chris Martinez (vice president), Robert Chabot (secretary),

    Leslie Suzanne Hogshead (assistant secretary), Paul Schroeder, Keith Brown and Scott Ebert listened to four hours of public comments. On Nov. 6, the board voted to place McCoy on administrative leave, and the community demanded to know why.

  • Supporters of the New Life Evangelistic Center marched to City Hall last Sunday November 10 to show support in keeping the facility open to feed and house the homeless at its current location, 1411 Locust St.

  • Kalia White scholarship.jpg
  • William Gray, MD, DMD; Kenneth Poole Jr., MD; Otha Myles, MD; David Mosley, MD
  • Rebecca Frazier

  • Feeling the Spirit

    Faithful members of the Church of God in Christ felt the Spirit when COGIC Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. delivered his message during Sunday service in America’s Center at COGIC’s 106th Holy Convocation held recently in St. Louis.

  • Billionaire financier and political investor Rex Sinquefield is behind a new school choice ballot initiative.

  • Rob Thompson, Webster Groves – Football

  • Mary Moog, daughter-in-law of Dorothy R. Moog; Adrienne Lacey-Bushell, SLPS executive director of special education; Karl Schoenherr, recipient of the 2003 Dorothy R. Moog Special Education Teacher of the Year Award; Alice F. Roach, administrative director of the Parsons Blewett Memorial Fund; and Jim Moog, son of Dorothy R. Moog

  • Newlyweds Robin and Isaac Stallworth

  • Nationally-ranked girls basketball power Incarnate Word Academy had three players sign National Letters of Intent during the beginning of the early signing period last Wednesday. McKenna Treece (left) signed with Kansas State, Gwen Adams (middle) signed with Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Nakiah Bell (right) signed with Iowa State. The Red Knights finished 31-0 and won the Missouri Class 4 state championship last year.

  • Sharita Davis is celebrating the grand opening of Vitality Holistic Spa in Florissant Nov. 22-23

  • Jimmy Williams, a McDonald’s franchisee, was honored as 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year at the 14 annual Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon held Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.

  • Adrian E. Bracy, CEO of YWCA Metro St. Louis, was honored as 2013 Non-Profit Executive of the Year at the 14 annual Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon held Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.

  • Ron Himes as Mr. M. in Athol Fugard’s My Children! My Africa!

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *