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County Executive Charlie A. Dooley and other officials pose in front of the old Sears Automotive building just before demolition begins on the old Northwest Plaza shopping center in St. Ann on November 13.
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Thelma Golden, director and chief curator for the world-renowned Studio Museum in Harlem, spoke last Wednesday to a near-capacity crowd at The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
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The University City High School varsity girls volleyball team hosted the Class 3, District 4 tournament and were crowned district champs. The team’s quest for the state title ended however after they advanced to the sectionals round of the state tournament series and faced Lutheran South High School. Top row from left to right: Ellie Ashley, head coach; Alleyah Glenn, Marlena Jones, Precious Foster, Kanesha Jenkins and Kevin Stapleton-Cloud, assistant coach. Bottom row from left to right: Anamaria Zaggy, Ashley Moore, Najh Wilson and Jazzmine Mason.
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Joe Reagan, president and CEO of St. Louis RCGA (left), and Valerie Patton, RCGA’s new vice president of economic inclusion (right), gave Steve Degnan and Annette Morris of Nestlé Purina PetCare the 2012 Corporate Diversity Award at the 13th Annual Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon.
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Barbara A. Washington, vice president of public relations and special events for Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club, made a spirited appeal to the community to support the club when accepting the 2012 Non-Profit Executive of the Year Award.
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Saint Louis University soccer standout Kingsley Bryce was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament after leading the Billikens to the championship and the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.The sophomore from Plano, TX scored three game-winning goals as the Billikens defeated Charlotte, Xavier and VCU to capture the A-10 championship.
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At the 13th Annual Salute to Excellence in Business Awards & Networking Luncheon held last Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton, Valerie Patton, executive director of the St. Louis Business Diversity Initiative, was announced as the RCGA’s new vice president of economic inclusion.
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Joseph Hendricks, who plays bassoon, is the recipient of the Monsanto Fund’s IN UNISON scholarship, enabled by a $160,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund. It’s the first time an IN UNISON scholarship recipient has been named to the symphony’s Youth Orchestra.
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Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. delivered the message during the Sunday morning service held in the Edward Jones Dome as part of the Church of God in Christ’s 105th Holy Convocation in St. Louis.
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Josh McLeod, buyer at Lumière Place and River City Casino, is applauded for coordinating the 3rd annual 2012 MBE/WBE Vendor Fair on Nov. 14 at the Hotel Lumiere Atrium.
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Officials pose in front of the old Sears Automotive building just before demolition begins on the old Northwest Plaza shopping center in St. Ann, Missouri on November 13, 2012. Northwest Plaza opened in 1963 as an open-air shopping center and was the largest mall in the world. Northwest Plaza eventually became an enclosed shopping mall. The mall comprised nearly 1,770,000 square feet, making it the 27th largest mall in the United States according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, prior to its closure in 2010. The mall featured nine anchor stores and more than 210 stores at its peak. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
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At the end of January 2013, Brenda Jones is stepping down as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri after eight years of leadership.
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The Rev. Dr. Robert C. Scott, senior pastor at Central Baptist Church, congratulated parishioner Dr. James M. Whittico Jr. when the church celebrated his 97th birthday on Sunday. Central Baptist named its health ministry room after Dr. Whittico following the service.
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In its first bid at a speech competition, The Flyers Speech Team of East St. Louis School District 189 took first place as a small/limited entry team at the Egyptian Forensic League speech tournament in Harrisburg, Ill.
“We have a very small team, yet we were able to pull it off,” said Martha Warren, coach of the Flyers Speech Team and Speech Communication/English Language Arts teacher at East St. Louis Senior High School. “Our students worked very hard to win and their efforts paid off.”
More than 450 competitors entered the tournament, with teams that included those from Belleville West, Belleville East, O’Fallon and Granite City.
First place winners were Sade Vauters and Brandy Brown in Dramatic Duet Acting. Tyrica Griffin and Paris Patterson (duet), Marcia Jones and Nikyra Cook (duet), Lavar Phiffer, Le’Mont Jones and Aza Walker also placed.
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On November 28 the Missouri Supreme Court will consider a very unorthodox ruling Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. (right) delivered in July 2010 on suits that W. Bevis Schock (left) and three other attorneys filed (on behalf of two sets of plaintiffs) against Paul McKee Jr.’s Northside redevelopment agreement with the City of St. Louis.