• The Craig Shields Foundation presents the 11th Annual Craig

    Blac Community Cuts for Kids on Sunday, August 12 at three

    locations.

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  • Steve Harvey
  • Kirk Frost
  • Kim Massie
  • Byron Cage
  • Lyfe Jennings
  • Theresa Payne
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  • Ruth Ann Edwards
  • Alice Ann Fenner
  • Otis L. Ford
  • Elvin Holmes Sr.

  • University of Missouri – St. Louis Chancellor Thomas F. George recently presented Dr. Henry Givens Jr., president emeritus of Harris-Stowe State University, with an honorary Doctorate of Arts and Letters for his many accomplishments in education and beyond.

  • Rendering of the new health campus in Berkeley
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  • Tishaura O. Jones spoke to voters Saturday during an event hosted by the Universal African Peoples Organization at Legacy Bookstore & Cafe. Jones is on the August 7 ballot for city Treasurer.

  • Vernon Betts, candidate for Sheriff
  • Shontaia Riley
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  • Devon Alexander
  • Portia Simpson
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  • Courtney Curtis
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  • Judge Jimmie M. Edwards will receive the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2012 Stellar Performer award at the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Gala on September 14.

  • Kelvin Adams

  • On the undercard of the Alexander vs. Bailey bout, Lucas Matthysse will fight hard-hitting Nigerian southpaw Olusegun Ajose.

  • Judge Angela Quigless was helped into her new judicial robe by her son, Charles Quigless III, and her husband, Dr. Charles Quigless Jr., last Thursday after being invested in the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals during a ceremony at the Old Post Office. Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Judge Quigless to the appellate bench.

  • This year Missouri Black Expo’s City Wide Church Service is being hosted by Rev. Joe Louis Middleton and the City of Life Christian Church Family.

  • Riverview Gardens High School NJROTC cadets met with Tuskegee Airmen and national black pilots during the 45th Annual Negro Airmen International Memorial Fly-In held at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Museum located at Moton Field.

  • Roger L. CayCe, executive director of operations for St. Louis Public Schools, is overseeing the construction management team handling $155 million in contracts to upgrade facilities from Proposition S, approved by city voters August 2010.

  • St. Louis Rams’ all-time leading rusher Steven Jackson recently turned 29-years old, just one year shy of the 30-year mark that generally spells doom for NFL running backs.

  • Alderman Gregory J. Carter, center, visits with Mattie Moore from Senator McCaskill’s office and his nephew, state Rep. Chris Carter, in this file photo. Greg Carter was killed early Wednesday morning in a traffic accident on Highway 370. He was 54.

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  • Jeanette Mott Oxford

  • The Mathews-Dickey Lady Cardinals repeat as regional softball champs and will head to Minnesota for the World Series Tournament in Aug.

  • CHICAGO – APRIL 06: Singer Lyfe Jennings performs in the WGCI-FM “Coca-Cola Lounge” in Chicago, Illinois on APRIL 06, 2010. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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  • Monica A. Stewart
  • Kevin Harrell
  • Antonio French

  • Emily Pitts (left), pictured with Dionne Dailey, is Principal of Diversity and Inclusion for Edward Jones, the St. Louis-based financial services powerhouse serving nearly 7 million clients across the U.S. and Canada.

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  • Sample ballot
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  • About 2,000 residents came out for Convoy of Hope’s Day of Hope in the Ville neighborhood on Saturday morning. The event, held

    at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Sarah Avenue, offered an array of free services.

  • The Deaconess Foundation, the Scholarship Foundation and the St. Louis American Foundation awarded six nursing scholarships to area students. They are Brittany Brewer, Heather Rowland, Alexandria Holmes, DaKari Burrell, Kayla Stallworth, and Barbara Harris.  

  • Evangelist and motivational speaker Denise Matthews (formerly known as Vanity) will bring a word and motivational points to the Missouri Black Expo Gospel Explosion.

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