Eric Mitchell received the 2019 Bill and Ann Turner Distinguished Community Service Award from Great Southern Bank. He is Regional Banking Center assistant manager for the St. Louis region. This annual award, developed by the company’s associate-led Community Matters team, honors one outstanding associate who demonstrates excellence in volunteer service to their community. The bank […]
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Autism – spot and treat it earlier
With autism spectrum disorder, the key is to detect and treat early. “Access to early intervention services prior to the age of three is really addressing those issues with the child when they are most malleable and they are most able to make really great strides and progress,” said Michal Cook, a social worker at […]
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BFL leads march to honor those who lost loved ones to violence
Carl Fredrick Tabb Jr. never missed an opportunity to joke. Sometimes his mother would call him up, and he would be out with his little nephew, David, at the zoo or circus on a whim. “If you caught him and he was smiling, it would just warm your heart because that’s the type of person […]
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We have to lead the dialogue about us
We were sitting silently in the living room of a friend’s home. A group of my peers had gathered somberly on the evening of July 5, 2005. We had all just lost a friend, mentor, advocate and family member. This was someone – for most of us, the only one – who gave us hope, […]
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Myra T. Barton graduates from basic military training
Myra T. Barton graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas as a U.S. Air Force Airman. She completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. She is the daughter of Myron A. Tillmon of St. Louis.
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Magic Johnson steps down as Lakers’ president of basketball operations
Magic Johnson announced Tuesday night that he is stepping down after two years as the team’s president of basketball operations. “It’s a difficult decision. I cried before I came here,” Johnson said as he choked back tears while making the announcement before the Lakers’ regular-season finale against the Portland Trail Blazers, a 104-101 loss. “I […]
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Berkeley sues to prevent Ferguson-Florissant District from closing schools
(St. Louis Public Radio) – Five Berkeley families are trying to prevent the Ferguson-Florissant School District from closing another school in their city. The residents and city filed a lawsuit seeking to block the current redistricting plan for the north St. Louis County school system and force the school board to come up with another […]
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Abraham Shaw wins NSAL Drama Competition
Abraham Shaw won the Drama Competition run by the National Society of Arts and Letters-St. Louis Chapter, the first African American to do so. He will be awarded $2000 and provided all expenses to compete in Washington, D.C. for a $12,000 national prize. He attended McKinley Classical Leadership Academy and Webster University’s Conservatory of Theater […]
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Congratulations to Chicago’s first black woman and LGBTQ mayor
The National Urban League is proud to congratulate Lori Lightfoot, not only the first black woman elected as Chicago’s mayor, but the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in that office. Her historic election has inspired black women and girls, young LGBTQ Americans, and men, women and children across the political spectrum. She rose from […]
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God, fashion, jewelry and sisterhood
As an educator for 17 years with Saint Louis Public Schools, my role has consisted of being engaged and interactive with many children. This role has helped me understand and realize my purpose in life. I have been chosen by God to also educate women in who they are by building up their self-esteem and […]