Though we have been generally supportive of Comptroller Darlene Green as a competent and diligent steward of the City of St. Louis’ finances, we often have been impatient and frustrated with her failure to use the considerable powers of her office to force the changes this city so badly needs. But now she has stepped […]
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Post continues to compromise federal investigation and stab Stenger
The Post-Dispatch’s continued reporting on the real, actual, unquestionable and verified federal investigation into St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and his administration’s awarding of county contracts makes a number of things unmistakably clear. Investigations look incriminating in newspapers. A federal investigation can ruin your career and life long before you are convicted or even […]
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Joshlyn Harris honored as 2019 Pillar of Parkway
Joshlyn Harris was honored as a 2019 Pillar of Parkway. She is a math teacher at Parkway North High School. This prestigious award is presented to individuals who have provided extraordinary service to the Parkway community and go beyond what is expected. Individuals who have made a long-term commitment and provided outstanding leadership and service to […]
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Samuel Taylor, East St. Louis native and former Kansas City Monarchs catcher, passes at 92
Negro League veteran Samuel Taylor of East St. Louis passed away on Monday. He was 92. ,A catcher by trade, he also played leftfield with the legendary Kansas City Monarchs from 1952 through most of 1954 under manager Buck O‘Neill. “The Negro Leagues had ball players like Sam Jethroe, Luke Easter and Al Smith, players […]
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‘Reconstruction: America After the Civil War’ premieres tonight on PBS
A new four-hour documentary, produced and hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explores the U.S.’s emergence from the civil war and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later. “Most of us know that our country fought a civil war in the 1860s,” Gates […]
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Tony Thompson, president of Kwame Building Group gifts 89 Carnahan students $100 for perfect attendance
Students from Carnahan High School who maintained perfect attendance from January 28 to March 1 were awarded with a $100 bill thanks to a donation from Tony Thompson, president of Kwame Building Group and The Kwame Foundation. In total, $8,900 was awarded to 89 students. The incentive program was initiated because attendance is the number […]
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Close the Workhouse campaign gains momentum
When the St. Louis police arrested David Dixon in January, the judge set his bail at $30,000. Unable to pay, he was first held for six days at the city’s Justice Center and then moved to the Medium Security Institution, more commonly known as the Workhouse. Dixon has high blood pressure, and he suffers from […]
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PNC Bank donates North Grand Branch to Urban League, Financial Empowerment Center will open in College Hill neighborhood
PNC Bank donated its North Grand Boulevard Branch building to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. The building in the College Hill neighborhood will become the site of the Urban League Financial Empowerment Center in partnership with Grace Hill, St. Louis Community Credit Union, the U.S. Small Business Administration, St. Louis Promise Zone and St. […]
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Comptroller Green says: Close the Workhouse
The Medium Security Institution (known as “the Workhouse”) is an obsolescent facility and closing it is both fiscally and morally responsible. Although the city’s two correctional facilities currently hold more persons than could be held at the City Justice Center alone, a roadmap to closing the Workhouse is achievable. This effort will take leadership and collaboration – across […]
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Childhood asthma rates are highest in North St. Louis, Wash U study finds
(St. Louis Public Radio) – A Washington University study has shown that more than a dozen north St. Louis neighborhoods have high rates of childhood asthma. The study, soon to be published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, identified five ZIP codes in St. Louis that are hot spots for childhood asthma, meaning that they […]