As of March 11, St. Louis County Library is expanding its musical instrument lending program to include keyboards, electric guitars, box drums, xylophones, bass guitars and djembes The instruments are available for check out at four branches: Library Headquarters, Daniel Boone, Florissant Valley and Grant’s View. Patrons with a valid library card can take home […]
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Kirkwood to host public meeting on city-county merger
The City of Kirkwood will hold a Public Information Meeting on the proposed City-County merger 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 at Reim Theatre, Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Rd. It will be structured in a question-and-answer format between the public and City of Kirkwood Council members and staff. The public is encouraged to attend.
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‘I refuse to kiss the ring of the good ole boy system’
Baptist ministers prayed over Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on March 19 at two North St. Louis city churches, while hundreds of congregation members extended their hands. “Kim, I’m glad the ministers prayed for us because we’re getting ready to go to battle,” said Adolphus Pruitt, president of the St. Louis City NAACP. “Kim is not […]
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In Loving Memory of Odella Booker
Obituary Odella Booker Longtime member of Centennial Christian Church Local Businesswoman June 18, 1925-March 3, 2019 (Services were held March 12) Odella Briggs was born in Lamont, MS, the ninth of thirteen children to Samuel and Estella Briggs. Odella married Riley Booker in 1945 and moved to St. Louis in 1953. They joined Centennial Christian […]
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARVIN (GARDENS) STEPHENS
MURALIST, PAINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR CLEVELAND ARTIST MARVIN (GARDENS) STEPHENS October 25, 1937 – February 21, 2019 Longtime Cleveland resident, Artist Marvin (Gardens) Stephens, passed away on February 21, 2019. Born in St. Louis, MO in 1937 to parents Marvin and Eddie Stephens, sister Fay Grant, and special uncle Samuel Boyd who all preceded him in death. Marvin […]
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In Loving Memory of Dr. Mark Hosea Davis, Sr.
Deacon Doctor Mark Hosea Davis, Senior, a lifelong champion for children, was born December 17, 1953, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was a graduate of Langston and Washington Universities, earning his degrees in music. He was a member of New Sunny Mount Baptist Church, and served on the deacon’s board. He served over four decades as […]
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In Loving Memory of John Richard Pope
John Richard Pope, 88, Saint Louis, MO, February 6, 2019. Survived by wife Sylvia Pope, daughters Karen Pope Butler and Kamille Pope, grandchildren Kenneth Butler of New York, Michael (Erin) Butler of Saint Louis, Mark Butler of Saint Louis, Erica Shoshana Butler (Doniel) Vaccianna of Chicago and Daniel Butler of Chicago, one great-granddaughter and brother […]
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Woman who claims descent sues Harvard over refusal to return photos of enslaved man from 1850
A Connecticut woman has accused Harvard University of the wrongful seizure, possession and monetization of photographic images of her family’s patriarch, an enslaved African man named Renty, and his daughter, Delia, according to a filing in Middlesex County Superior Court. According to the filing, the images were commissioned in 1850 by a Harvard professor, Louis […]
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Integrating Rosati-Kain: Norma English Thompson among first group of black girls admitted to local Catholic high school
Norma English Thompson helped pave a new path that allowed black girls to attend Rosati-Kain Catholic High School in St. Louis. She transferred from Kinloch High School to Rosati-Kain in 1949 – before school integration was mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. After attending two years […]
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Health officials on alert after measles case confirmed in Jefferson County
Health officials in Jefferson County are trying to find people who may have come in contact with a person there who has caught measles. The person caught the virus after traveling, according to officials at the Jefferson County Health Department. The department is “working directly with the case to identify potential contacts and make arrangements […]