In celebration of the nationwide Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Friday, March 1, SIUE Head Start and the Gateway Chapter of the Links, Incorporated promoted literacy with the reading of Dr. Seuss’ One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish at Head Start’s Discovery Center for Little Scholars at the East […]
Ferguson-Florissant School STEAM Academy to compete in National History Day (NHD) State Competition
Seven students from the STEAM Academy in the Ferguson-Florissant School District will compete in the National History Day (NHD) State Competition to be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia on Saturday, April 27. The STEAM Academy is the first school in the FFSD to compete and qualify for the state competition. “Our students had such […]
Voting rights empowered in Ferg-Flor, learn about April 2 school board election at March 26 forum
A school board holds great power when it comes to decisions with great local impact. Where the school goes, the community goes. Look no further than the Ferguson-Florissant School District. The district has decided to close several schools in Berkeley, a municipality that, according to the 2010 census, was 81 percent black. At its peak, […]
Federal court orders Missouri to reform parole policies, state conceded failure to provide minimal due process safeguards
Missouri will have to reform its parole policies after a federal judge ruled in favor of thousands of current and former parolees who sued the state, claiming those policies are unconstitutional. Many parolees have been sent back to prison for technical violations of their parole such as crossing a state line, missing a parole appointment […]
Boys & Girls Clubs opens Best Buy Teen Tech Center
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis opened a Best Buy Teen Tech Center at the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club in St. Louis on Thursday, February 28. The center, which offers teens free, year-round, hands-on technology access and education in an after-school setting, is the first in St. Louis and the […]
Metro replacing its app with Transit
Metro Transit will replace Metro On The Go with Transit as its app for providing mobile, real-time information about the St. Louis region’s public transportation system. Metro On The Go will be discontinued and no longer supported after April 30. Metro said the agency will receive usage data and customizations to better serve its riders, […]
STL City Municipal Court will forgive outstanding warrants for 3 days — no questions asked
(St. Louis Public Radio) – St. Louis City Municipal Court is working to chip away at the tens of thousands of outstanding arrest warrants in its system. The court will once again host its Warrant Amnesty Program this week, where participants can resolve outstanding warrants without fear of arrest. The free program encompasses most city-ordinance […]
Collection of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorabilia fetches nearly $3M
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar auctioned off a collection of items from his career for charity on Sunday and pulled in nearly $3M. Four of his six NBA championship rings were among the items auctioned – and drew a grand total of $2,947,872.25. According to Espn.com, Abdul-Jabbar said “much of the proceeds” will be allocated to […]
Decisions on governance should be made by citizens affected
Florissant is the oldest and largest city in St. Louis County, and only Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis and St. Charles are older in the entire Louisiana Purchase Territory. Founded by the Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory in 1786, Florissant is older than St. Louis County, older than the State of Missouri and even a […]
