After careful analysis of the audit performed by Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee, the St. Louis Police Officers Association wishes to acknowledge the diligent efforts of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. Due to the proactive nature of Chief Isom and the board, many of the deficiencies were addressed and rectified prior to the […]
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MillerCoors gives $1.3M to HBCUs
MillerCoors recently announced a donation of $1.3 million to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute at a dinner that raised a record $6.2 million that will be used to assist in leadership development, programmatic support, scholarship and capacity-building for the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) served by the fund. “As the […]
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Thanks, mom
Readers, I love to tell you stories about everyday living and what is going on in and around our St. Louis area. This time I wanted to share with you something that was written about why we “owe” our mothers and should be thankful. I hope you enjoy – and have a happy thanksgiving! 1. […]
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Color-coded coaching in NCAA Division I
As the holiday season is officially underway, it is also time for the college football season to clean out a few coaches and look to start all over again. With that comes the hiring of new coaches. You would think that when an athletic director starts to look around for replacements, he would have quite […]
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Gateway Classic founder Earl Wilson Jr. passes torch to son
In a bustling kitchen, Earl Wilson Jr. searched for a little elbow room to cut the cakes for his community Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday. One of the women in the kitchen looked at him and said, “Don’t mess with the cake, Earl.” She shooed him out back to the barbeque pit. According to his apron, […]
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A conversation with Chief Isom about police board governance
The St. Louis American sat down with St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Daniel Isom following the recent release of state Auditor Susan Montee’s report on her office’s audit of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. The audit revealed an appalling number of financial irregularities and failures of oversight in the year audited. During that […]
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Grading inclusion in head coach picks
Influence of college presidents seen as key By American staff The sixth release of the Black Coaches and Administrators Football Hiring Report Card, which gives an in depth examination of the hiring process for new head football coaches in our higher education institutions, shows that the catalyst for positive change on hiring collegiate head football […]
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For those with few reasons to give thanks
The Ga people of Ghana, West Africa, begin a celebration in August that continues as a month-long thanksgiving known as Ga Homowo – the Harvest Festival. Many ethnic groups in Ghana and all over Africa have similar traditions. Ceremonies and rituals vary, but the purpose is the same – remembering lean times, being thankful for […]
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Ask Gwen:Wild turkeys taste better than store-bought!
Dear Gwendolyn: I had an argument with my so-called mother-in-law about the fact that my father would always go out and catch a wild turkey. I told her wild turkeys taste better than store-bought. She insisted on telling her daughter to cook a store-bought turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. This is the problem: I grew up […]
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Justice and jihad
Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can’t seriously believe the city will have trouble handling the expected “Trial of the Century” hoopla. The critics can’t really think a judge is going to give Khalid Sheik […]