Native St. Louisan Nicole Colbert-Botchway, a unit coordinator in the Financial Services Division in Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office, has been named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by the publication Missouri Lawyers Weekly. She was featured in the publication’s July 28 edition.
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NMA issues call to diversify medical workforce, installs new president at convention
Atlanta, Ga. – Atlanta, Georgia was the birthplace of the National Medical Association (NMA) and the site of the recent 2008 convention. This year’s convention started with a new initiative: “Walk a Mile with a Child.” Doctors, guests, and their children were encouraged to participate in this one-mile walk that concluded with health screenings and […]
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Partnership for Success Career Fair targets ex-offenders
Everybody needs a second chance, even Pelepe McDowell. Three years ago, a drug trafficking conviction landed him behind bars in Boonville Correctional Center. But the 30-year-old found hope – and more importantly, job opportunities – at this year’s 7th Annual Partnership for Success Career Fair for ex-offenders, which sought to place people with prior misdemeanor […]
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American named runner up for best weekly in North America
The St. Louis American has garnered one of its most prestigious honors in its 80-year history. The American was named runner up for Newspaper of the Year, for all weekly newspapers in North America above 37,500 in circulation, by Suburban Newspapers of America. Given that first place went to a Canadian newspaper, The Era-Banner newspaper […]
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Cardinals Commentary: Robinson is now on the money
Kerry Robinson still looks like he could start in the St. Louis Cardinals outfield. In fact, when he sees Skip Schumaker roaming the Redbirds’ outfield, he wonders what would have occurred if manager Tony La Russa had given him a similar chance. “But Tony didn’t play young guys,” Robinson, 35, told me recently. I asked […]
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ESL native Dawn Harper hits gold in the 100-meter high hurdles
East St. Louis native Dawn Harper qualified for the United States Olympic Track and Field team by the skinniest of margins back in July. The former Flyerettes star is now an Olympic champion. The best in the world. A Gold Medalist. Harper, 24, stunned the track and field world by winning the gold medal in […]
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Nation-hopping: the new international game Olympic athletes can name their country these days The term “Olympic Movement” has taken on a whole new meaning at these Summer Olympics Games in Beijing. While the intent of the Olympics is to try to bring the world close together through international athletic competition, the organizers at the International […]
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Gene Upshaw passes
NFL Hall of Famer and NFLPA union head Gene Upshaw has died. He was 63. Upshaw died Wednesday night at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif., of pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed only last Sunday, the NFL Players Association said Thursday. His wife Terri and sons Eugene Jr., Justin and Daniel were by his side. […]
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Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett on national panel for Dems convention
Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, a rising star in the Missouri Democratic Party, will share a national stage with other young black leaders during the Democratic National Convention next week in Denver. Triplett will speak during the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute’s “Change Agents: Access, Influence, Empowerment” session, one of the daily sessions […]
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50 Steps in 50 days Workshop in September
Then next 50 Steps in 50 Days to Starting a Business will be held from 9 a.m. to Noon on Saturday Sept. 13, at the 100 Black Men Headquarters located at 4631 Delmar (just east of Kingshighway and Delmar). Speakers will include Kevin A. Schulte of the Saint Louis University Entrepreneurship Center. Anyone interested in […]