The sixth annual Prostate Cancer Survivors and Awareness Walk by 100 Black Men of St. Louis gets underway from at 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, August 23 at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The event brings 2,000-3,000 participants each year and organizers want the number to grow. The Walk is a grass-roots effort […]
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James McNichols, Jr., loving father
James McNichols, Jr. of Hillsdale, Mo., died Friday, July 18, 2008 at the age of 92. Devoted husband of Mary Lee McNichols for 70 years. Dear brother of Harry (Deborah) McNichols; loving father of Leroy (Doris), Thelma (Rushing), Tyrone (Donna) and Phyllis McNichols; grandfather of Dr. Tyrone McNichols, Jr. (Lisa), Robert McNichols (Rose), Lisa (Dent), […]
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Lewis Cochran, decorated police officer, dies
Lewis “Pettigrew” Cochran, a retired Centreville Police captain and Amateur Baseball Hall of Famer, passed at the age of 69 in the comfort of his home on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. “Pettigrew” Cochran served as a Centreville detective for 32 years and retired as captain of the Centreville Police Department. Along with fellow detectives in […]
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Near South Side church offers martial arts and drug counseling to the community
So often when people think of the near South Side, they think of poverty and crime, but there is a ray of sunshine in the community by the name of Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. This church has been in existence for over 100 years, and community outreach is a major part of its ministry. […]
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Oscar winner and man of soul Isaac Hayes dies at 65
St. Louis’ Bernie Hayes witnessed history in the making when a young Isaac Hayes and members of The BarKays were entrusted with creating the theme song and soundtrack for a Gordon Parks’ film named Shaft. The film and the song will never be forgotten. Nor will Isaac Hayes, who died Sunday (August 10, 2008) at […]
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Melford Dean Hall, Sr., Air Force vet passes
Melford Dean Hall, Sr., the son of the late James Hall and Ella Maxine Hall Cross, passed away in St. Louis on May 4, 2008. Melford was born in DuQuoin, Ill., at Marshall Browning Hospital on August 29 1936. He attended Lincoln School and John B. Ward in the eighth grade. He also finished his […]
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St. Louis American Sports Quiz
It’s time for a little Summer Olympics trivia. 1. What year did St. Louis host the Summer Olympics? 2. Name the last American city to host the Summer Olympics? 3. What American city has hosted the Summer Olympics twice? 4. What city will host the 2012 Summer Olympics? Answers 1. 1904 2. Atlanta (1996) 3. […]
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Give chiros a break
I’m Dr. Edgar Everett III, a chiropractor here in St. Louis. I read your publication on a fairly regular basis, and I believe the American is a great contribution to the community. Because of my profession, I tend to pay a bit more attention to the health topics – all really good information for a […]
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Cedric The Entertainer remembers Bernie Mac, Memorial Service to be held Saturday in Chicago
Although “real,” raw and raunchy, comedian-actor Bernie Mac won laughs, fans and respect from the blackest ghetto to all-white suburban subdivisions. Those closest to him spotlight familial and human values in the wake of his death. “That was his whole thing,” said Cedric The Entertainer, his friend and Kings of Comedy co-star. “He loved his […]
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WALK IN YOUR GOD-GIVEN AUTHORITY
“Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain , Be lifted up and thrown into the sea and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says willl take place, it willl be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, […]