Plus, 5th American Gospel Quartet Convention Nov. 17-19 By Gerald Pace For the St. Louis American Shalom Church City of Peace recently hosted its first Fall Men and Women’s Conference at the Adam’s Mark Hotel. The conference drew about 2,000 participants from St. Louis and across the country and the focus was teaching the Christian […]
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Vincent Webb A senior tailback from Ladue High, Webb rushed for 70 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Eastern Illinois past Tennessee Tech 31-20. An All-Ohio Valley Conference performer in 2004, Webb has rushed for 934 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2005. He has scored a touchdown in eight consecutive games. Webb will lead […]
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Halle expecting?
Is the rumor true: Halle Berry is pregnant, according to MTVE.com. The actress is reportedly expecting her first child together with her boyfriend, actor Michael Ealy. Compled by Onye Ijei
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Bush approves of torture
“We do not torture,” President Bush said last week. But this pledge, delivered almost as if it were a bully’s taunt rather than a leader’s promise, is simply not true. The pictures from Abu Ghraib displayed to the world that the United States tortures. Those horrors were blamed on a few rogue soldiers who were […]
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St. Louis American Prep Athlete of the Week
Munir Prince DeSmet Football The 5’11” 190-pound senior two-way standout helped lead the Spartans to the Missouri Class 6 state semifinals for the first time in the school’s history. Prince rushed for 90 yards, had two touchdown receptions on offense and recorded seven tackles and recovered one fumble on defense in the Spartans’ 35-14 victory […]
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Churches fight stigma of mental illness
Local organizations partner to educate the community By Meliqueica Meadows Of the St. Louis American With Medicare budget constraints, the local faith-based community hopes to pool services and resources to help educate the community, particularly African Americans, about mental illness. On Thursday, Abraham’s Children, an Interfaith Partnership program, hosted Dispelling Mental Health Myths at the […]
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Michael A. West Jr.
Michael A. West Jr., a business development executive in Ameren’s Corporation Economic Development Department, has been named to The Children Home Society of Missouri board of trustees.
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Larry Beckham Sr.
July 11, 1949 – November 3, 2005 Mr. Larry Beckham, Sr. was born on July 11, 1949 in St. Louis to the union of Lawrence Beckham and Chatlee Shelley. (Lawrence preceded him death). Early in Larry’s childhood Chatlee later married Richard Williams who then became his loving father. Larry attended Field Elementary School and graduated […]
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Die tryin’
WTAE TV in Pittsburgh reports that gunfire in the Loews Waterfront movie theater during a showing of 50 Cent’s big-screen debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ killed a man, West Homestead police said. The West Homestead police chief said the department put an officer on duty at the theater, which is unusual for a weeknight, […]
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St. Clair County stuck on stuppid
Powell pushes Bush for assessor You would think that after the conviction of East St. Louis political boss Charlie Powell on voter fraud charges the St. Clair County Democratic Party would be distancing itself from Powell. Well, when you observe ESL and St. Clair County politics long enough, you realize that the learning curve is […]