Veronica O’Brien stood beside Mayor Francis Slay, Jr., SLPS board president Darnetta Clinkscale and other board members and announced she could handle anything that came her way as the replacement for the ousted Rochell Moore. “Anyone who knows me, can tell you that I’m ready,” she said during a press conference at City Hall on […]
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Ethics, ‘ethnic drug’ create marketing dilemma
MINEAPOLIS (NNPA) – A new heart medication may help African Americans with heart failure live longer, a new study finds. If the FDA approves the drug, called BiDil, only African Americans will be going to their pharmacies to get it. NitroMed, Inc, the maker of the drug, is waiting for FDA approval to market the […]
Posted inNational news
Bosley back in business with his own firm
After devoting much of his adult life to public service, Freeman Bosley, Jr., now wants to serve the public by using his legal talent. For the first time since graduating from Saint Louis University Law School, Bosley has opened his own legal firm, Bosley and Associates. “I’m having a good time,” says Bosley, who now […]
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MS is just a bump in the road
How does one deal with a debilitating disease when children need care, and dreams are still unfulfilled? Stricken by multiple sclerosis, Sylvia Harris-Kidd, 48, struggles to deal with symptoms such as fatigue and blurred vision. She has difficulty walking and falls easily, yet she manages as a mother, student and worker. Affecting the brain and […]
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Did Mfume feel Bond and gagged?
The NNPA is reporting that sources close to the NAACP national board of directors say retiring President and CEO Kweisi Mfume had had enough of board chairman Julian Bond. “Although this infighting has been going on for a while, you could tell that Mfume was getting tired,” one board source says. “You have two former […]
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The Sports Eye: Don’t weep for Ty Willingham
Many a Notre Dame hater can now get back to the business of rooting against the Fighting Irish football team. Coach Tyrone Willingham, the first black man to hold the head football coaching job in South Bend, Ind., was dismissed as head coach on Tuesday. The SportsEYE salutes Notre Dame football players who are considering […]
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Stevenson on the move
Thomas Arnez Stevenson has joined Clayco Construction Company as an assistant superintendent.
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HUD sends St. Louis some green for “green loop”
More than $1.3 million in HUD grants have been released to the City of St. Louis for lead abatement and a “green loop” project. Congressman William Lacy Clay announced last week that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the Special Project grant to the Chouteau Lake & Greenway Project, a […]