• Holman Middle School students present a check for $431.23 to Jennifer Ivanovich (second from right), director of the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Program. Shown are, from left, Holman Principal Teisha Ashford, students Emma Hohenstein, Liz Jackson, Mikaella Rectin and Madison Blair, and Dr. Michael Fulton, Pattonville superintendent.

    Before winter break, students from Holman Middle School aannounced a challenge to raise money to fight cancer. The students said if they raised $300, they would dye their hair pink. Students Madison Blair, Emma Hohenstein, Liz Jackson and Mikaella Rectin raised more than $400 for the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Program and kept their promise by temporarily sporting some colorful hair. The program, which began at the Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine in 2001, works with young survivors to implement strategies to meet the age-relevant needs of young women.

  • St. Louis American Night at the Symphony will take place 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand. In honor of the occasion, $22 tickets will be available for all STL American readers.

  • Taylor Manuel

  • This Emancipation Proclamation event will take place at the new National Archives facility at 1 Archives Drive, next to Hazelwood East Middle School on Dunn Road. 

  • Teen Swag: Road to Success, a new locally produced teen reality TV show, will premiere Thursday, February 16, at 8:30 pm. on the STLTV network. 

  • Reginald Scott

  • Andre Jackson (right), an ex-felon, explains to St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections George Lombardi and state Rep. Rory Ellinger how the state should prepare ex-offenders to reenter society at a recent public forum held at Heman Park Community Center.

  • Terrance Brown

  • Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver speaks at the Delaney Hall 10th Anniversary Ceremony in Newark, N.J. on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. (Governor Photos/Tim Larsen)

  • Regions
  • Pastor Ray Agnew, Praiz’, Pastor Carlos Mayfield
  • Amber Simpson

  • The theme for the Hands-on Black History Museum at Long Elementary School in 2012 is “Next Stop Equality…A Freedom Rider’s Journey.”

  • David Peaston

  • The O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex project, managed by Kwame Building Group, has employed 33 percent minority workers, 98 percent of whom were African-American.

  • Michael Baxton

  • Ed Bell; Roosevelt Broadnax, Workers United; State Representative Karla May; St. Louis American photojournalist Wiley Price; Ken Rigmaiden, International Vice President, Painter Union and keynote speaker; Lew Moye President STL CBTU; State Senator Robin Wright Jones; State Representative Clem Smith; Roz Sherman Voellinger; Sonja Gholston Byrd, CWA Local 6300 and STL CBTU.

  • MSD Trustee James Buford
  • Harlan Hodge

  • The Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church Choir sang praise at the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Interfaith Service at Central Reform Congregation on Jan. 11.

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  • Hazelwood Central’s B.J. McLaughlin (#23) and Jordan Martin (#32) challenge a shot by Cardinal Ritter’s Cameron Biedscheid during the featured game at last Saturday’s Red Out Shootout at Hazelwood Central. The host Hawks defeated Cardinal Ritter 64-63.

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  • Former Normandy High basketball standout Anthony James’ buzzer-beater in the Northern Iowa Panthers’ dramatic 65-62 victory over No. 12 Creighton last Saturday night was the No. 4 play on ESPN Sportscenter.

  • I saw a lot of kids fight on the streets when I was growing up. Some of them were really good. A few of them became professionals. Three I knew became champions – Matthew Saad Muhammad, Tyrone Everett and Jeff Chandler (above).

  • Martin Sophia’s production of Butterflies are Free will play at Shrewsbury Civic Center, 5200 Shrewsbury Rd., 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 10; 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 11; and 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 12

  • Foye Oluokun

  • Nik Ray, an after school coordinator for Youth and Family Center, helps Nehtia Hazelwood, 5, Michael White, 5, and Elijah Oden, 6, in the computer lab.

  • The O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex project, managed by Kwame Building Group, has employed 33 percent minority workers, 98 percent of whom were African-American.

  • My sister also taught me about heavyweights that only the Corinthians – the true, committed fans – followed: Eddie Machen and Zora Folley (squared off against each other in 1958, above), Thad Spencer, Doug Jones and Cleveland Williams.

  • Viola Oden, supervising coordinator for Youth and Family Center, helps  Demesha Johnson, 5, read a book in the computer lab. 

  • James Hill and Bernard Whittington (former NFL player) in the lobby at the Chase Park Plaza celebrating James’ birthday.

  • Peter James Jackson was handsome in his tux as he hosted the baby shower for his little sister, Brielle Marcell Williams.

  • Normandy Football

  • Vietnam Navy vet Johnnie Spivo saluted paradegoers as they show their appreciation for veterans Saturday, January 28. People lined a parade route in downtown St. Louis for the nation’s first parade to honor those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • 1962-1968, St. Louis, Missouri, USA — St. Louis at Sunset — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis

  • Jaysyn Craddock, a junior at Cristo Rey high school in Kansas City, learns about radiology at the MU School of Medicine. More than 60 Cristo Rey students have tried on careers in health care during an annual summit at MU.

  • David Peaston Karen Watkins
  • Jerry Reese

  • Reverend Dr. Mary Newbern-Williams gave the benediction at the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Interfaith Service at Central Reform Congregation on Jan. 11, joined by Sister Antona Ebo and Rabbi Susan Talve.

  • Michael Butler
  • Brenda Battle

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