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National Sales Company President Lenny Kneese, Alderwoman April Ford-Griffin and Bill Laskowsky, chief development officer for McEagle Properties. -
Timothy Bradley, rear, delivers a punch to Devon Alexander during the WBC/WBO World Championship Unification boxing match at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Saturday night. Bradley won the match by technical decision. -
United Way Classroom Volunteer -
Jackie Joyner-Kersee was on hand with East St. Louis School District officials for the re-opening of her youth center. The district will lease the space at the 6 million dollar facility for $1. Lee Triefenbach, the district’s chief financial officer said the district will pay utility bills, and staff the facility. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American Newspaper -
Percy Green II, OBS Chairman Montague Simmons and Norman Seay visited with keynote speaker Chokwe Lumumba on Saturday at the 31st Anniversary Celebration of the Organization for Black Struggle held at the Gateway Classic. -
St. Mary’s Health Center receives open MRI -
Chokwe Lumumba was the keynote speaker at the 31st Anniversary Celebration of the Organization for Black Struggle held Saturday at the Gateway Classic. -
Celebrity Swagger Snap of the Week -
Obama honored Dorothy Height -
Police Chief Daniel Isom -
Redditt Hudson, program associate for the American Civil Liberties Union in St. Louis, is back to a regular exercise routine following a procedure last summer on his heart. -
Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin issued a “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding,” outlining steps that all sectors of a community can take to remove obstacles faced by women who want to breastfeed their babies. -
New leopard cub -
St. Louis Aldermen Charles Quincy Troupe and Jeffrey Boyd visited with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder when Kinder came to St. Louis to deliver a prayer (and some donuts) at the opening 2011 session of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen in City Hall. Kinder, who touted his support for St. Louis, now has the opportunity to show genuine bipartisan support for the region by convincing his Republican colleagues that the 2.1 million St. Louis-area residents in Missouri still merit three congressional seats. The GOP-controlled state Legislature currently is redrawing the state’s nine congressional districts into eight following the results of the 2010 Census. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Thelma Cook -
Cutline: William Taylor of Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment and Valerie Reed, a retired homeowner, protest unfair foreclosure practices on Jan. 28 outside of the Bank of America building on Market Street. -
Joe Gilliam -
Minority inclusion, unfinished business -
Former Whitfield High golf standout Kourland Ware will begin his professional career on the Hooters Tour, where he will participate in the tour’s rankings school. -
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon shakes hands with high school students after outlining his plan that would include low-income students in the A-plus Community College scholarship program, during his announcement in St. Louis on January 24, 2011. Currently, the Community College A-plus scholarship program is available at select high schools whose overall grade point average is high. Nixon wants to expand the program to include all public high schools in the St. Louis area. An additional 700 students a year would qualify. UPI/Bill Greenblatt -
Teen Swagg Artists -
Rappers Jia Davis and Ruka Puff -
Aloha Mi ´Sho -
Dynasty Hip Hop inc., 100 Black Men of Greater St. Louis and stl -
D Boy of Dynasty Hip Hop Inc. -
Event Co-host DJ Kaos -
Lea Johnson, John Burroughs -
Tra Anderson, Hazelwood Central