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U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay offered words of comfort for tornado-ravaged Bridgeton residents on Tuesday. Clay said the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency assessment teams were on the ground Monday, and the preliminary damage assessments began Tuesday in St. Louis County, at the airport and in St. Charles County. -
Heart and Soul 5K registered runners gear up for first leg of practice course at Flo Valley on Sunday, Feb. 13. -
Heart and Soul 5K registered runners gear up for first leg of practice course at Flo Valley on Sunday, Feb. 13. -
Heart and Soul 5K registered runners gear up for first leg of practice course at Flo Valley on Sunday, Feb. 13. -
Jumping The Broom – directed by Salim Akil, and starring Paula Patton and Laz Alonso – opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, May 6. -
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Herbert “PePPer” Clifton and Jeannette Pulliam -
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Grammy Award-winning international recording artist Nelly of St. Louis presents two area high school students with college scholarships during the third annual Black and White Ball Scholarship Ceremony, held at Lindenwood University on April 26. The university has annually awarded two, four-year, full-tuition scholarships in partnership with the artist since 2009. The presentation ceremony was sponsored by members of the Lindenwood Black Student Union, Plaza Motors, and Nelly’s record label, Derrty Ent. Pictured with Nelly, from left, are Lindenwood President James D. Evans and 2011-12 scholarship recipients Carmen Rhodes and Chelsea Smith. -
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon toured a damaged North County neighborhood in Berkeley with Mayor Kyra Watson on Saturday. A F-4 tornado hit the region on Friday, damaging or destroying over 750 homes and buildings. -
On Monday former St. Louis Police Chief Ron Henderson walked away from his home, totally destroyed, three days after a tornado devastated this area of Bridgeton. The National Weather Service says a EF-4 tornado passed through North County, damaging or destroying more tan 2,000 homes. The tornado, the strongest here since 1967, also hit the airport, causing a two-day shutdown. No one was killed or seriously injured. -
Founded in 2006 by Lisa Orden Zarin, College Bound is a college access and success nonprofit organization that empowers high school students from under-resources backgrounds to complete college degrees and prepare to enter the work force. -
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The Team Adidas Lou-E-Ville Elite 16U girls won the championship at the Adidas Hoosier Hardwood Classic last week in Merrillville, Ind. Lou-E-Ville Elite won the championship in the 17U division. They defeated the California All-Stars 64-57 in the championship game. The team members are (front row, left to right) Alayiah Covington (Edwardsville), Sidney Bloch (Edwardsville), Lauren White (Edwardsville), Taylor Miller (Incarnate Word), Nakiah Bell (Incarnate Word); (back row, left to right), Kim Jackson, head coach, Emmonnie Henderson (Edwardsville), Taylor Manuel (Incarnate Word), Taylor Robinson (Ladue), Sarah Parker (Edwardsville), Amber Alexander (Parkway North), Whitney Harris (Althoff), Roy Miller, coach. Emmonnie Henderson and Nakiah Bell were selected to the All-Tournament Team. -
Ladue High’s Samantha Levin won the 800-meter run and ran legs on two first-place relays at last week’s Kansas Relays in Lawrence, KS. -
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Michael Blake, deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and an associate director for the White House Office of Public Engagement, recently addressed about 75 African-American business and community organization leaders at FUSE Advertising on the Landing. -
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President Barack Obama’s original long-form birth certificate -
Bishop Dr. Wyatt Greenlee, Jr. -
Destiny West, a fifth-grade student at McNair Elementary School, submitted a poem, “The World as I See It,” published in the 2011 Young Writers of America student anthology. -
Donald M. Suggs and Steven Cousins -
The storm didn’t stop Envy owner Jon from celebrating his birthday in a big way last Friday. Television blactor and heartthrob Lance Gross made it to town just before the tornado touched down, and managed to have the ladies grinning from ear to ear all night long. -
St. Louis Cardinals Yadier Molina celebrates his three-run home run with teammate Matt Holliday in the sixth inning against the Cincinnati Reds Sunday night. Molina’s homerun provided all the runs as St. Louis defeated Cincinnati 3-0. -
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Holliday, left, and Albert Pujols, right, pose for photos with team General Manager John Mozliak after being presented with their Louisville Slugger, Silver Slugger Awards, before a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium last Sunday.