• Saint Louis University and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis drew hundreds of people to its “Partnership for Success Career Fair” for ex-offenders on Tuesday, April 10 at Chaifetz Arena.

  • Michelle McGruder is manager of visitor services at the St. Louis Science Center.

  • The St. Louis Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, which is celebrating 70 years of friendship and service to the St. Louis community, consists of 57 active, eight alumnae and four platinum members.

  • Courtney Ramey, the standout point guard, led the Webster Groves Statesmen to their second consecutive Class 5 state championship in 2018. He was also selected as the 2018 Mr. Show-Me Basketball in the state of Missouri. He is headed to the University of Texas.

  • Angela Clabon

    CareSTL Health CEO Angela Clabon

  • AKA Sumner wing

    A wing at Sumner High School was dedicated to Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority’s principal founder, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, a 1904 Sumner graduate, on April 5. Shown are 4th Ward Alderman Samuel Moore, Norma Solomon White, 25th international president; aldermanic President Lewis Reed; Peggy Lewis LeCompte, program chair; Chantal Harris, great-great-granddaughter of Lyle; Kathy Walker Steele, Central Region president; Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, current international president; Mattelia Grays, 18th international president; Norma Solomon White; 25th international president; and St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams.

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. dedicated a bench at Sumner High School to the sorority’s principal founder, St. Louisan Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, a 1904 Sumner graduate, on April 5. Front row: Charletta Wilson Jacks, national secretary; Peggy Lewis LeCompte, program chair; Kathy Walker Steele, Central Region president; Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, current international president; Norma Solomon White, 25th international president; Faye B. Bryant, 21st international president. Back row: Chantal Harris, great-great-granddaughter of Lyle; and Nadine Bonds, 26th Central Region director.

  • Better Family Life’s “The Move” initiative led a silent march to end gun violence in North St. Louis on March 25.

  • James Clark, Najwa Taylor and Naim Gray

    James Clark, vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life, Najwa Taylor and her son Naim Gray addressed the crowd on March 25 when BFL organized a silent march to remember victims of gun violence.

  • Eugene Robinson

    Eugene Robinson gave a talk on “Shattered Nation: A 50-Year Retrospective of the Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy” at the Missouri History Museum on April 10.

  • Eugene Robinson was interviewed by moderator Aisha Sultan at “Shattered Nation: A 50-Year Retrospective of the Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy” at the Missouri History Museum on April 10.

  • Kayla Lawrence, Tyler Wright and Ashley McFadden are among the Pattonville students who were accepted into the University of Missouri-St. Louis Bridge Saturday Academy Program. The Bridge Program offers classes in subjects like math, writing skills, career and personal development and college preparation. Other Pattonville students accepted include Alexus Blount, Richard Dunbar, Amiya Holmes, Wynter Johnson, Kevaughna Nelson, Ayiana O’Neal, Jaleya Peebles, McKenna Reece, Nicole Shah, Kathryn Stevens, Cameron Woods, and Courtney Woods.

  • Congratulations to the St. Louis Majestics 17U boys basketball team on winning the championship at the Adidas Invitational Tournament at the Center of St. Louis Sports in Affton last weekend. The Majestics completed a successful weekend by defeating the Gateway Basketball Club in the championship game on Sunday. The members of the team include (in alphabetical order): Kaileb Bryant (Fort Zumwalt West), Atavian Butler (McCluer North), Dareon Graham (McCluer), Ari Jackson (CBC),  Kent Lawson (Wentzville Liberty), Steve Lee (McCluer North), Brent Roberson (DeSmet), Mekai Ray (McCluer North), Eric Simmons (McCluer North), Nicholaus Smith (CBC), AJ Traylor (McCluer North), Josh Willenbrink (St. Dominic)

  • Rev. Traci Blackmon prayed with Gov. Jay Nixon at her church, Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, on August 14, 2014, the day he first declared a State of Emergency in Ferguson. The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability will honor Blackmon with its Spirituality Leadership Award on Saturday, April 14.

  • Hamilton

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