• Brother Anthony Shahid rallied alumni and other mentors at Vashon High School in St. Louis to go out on a street patrol during the Tauheed Youth Group reunion on April 8.

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  • A 2010 Census enumerator speaks to a resident standing in a doorway.

  • Kirkwood sophomore Avril Ferguson jumped 5’6″ during the Dale Collier Invitational. Ferguson took 8th in the event with Kirkwood finishing 4th in the invitational. 

  • Preston Thomas spent nearly 20 years as the head coach at Cardinal Ritter, guiding the Lions to Missouri Class 2A state championships in 1990, 1995 and 1996. He helped develop the talents of such top players as Julian Winfield, Andrew “Smokey” Evans, Jahidi White, Chris Carrawell and Loren Woods.

  • Various mock drafts have defensive end Charles ‘Black Ice’ Harris pegged anywhere from 14th to the Philadelphia Eagles to 28th to the Dallas Cowboys.

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  • In 1897, bicycles were a new invention and the government wanted to test them for military use. Twenty members of the 25th Infantry (a.k.a. the Buffalo Soldiers) rode bikes from Ft. Missoula, Montana to St. Louis – 1,987 miles in 41 days. 

  • The 2017 Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration will take place on Saturday, May 6 with black history tours from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and event presentations from 12-5 p.m.

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  • Robert Parson Jr. with Judge Dan Boyle and his new colleagues on the Florissant City Council – Councilmen Jeff Caputa, Timothy Jones and Gerard Henke – after they were sworn in on Monday, April 24. Parson is the first African American ever to serve on the council.

  • Former sparring partners Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko will battle for the IBF and WBA heavyweight titles Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing.

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  • Anthony Joshua earned the IBF heavyweight title by knocking out St. Louis native Charles Martin last April.

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  • Police accountability groups, as well as the black police association, are calling for community input and a national search regarding a replacement for St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, seen hear listening to a community grievance during an October 2014 protest. Dotson resigned on April 19, Mayor Lyda Krewson’s first full day in office.

  • Children paint their areas on a Metro bus during Earth Day activities in St. Louis on April 22, 2017. Children and adults painted in pre determined areas that will leave the bus with various Earth Day messages. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

  • Mariah Jackson (10) paints her area orange on a Metro bus during Earth Day activities in St. Louis on April 22, 2017. Children and adults painted in pre determined areas that will leave the bus with various Earth Day messages. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

  • Robert Parson Jr. celebrated with family and he was sworn in as Ward 8 councilman on the Florissant City Council on Monday, April 24. He is the first African American ever to serve on the council. Left to right with Parson: Robert Parson (father), Marie Parson (mother), Tanya Parson (wife), Cheyenne Parson (daughter), Mikayla Parson (daughter) and, in front, Jordan Parson (son).

  • Robert Parson Jr. was sworn in as Ward 8 councilman on the Florissant City Council by Judge Dan Boyle on Monday, April 24, becoming the first African American ever to serve on the council.

  • Clinical therapist Halisi Mohammad worked with Arnold Robinson, 8, a student at Grannemann Elementary School at People’s Center for Children’s Health on Wednesday, April 26. The boy visited the newly opened center at 5647 Delmar Blvd. with his mother Arteria Robinson and stepdad Oscar Brookin.

  • Gateway and Vashon High School students Carosa Johnson and Fatima Ndon rode their “like new” bikes with St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams from the home of Karen Kalish, founder and executive director of Home Works, on Saturday, April 15,. The bike donation came about after Kalish found out that most of the students did not have bikes. Students had a police escort all the way to their schools.  

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  • Mayor Lyda Krewson was sworn in on Tuesday, April 18 by Mike Wolff, former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice. The next day, she announced the resignation of Police Chief Sam Dotson. Photo by Wiley Price

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  • “None of this works at all without committed employers,” said Roderick Nunn, executive vice president and head of education and employment at the Concordance Academy of Leadership, during a ribbon cutting for its new headquarters at 1845 Borman Court in Maryland Heights on Tuesday, April 25. Founded by Danny Ludeman in 2015, Concordance Academy supports and helps to retrain individuals returning from prison.

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  • Robert Parson Jr. and family: Mikayla Parson, Jordan Parson, Cheyenne Parson and Tanya Parson.

  • Antoine Ross, a senior at Jennings High School who participates in the school’s robotics team, won the airplane distance toss when HEC-TV did a live taping of “The Science Behind Aviation” at the Gore Community Education Center on Thursday, April 20. He said from the expert panel he learned design tips that will help Jennings’ robotics team with the Boeing Engineering Challenge. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

  • Jennings Superintendent Art McCoy helped students Marttan Brazie, Alexis McCrary and Darron Deal make a paper airplane during a live HEC-TV taping of “The Science Behind Aviation” at the Gore Community Education Center on Thursday, April 20. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

  • Jennings School District students and staff with HEC-TV staff and subject matter experts after its live taping of “The Science Behind Aviation” at the Gore Community Education Center on Thursday, April 20. The youth raising his arm is Antoine Ross, a senior at Jennings High School who participates in the school’s robotics team and won the air plane distance toss at the taping. He said from the expert panel he learned design tips that will help Jennings’ robotics team with the Boeing Engineering Challenge. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

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  • Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway. Photo by Jason Rosenbaum/St. Louis Public Radio

  • Frito-Lay has announced a voluntary recall of jalapeno flavored Lay’s Kettle Cooked Potato Chips and jalapeño flavored Miss Vickie’s Kettle Cooked potato chips due to the potential presence of the bacteria in the seasoning.

  • President Barack Obama gives a speech on the White House lawn Friday, June 13, 2014.

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