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St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards – seen here with Mayor Lyda Krewson during a gun buyback event on December 8 – brought black leadership to Public Safety in St. Louis, though has done nothing to redirect resources away from a failed arrest-and-incarcerate model toward a model focused on reducing poverty and homelessness.
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Color Coded Kids recently launched its partnership with Mastercard St. Louis with a two-hour workshop on Mastercard’s O’Fallon campus.
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The McCluer North Stars won the championship of the People’s Bank and Trust Tournament last week in Troy, Mo. The Stars defeated top-ranked Columbia Rock Bridge 68-63 in the semifinals and Francis Howell 70-62 in the championship game. The team members are (in alphabetical order): A’Tavian Butler, Isaiah Carpenter, Aaron Daniels, Leonard Davie, Patrick Evans, Quentin Hall, Steve Lee, Sylvon Mosley, Jermond Mosley II, Marlon Owens, Lamarie Pigram, Mekai Ray, and AJ Traylor. The head coach of McCluer North is Trevor Laney, assisted by Gold Wise, Steve Lee and Rashad Lindsey.
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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder battled to a draw Saturday night. Fury showed off his boxing skills while Wilder showed his tremendous punching power.
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Rep. Wiley Price IV
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Jared Boyd is chief of staff and counsel for the City of St. Louis Treasurer’s Office, which opened its Office of Financial Empowerment in 2014.
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Nearly 200 people show support to Charlotte Ottley on November 26 in the Mahler Ballroom in her quest to find a kidney donor. The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis President Michael McMillan presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award.Â
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Nichole Dawsey, at left, is the executive director of NCADA, a local organization that has been providing education and prevention services related to drugs and alcohol since 1965. Nisha Patel is an assistant superintendent for the Fox C-6 School District in Arnold.
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Practicing CPR techniques are Clinical Medical Assistant program students  Janessa Avery, Amanda Ellis and Taraha Simms.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
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Hot 104.1 FM’s T-Marley with Memphis rap star Yo Gotti before he hit the stage Sunday December 2 for a concert presented by Branded Mogul and RockHouse Ent. A rap veteran with 20 plus years under his bel in the industry, Gotti has a strong St. Louis following and calls our city his second home.
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Vanessa Cooksey, senior vice president of community relations for Wells Fargo, received the 2018 Corporate Executive of the Year Award from the St. Louis American Foundation.
Photo by Wiley Price
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2018 Salute to Business award recipients Patrick E. Smith Sr. from Ameren Mo., Pamela Kelly with DOT Foods, and Kevin L. Buie Sr. with Edward Jones. Photo by Wiley Price
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