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Jamilah Nasheed was given permission to speak when she attended a meet and greet for candidates in the race for 18th Ward alderman at the Deaconess Center on Child Well Being on Monday, February 25. Nasheed is trying to upset incumbent Lewis Reed in the Democratic primary for president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, March 5. The Democratic nominee for alderman in the even-numbered wards also will be decided on March 5. The candidates for 18th Ward are Jesse Todd, Jeffery Hill Jr., Darryl Gray, Judith Arnold and Elmer Otey. Incumbent Alderman Terry Kennedy did not seek reelection.
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Cardinal Ritter’s Gary Clark (33), Vashon’s Kobe Clark (24) and Ritter’s Glenn Valentine (1) dive after a loose ball during Friday night’s February 22, 2019 game at Vashon for the Boys Class 3 ditrict championship. The Wolverines went on to defeat the Lions of Cardinal Ritter 85-62.
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Ritenour School District and community partner CareSTL Health recently celebrated the opening of a school-based health clinic, Husky Health Center at Hoech Middle School in St. Ann, with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, February 21.
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Nicole Crisp, a nurse practitioner with CareSTL Health, examined Mykai Allen, a fifth-grader from Wyland Elementary School, at the Ritenour School District’s new school-based health clinic, Hustky Health Center at Hoech Middle School in St. Ann, on Thursday, February 21. His mother, Mya Allen, is in the background.
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Mayah Noise, 11, and Derriyah Gurley, 11, 5th graders at Mason School of Academic & Cultural Literacy in the St. Louis Public School District (SLPS), used The St. Louis American to study a math lesson on February 12. SLPS participates in The American’s Newspapers In Education program.
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In August, retired truck driver Herman Lee White, 75, learned that his apartment was among the approximately 200 public housing structures in Wellston proposed to be demolished by HUD. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is pressuring HUD to allow Wellston time to find developers or buyers willing to invest in the community.
Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
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Aldermen Brandon Bosley and John Collins-Muhammad were joined by eight citizens in calling for the recall of St. Louis Mayor Krewson because of her support of Better Together’s proposal to merge St. Louis city and county governments during a press conference in City Hall on Tuesday, February 26.
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Grammy Award winning soul singer Chrisette Michele with Christa and Angel, creator of the Night of Soul Searching concert series, following the latest installment of the popular night of music Saturday at The Ready Room. Michele headlined the evening’s festivities with performances by Bird Williams and Cory Saxmo with Music Unlimited.
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A young woman modeling one of the Fairy Glam Project’s donated dresses at the
annual expo and prom giveaway. Dresses are being accepted for the upcoming Fairy Glam Project Prom Dress Giveaway taking place March 9 at All Nations Christian Church.
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2019 Young Leaders class
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Bobby Stewart, who works in security, created his own black cultural arts museum in his Kinloch home.
Photo by Wiley Price