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As the tour and album suggested, Jidenna paid homage to his uniquely blended cultures, specifically his father’s Nigerian roots, during the ’85 to Africa’ Tuesday night at The Pageant.
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Retired Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ronald Johnson was announced by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner as her law enforcement liaison on Wednesday, April 16.
Photo by Wiley Price
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Comedian Maurice G helped Laugh Lounge co-owner Jessie Taylor and Tony at Jessie’s annual birthday weekend comedy show Sunday night at The Laugh Lounge.
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House of Soul’s Nichol Stevenson with investor and consultant Drexel Stith as they put the finishing touches on the venue ahead of its grand opening weekend October 18-19
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Court reporter Denise Ballard, Judge Angela Quigless, Washington University Law School Professor Kimberly Norwood, Judge Nicole Colbert-Botchway, Washington University Law School Professor Karen Tokarz and Judge Todd Thornhill listened to citizens’ concerns at the Urban League Ferguson Community Empowerment Center on September 28.
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Students at Jennings Middle School enjoyed a visit from the Stanley Cup won last season by the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, October 8.
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Holly Parran Cousins, Director / Founder of the Special Friends Extended mentoring program is now in its 14 year in the Jennings School District and Riverview Gardens.
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Anthony Cheeseboro, associate professor of historical studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, was the 1619 Commemoration opening ceremony’s keynote speaker.
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Big Brother Randy Wilford, left, with Little Brother Kiari. More than 400 boys registered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri are currently waiting to be matched with a Big Brother.
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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s nominees to the Board of Freeholders await a committee hearing Tuesday October 15 in Clayton.
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Jennings Brandon Tate (5) picks up 7 of his 134 yards on the day with a stiff arm to Normandy’s Christian Vinso (21) during their game at Jennings Sat. Oct. 12, 2019. The Warriors of Jennings defeated the Vikings of Normandy 50-6.
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Missouri QB Kelly Bryant smiles as he trots into the endzone for a rushing touchdown in the first quarter of the match between the University of Missouri and Troy University on Saturday on Faurot Field.
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Michael B. Kennedy with Cardin “Dean” Rackley, project superintendent at KAI Build, at the ribbon-cutting of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis’ Center for Teen Excellence in Ferguson on October 3. KAI Build served as general contractor on the project. Kennedy, who is CEO of KAI Enterprises and president of the UP Companies, will be recognized as 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Salute to Excellence in Business on November 21.
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Michael B. Kennedy (center, to the right of Flint Fowler, president of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis) joined regional leaders for the ribbon-cutting of the clubs’ Center for Teen Excellence in Ferguson on October 3. KAI Build served as general contractor on the project. Kennedy, who is CEO of KAI Enterprises and president of the UP Companies, will be recognized as 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Salute to Excellence in Business on November 21.
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Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., is vice president of Health Equity and associate dean for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University. She recently became co-principal investigator for Vanderbilt’s Institute of Clinical and Translational Science.
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“It is counter-productive for us to make things more difficult for those reentering the community after their release by saddling them with jail debt,” said Lt. Col. Troy Doyle, interim director of the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services.
Photo by Wiley Price
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Brittany Kellman, founding director of Jamaa Birth Village, a Ferguson based nonprofit, laughs at the technological difficulties delaying her keynote address Friday at MU’s Annual Black Studies Fall Conference. Kellman is Missouri’s first black midwife.