• Janaye Ingram is the first director of National Partnerships for Airbnb.

  • Janaye Ingram is the first director of National Partnerships for Airbnb.

  • Janaye Ingram is the first director of National Partnerships for Airbnb.

  • Ron Wilkinson and friends are celebrating five years of partnership with the St. Louis Cardinals to assist local non-profit organizations. Not only do attendees get to enjoy the ballgame at a discounted ticket price, they can also sing either the National Anthem, “God Bless America” or, if you’re a veteran, you can participate in the flag ceremony on the field. This year, 13 churches from St. Louis and East St. Louis are participating. The last of three Ron and Friends games is August 24 against the San Diego Padres. If you or your organization would like to become a partner in the future, please contact Ron Wilkinson at 314-681-1722 or email Ron4earth@gmail.com

  • Judge Douglas R. Beach

  • Kim Quain, a college/career counselor at Hazelwood West High School, will receive the 2017 SEMO Counselor of the Year Award at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Gala on September 23.

  • Jennings High School counselor Rhonda Key talked with students Deanna Obrebey and Asha Amerson at the school on Wednesday, September 6.

  • Jennings High School counselor Rhonda Key talked with students Deanna Obrebey and Asha Amerson at the school on Wednesday, September 6.

  • Carl Bruce
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  • Michael Bennett was one of Colin Kaepernick’s first outspoken supporters. In August, Bennett pledged to protest the national anthem for the entire 2017 season to make a stand for equality. 

  • Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood sued Major League Baseball in 1970 in order to gain status as a free agent. Though he ultimately lost the case, it paved the way for free agency as it is known today.

  • United Healthcare Pro Cycling team members donated professional bike

    helmets and gave safety demonstrations recently to youth at the Adams Park

    Boys & Girls Club. The cyclists also provided stretching tips to encourage

    kids to be safe, stay active and participate in the various events for kids and

    families during the four-day Gateway Cup, which was held September 1-4.

  • Eighth grade Southeast Middle students Josiah Futrell, Cohl Dodds-Arrington and ReShawn Nettles took first place in the Division 1 creative appearance contest in the Boeing Engineering Design Challenge with their glider “Air Ace.”

  • Ezekiel Elliott
  • Ronicia Otey, Robert Griffin, Rosemary Britts and Vivial Lopez

    Ronicia Otey, who has Sickle Cell Anemia; Robert S. Griffin, senior pastor and founder of Christian Embassy Church; Rosemary Britts, executive director, Sickle Cell Association; and Vivial Lopez, CEC member who nominated SSA to benefit from Harvest Fest 2017.

  • Rosemary Britts

    Rosemary Britts, executive director of Sickle Cell Association, teaching the sickle cell symptom cycle.

  • Rosemary Britts, executive director of Sickle Cell Association, discussing the illness with members of Christian Embassy Church in Black Jack.

  • Keith Pereira

  • Patient Rowena Jones receives chiropractic care at Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Center. Making the adjustments is Ross Mattox, DC, head clinician at Logan’s integrated health center at MHDCHC, along with a student intern.

  • Show opener Will Robinson had a chance to dap it up with R&B legend Johnny Gill after the Grammy Award nominated singer brought down the house at Ballpark Village on Friday as the District Rhythms concert series closed out the 2017 season.

  • Jason Purnell, director of For the Sake of All

  • Jimmy Watson, pastor at Immanuel United Church of Christ, Ferguson, and Church Council President Keith Wogtech hold the signatures of its members as the church celebrated its new covenant with North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice during worship on July 30.

  • Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens

  • President Donald Trump (file photo).

  • Katrina Peoples
  • Jaral Loveless
  • Sheena R. Hamilton
  • Divine Shelton
  • Celisia Harris

  • HuffPost Editor In Chief Lydia Polgreen moderates a panel on media during a Huffington Post/Bustle event called “Watch Us Run” at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Photo by Damon Dahlen, Huffington Post) 

  • Chauncey A. Patterson
  • ‘Listen to America’
  • Webster University
  • Michelle Obama
  • Elbert Walton Jr.
  • Jeff Sessions
  • James T. Ingram
  • Frank Hamsher
  • Madison Keys
  • Judge Douglas R. Beach

  • A demonstration took place Friday night in the Delmar Loop. Photo by Vincent Lang

  • Rev. Renita Marie Lamkin Green

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