This week’s photo gallery pays special tribute to Wiley Price, the legendary, award-winning photojournalist who spent more than four decades documenting the people, culture, and pivotal moments of St. Louis as the primary staff photographer for The St. Louis American, capturing history with unmatched consistency, care, and humanity until filing his final photos on Dec. 31, a legacy that lives on through countless images that helped define the paper and preserve the city’s Black history for generations. Alongside this meaningful farewell, the gallery also features joyful group shots from New Year’s Eve celebrations, highlighting friends, families, and community members ringing in the new year together with style, laughter, and optimism, offering a fitting visual transition from honoring a storied career to celebrating fresh beginnings.
