• Activists and organizers from the St. Louis Action Council, Arch City Defenders and Decarcerate St. Louis raised money to post bond to bail out mothers being held in St. Louis for inability to post bond.

  • Kennard Williams, organizer for Decarcerate STL, led a protest at St. Louis City Hall on Thursday, May 11 to demand that Mayor Lyda Krewson close St. Louis City’s Medium Security Institution, known as the Workhouse.

  • Vinita Park Mayor James W. McGee, along with Chairman Dan Clasby of the Village of Vinita Terrace, thanked the administration of Vinita Terrace for the smooth transition during their May 10 merger ceremony at the new North County Police Cooperative in the 8000 block of Page at Midland. Vinita Terrance has officially merged with Vinita Park.  

  • Bike riding
  • Annie Malone May Day Parade

  • Jacqueline Thompson and Christopher Harris star in Upstream Theater’s production of ‘A Human Being Died That Night,’ which continues at The Kranzberg Theatre through May 28.

  • Judge Jimmie Edwards

    Jimmie Edwards speaking when the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts convened in St. Louis on Tuesday, May 16

  • Malik Ahmed, CEO of Better Family Life, speaking at BFL on Thursday, May 11.

  • Hazelwood West honor student Jeremie Osaghae-Nosa, a senior, and junior class president Kyra Pearson wore their cords for graduation while protesting in front of the school on Wednesday, May 17 in support of teachers in the district. About two dozen students protested suspensions of nearly 200 classmates after they walked out of school in support of teachers this week. The ACLU of Missouri said it is “actively preparing legal options if the district continues to jeopardize the students’ futures.”

  • Cheyenne Hawkins, a junior at University City High School, has been accepted by the AFS language program in Paraguay. She will be spend the summer living with a family in the capitol city of Asuncion and study Spanish. Half her program fees will come from the AFS-USA Faces of America program and half from the Quest Scholarship Fund at the St. Louis Community Foundation.

  • The 29th annual National Consortium on Racial and Ethical Fairness in the Courts is holding it’s conference in St. Louis this week. Tuesday’s opening session included remarks from David Dwight the communications and strategy catalyst for Forward Through Ferguson. At left is Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge of Missouri, and at right johnathan Smith the Executive Director of Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs. 

  • MODDC
  • Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball

    Washington’s Markelle Fultz and UCLA’s Lonzo Ball could be the top two selections in this season’s NBA Draft.

  • LeBron James’ Cavaliers and Heat teams have dominated the Eastern Conference for the past seven years. However, Isaiah Thomas and the Boston Celtics are building a team that could soon take over the East.

  • In Saturday’s Class 3 District 3 track championships, sophomore Joshua Hopkins from Lutheran North won the Men’s Long Jump with a leap of 21’3″. 

  • Eddie G. Davis, president and executive director of Center for the Acceleration of African American Business and manager of Better Family Life Business Center; Tom Hough, CEO Carrollton Bank; Le’Quita Watson, owner/president of Faith Walks; Malik Ahmed, CEO of Better Family Life; and Darryl L. Tyler, partner/vice president at Carrollton Bank.

    Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American

  • UNCF
  • April Mickens Jolly

  • Carmel Hannah, president of the St. Louis Chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives

  • Leslie Hardy, Karen Morrison and Carmel Hannah (chapter president) visited at the St. Louis Chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives’ Spring Kick-Off Event at the Missouri History Museum on Tuesday, March 14.  

  • Money lessons
  • Melanie Powell-Robinson
  • Bradley Beal
  • Kristen Clarke

  • Archbishop Robert Carlson, Brother Emile of the Taizé Community and the Rev. Starsky Wilson joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss an upcoming pilgrimage in St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend.

    Photo by Kelly Moffitt / St. Louis Public Radio

  • Trump and Comey
  • Paulette Brown

  • Chance The Rapper’s nonstop energy moved the crowd during the sold-out St. Louis leg of his “Be Encouraged” Tour Sunday night at Scottrade Center.

    Photo by Lawrence Bryant

  • Chance The Rapper’s nonstop energy moved the crowd during the sold-out St. Louis leg of his “Be Encouraged” Tour Sunday night at Scottrade Center.

    Photo by Lawrence Bryant

  • Charlene Williams
  • Christopher S. Thomas
  • Amanda S. Andrews
  • Daniel Isom
  • Congrats to the Grads
  • LeBron James
  • Willicia Denise Hobbs

  • Simone Biles performs on Dancing with the Stars on April 10, 2017.

  • Saint Louis University medical school students stage a midday protest on Thursday May 11 in response to the firing of the School of Medicine’s Director of Curriculum, Dr. Stuart Slavin. He is highly regarded for his work promoting student mental health and well-being. Photo by Wiley Price

  • Courts
  • Gregg Popovich
  • Jerimiah Tilmon

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