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Boeing Zooms 50-year celebration for employee
ST. LOUIS – With her daughter, son and grandson — all socially distanced in her living room in north St.…
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Services are set for Moore as colleagues honor alderman
ST. LOUIS – Celebrations of the life and legacy of the late Fourth Ward Alderman Sam Moore have begun, and funeral…
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Veteran politician offers views on road ahead for black officials
CENTRAL WEST END – With the possibilities of ward reduction and redistricting as well as new development on the St.…
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‘Peace Be Still’ march draws hundreds to face down gun violence
WELLS-GOODFELLOW – Hundreds of residents didn’t let the rain Monday evening stop them from marching for peace and against the…
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Alderman Sam Moore, ‘Governor’ of north St. Louis, dies at 71
ST. LOUIS – “The Governor” of north St. Louis is gone: Samuel L. Moore III, alderman of the Fourth Ward,…
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Black census workers will be key to counting people of color
ST. LOUIS – For marginal communities of color, which are among those most under-counted in the U.S. Census, signing up…
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Tour will explore legacy of The Ville, other historic neighborhoods
THE VILLE – Julia Allen, who was born at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in 1949, has seen The Ville neighborhood…
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The NorthSider
BP station on West Florissant fights order to close
O’FALLON – The BP gas station at 4126 West Florissant Ave. is taking its fight to stay open to the…
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McKee wins more time to finance hospital project
CITY HALL – The Board of Estimate and Apportionment approved on Wednesday a nearly eight-month extension to NorthSide Regeneration developer Paul…
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The NorthSider
UrbArts’ 2020 Youth Poet Laureate hopes to heal, change lives
ST. LOUIS – The finger-snapping and conferring is in, and 16-year-old Sarah Abbas, a junior at Marquette High School, is…
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The NorthSider
Galloway puts Medicaid expansion on front burner in governor’s race
ST. LOUIS – A brain trust of black health care professionals who gathered here last year marked Medicaid expansion as…
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Proposed changes to Community Reinvestment Act spark fight
ST. LOUIS – Proposed changes to a federal law could leave parts of the city – and especially north St. Louis…
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The NorthSider
‘Hair Love’ brings Oscar to St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis was represented two-fold at the Academy Awards this year with two nominations, with “Hair Love”…
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Poverty, racial divide contribute to high homicide rate
ST. LOUIS – In the past five years, St. Louis has averaged 192 homicides, according to St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief…
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T-shirt aims for solidarity and justice
BENTON PARK WEST – A hip T-shirt promoting solidarity among racial groups is the latest effort to keep detainees who…
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The SouthSider
Drugs are claiming even more lives than guns in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – At an annual New Year’s Eve vigil, police Chief John Hayden revealed that while there were an…
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Pan African flag is raised at City Hall, noting Black History Month
ST. LOUIS – The red, black and green Pan African (or African American Heritage) flag was raised Monday morning inside…
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High school recruiters visit, vie for Yeatman students
PENROSE – “You look like you too bad to go to Soldan, maybe you need to go to Vashon or…
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Neighbors question ‘HGP’ in bill for hospital to be named ‘Homer G. Phillips’
THE VILLE – What’s in a name? Apparently a lot when when it comes to the historic Ville’s eponymous, venerable Homer…
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The NorthSider
MoDOT’s safety plan for Natural Bridge includes medians, new crosswalks
HAMILTON HEIGHTS – Just on the heels of a new report flagging St. Louis as the 16th most dangerous city for…
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Arkansas Fried Chicken is reopening as bar and grill
LEWIS PLACE – After being closed for nearly a year for remodeling, Arkansas Fried Chicken restaurant has crossed the road…
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Save Our Sons town hall uses ‘rock, paper, scissors’ to motivate youths
MIDTOWN – A keynote speaker at the Save Our Sons town hall meeting against violence Saturday used the childhood game…
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ESOP alleges lying, bias, lack of action by police union
ST. LOUIS – Black city residents are not the only ones with gripes about race relations with the St. Louis…
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Speakers, marchers honor MLK
ST. LOUIS – Blacks and whites together braved frigid temperatures Monday to celebrate the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King…
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Report on mass incarceration underlines need for reform
ST. LOUIS – A new report about mass incarceration of blacks in the U.S., and Missouri in particular, supports the…
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Churches, nonprofit cure medical debt for 11,108 Missouri families
ST. LOUIS – Millions in medical bill debt for 11,108 Missouri families have been cured by The Deaconess Foundation, area…
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Racist rant attacks circuit attorney’s backers as ESOP supports federal lawsuit
ST. LOUIS – One day after six fellow reform-minded black female lead prosecuting attorneys converged on St. Louis to rally for…
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King’s ideals, statue will be focus of Freedom March, Peace Walk
FOUNTAIN PARK – The bells have sounded, beginning the official statewide Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations. The Martin…
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Officials’ struggles with mental health put focus on suicide rate
ST. LOUIS – Suicides are on the rise in the U.S. and in St. Louis, where high-profile individuals underscore the…
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Family fun night brings year to a close, safely
THE VILLE – Children celebrated the New Year safely by playing games, running around and spending the night at the…
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