ST. LOUIS – At about eight feet tall, the new interactive digital kiosks downtown look like Paul Bunyan’s cellphone. In fact, some city officials hope they’ll make a giant improvement…
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Mungenast museum honors motorcycles, autos, car dealer
BEVO MILL – Dave Mungenast started selling a gentleman’s motorcycle at a time when people thought of it as a machine for outlaws. He received awards in international motorcycling competitions…
Speakers, marchers honor MLK
ST. LOUIS – Blacks and whites together braved frigid temperatures Monday to celebrate the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, starting with a program downtown at the Old…
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 need for the kind of criminal justice reform St. Louis…
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 church groups and RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that locates,…
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 Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner and her federal lawsuit alleging…
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 Luther King holiday kick-off celebration was held on Saturday, Jan.…
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 upswing. In August 2019, then-state Rep. Bruce Franks gave up…
Spencer announces bid for mayor
ST. LOUIS – Twentieth Ward Alderman Cara Spencer is running for mayor of St. Louis. Spencer has put her name forward for the Democratic primary in March 2021. “I’m in…
Bill to rework police divisions changes to put more officers on street
CITY HALL – To put more police officers on the streets, 21st Ward Alderman John Collins-Muhammad says he wants to reorganize the entire city police department. A bill sponsored by…
North-south MetroLink line should go further north, Muhammad says
CITY HALL – A discussion at a Board of Aldermen committee meeting about plans for a MetroLink line to connect north and south St. Louis brought questions about whether the…
Carondelet group receives $1.8 million for home repair
CARONDELET – A neighborhood group is preparing to spend $1.8 million on making home improvements for low- to-moderate-income senior citizens and disabled residents living in two southeastern St. Louis ZIP…