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Life was good. Langford Cunningham thought he had it all figured out—a meaningful career as a deputy juvenile officer at St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center, a beautiful home, nice cars, attractive women vying for his attention, and weekly nightlife…

Community leaders will hold a public meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at St. Louis City Hall to discuss ongoing community concerns about the new medical facility named after Homer G. Phillips.

Activist and musician Tef Poe and the Black Men Build (BMB) organization say distributing food in the community doesn’t mean as much if you don’t feed people’s souls too.

A student at Confluence Academy is searched before being arrested after a fight broke out in the cafeteria on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2021. The fight started with a group of girls, then boys joined in. Tables and chairs were…

The Bail Project’s St. Louis city office is closed after almost four years of providing free bail assistance and pretrial support for more than 3,000 low-income people. The organization also worked on the effort to close the Workhouse (the city’s…

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) recently honored its 2021 Alumni Hall of Honor inductees Brandon Bosley, Paris Thompson, Sharita Davis, Steve Vasser, Gerald Fulton, Marsha Walls, and Kayla Jackson-Williams for achievements in their respective fields,…

According to a recent report from the St. Louis County Department of Public Health, although heart disease and cancer remained the top two leading causes of death, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2020.

St. Louis-based Arch Grants next month will celebrate the 35 startups and early-stage businesses, including 19 from Missouri, that make up the 2021 cohort in the St. Louis-based Arch Grants program. Collectively the companies are in line to receive nearly…

Direct care providers for Medicaid patients have been underpaid for years and are currently struggling with exacerbated staffing problems. The expansion could alleviate the staffing issues.

One Missouri representative is speaking out against the state’s scholarship system, alleging it is inequitable and does not adequately serve the students who need the financial help the most.

STEAM Academy at McCluer South-Berkeley has been recognized as a 2020-2021 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Distinguished High School. It is one of 204 American high schools to receive this recognition, just 1.7% of all schools.

The city’s new corrections commissioner, Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah, has been on the job now for just over a month. As she works to understand the issues facing the city’s jails, she told The St. Louis American she doesn’t have just one…

As the search for the next police chief gets underway, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is inviting the public to submit input on what they’re looking for in the city’s top cop.

East St. Louis School District 189 was in a state of chaos in 2011 when Arthur R. Culver was appointed superintendent. The district, with about 7,300 students at the time, had failed to meet state standards for nine years under…

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for American women according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).