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“There’s a clear distinction between myself and other candidates in this race.”

Dr. La’Kendra Garrett has been hired as the next principal of Robinson Elementary School in Kirkwood.

St. Louis County Library (SLCL) and St. Louis Public Library (SLPL) are teaming to offer a joint summer reading and exploration program called STL Summer Adventure. The program invites youths to go on an adventure with a variety of activities…

“Today, the city is safer, stronger, and healthier than we were last year. And next year, we’ll be safer, stronger, and healthier than we are today.”- Mayor Tishaura Jones

One of the St. Louis area’s leading institutions that support youths and families will soon lose a community stalwart as its leader.

St. Louis has suffered its share of negative depictions over the years. Universities across the nation teach that the problems associated with Pruitt-Igo’s 33, 11-story concrete buildings led to the federal government’s decision to stop funding high-rise public housing projects.

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Harris-Stowe State University held its Spring 2024 Commencement on Saturday May 4, 2024, and its president, LaTonia Collins Smith, told graduates they should “hold fast to the power within that has carried you across this stage."

The vision for connecting St. Louis and the Brickline Greenway now has Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) as a partner.

Operation Food Search (OFS) will receive a large serving of funding for its Healthy Food, Healthy Community renovation project, the largest renovation the nonprofit has undertaken since its founding in 1981.

Clean Up, Build Up, an initiative of the Regional Business Council (RBC) and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, has introduced a bi-monthly component called Block Builders in partnership with major regional utility companies to target micro locations, specific…

The Delta Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority recently contributed diapers, training pants and diaper wipes to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) program.

The importance of voting, not just in presidential elections but also local ones, was emphasized to young women during an informative Voter Education Program at Girls Inc. on Saturday April 27, 2024.

The legal fight to protect the iconic name of Home G. Phillips Hospital continues, with members of the Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni staging a rally on Saturday April 27 outside a three-bed privately owned medical facility at 1320 N.…

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