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In some sad news for the holiday season, the Omega Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. has just added a great football player.

You could call it a Christmas miracle.

The International Institute of St. Louis will open the Anna E. Crosslin Multicultural Center for Excellence in January to encourage people in the region to connect with those of other cultures.

Kem Smith, an English teacher at McCluer North High School, shared her thoughts and advice with St. Louis American readers in a story published in August about teacher and student anxieties as the 2022-23 school year opened.

The Affinia Healthcare Foundation has announced a community partnership with Regions Bank to support senior citizens across St. Louis.

The St. Louis Regional Racial Healing + Justice Fund awarded $16,000 grants to five St. Louis-area organizations to help students and the community recover from the school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and Collegiate School of…

Congresswoman Cori Bush announced $18.4 million in Community Project Funding is headed to the region as part of the 2023 government funding package.

Demetrious Johnson, the St. Louis native who played for five seasons in the NFL and in retirement helped thousands through a charitable foundation that bore his name, died Saturday. He was 61.Family members said Johnson died of an aortic dissection,…

The often-choppy waters dividing public schools and charter schools in St. Louis have temporarily been bridged at a confluence.

Lamar Johnson has waited 27 years for a chance to have his conviction overturned. He now must wait on a decision from St. Louis Circuit Court Judge David Mason that could lead to his freedom.

Donald Trump’s presidency and the hate mongering his administration invited into mainstream America certainly has played a role in the number of hate crimes throughout the nation.

Midwest BankCentre has donated a branch at 3207 Meramec Street to the non-profit group the Neighborhood Innovation Center. This marks the third branch that Midwest has donated to a local non-profit.

A St. Louis sports legend helped make a house a home for a single parent of two who just bought her first home.

Dr. Robert Ray, founder of the Saint Louis Symphony’s IN UNISON Chorus and the director from its inception in 1994 to 2010, has passed.

While the debate on Direct Cash Assistance program continued through the fall, Kim Harris was counting her blessings - after counting her cash.

Gary Willis has lived in the 21st Ward since the age of nine. He and his family have owned and operated New Carrie’s Corner Market at Athlone and Rosalee Avenues in the ward since 1992.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has waited more than three years for the chance to argue the innocence of Lamar Johnson, who was convicted of murder in 1995.