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The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is one major gift closer to reaching its $40 million Restoring Hope Capital Campaign goal thanks to a generous contribution from UMB Bank.

Congresswoman Cori Bush introduced the Access to School Supplies Act of 2022 with Jamaal Bowman of New York, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut.

The XFL today announced that they have appointed St. Louis native and former NFL wide receiver, Brandon Williams, as the Vice President of Business and Event Operations for the St. Louis Battlehawks.

St. Louis County Port Authority (Port Authority) announced that it is awarding $2,630,663 from the St. Louis County Port Authority Community Investment Fund to 21 non-profit community groups in St. Louis County.

Midwest BankCentre's Chairman and CEO, Orvin T. Kimbrough, recently hosted an event at his home to celebrate Midwest BankCentre's deep relationships with those within the Black community. More than 90 individuals from the local African-American community joined Kimbrough, one of…

The Minority Entrepreneurship Collaborative Center for Advancement (MECCA) at Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) recently held events to celebrate 27 entrepreneurs in its two Fall 2022 Entrepreneurship Accelerator cohorts. MECCA held a Scale-Up pitch competition and a Start-Up graduation ceremony. These…

St. Louis County Library’s Winter Reading Challenge kicks off December 1 and runs through January 31, 2023. Last year over 12,000 people participated in the club, which offers fun incentives and reading opportunities for the whole family. Participants can track…

The REALTOR® Housing Assistance Fund (RHAF), the charitable arm of St. Louis REALTORS®, awarded funds to its 2022 grant recipients on November 30, 2022. The ceremony occurred at the Association’s headquarters at 12777 Olive Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63141, starting…

SLPS elementary school The Froebel Literacy Academy, is the newest home to a “Believe Project” Literacy Lab, a St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature [STLBACL] initiative designed to improve reading proficiency for kindergarten through third grade students.

Willie “Bill” Dawson was still delivering Meals on Wheels at 85. When he was 103, he threw out the first pitch at a Cardinals game.

Although outnumbered, Missouri Black legislators are primed take on the super majority of Republicans in Jefferson City.

The Office of Diversity Equity & Inclusion at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) along with the MU Extension Equity Diversity and Inclusion Council will begin a program surrounding equity and inclusion in January 2023.

Christopher W. Newman, a pilot graduate of the Tuskegee Flight School who survived two crashes and flew 84 missions as a fighter pilot in World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen, passed away at the age of 100 on Oct.…

Mayor Tishaura Jones took the historic step of establishing a volunteer commission to explore and recommend opportunities for reparations in St. Louis on Wednesday.

Updated at 9 p.m. Dec. 5 with comments from the defendants, judge and others

(The Center Square) — Incumbent U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock thwarted a challenge from Republican Herschel Walker in a nationally watched race that gives Democrats outright control of the upper chamber of Congress.

On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 7:40 p.m., convicted murderer Kevin Johnson was executed by the State of Missouri.

Monday, Dec. 5, the City of St. Louis announced a list of finalists for St. Louis’ next police chief. Residents will have the opportunity to hear from the finalists on Tuesday, December 6th, at the Police Chief Town Hall. The…