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History is not on your side, Missouri senators
Dear Senator Roy Blunt and Senator Josh Hawley,
University of Missouri curators vote against requiring masks on campuses
The University of Missouri system will not require masks on its campuses, despite record high COVID case rates across the state. The Board of Curators made the decision Tuesday, rejecting two recommendations from UM System President and University of Missouri…
Mothers Advocating Safe Streets held it's 30th Anniversary
Mothers Advocating Safe Streets held it's 30th Anniversary without it's founder Jeanette Culpepper who recently passed away. Praise Dancer Aliya Marcano dances in her honor.
STLCC-Florissant Valley and NCCU’s MLK Celebration now virtual
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is now virtual.
Shooting of Black man justified, coroner’s inquest finds
Six Missouri residents on Tuesday found the shooting death of a 28-year-old Black man by his white neighbor in November justified, disappointing civil rights activists working with his family.
More than $1 billion of new road, bridge and sewer projects plan to be unveiled
Officials from the City of St. Louis and four surrounding Missouri counties will join leaders from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Sewer District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, East-West Gateway Council, Meramec Regional Planning Commission, Boonslick Regional Planning Commission,…
New year brings new evictions
A holiday reprieve in residential evictions in the St. Louis area has ended, as law enforcement officials showed up at multiple homes in the new year, according to city and county officials.
Amid search for police chief, John Hayden postpones his retirement
St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden will postpone his February retirement date as the search for his replacement continues.
Maxine McNair remembered as ‘beacon of light’ in Birmingham
Bush asks Parson to request federal pandemic aid
As the omicron variant takes hold of the St. Louis region, Rep. Cori Bush is asking the governor to formally request federal assistance.
St. Louis group says ward reduction decreases Black voting power
Regardless of who drew the city’s new 14-ward map, one St. Louis group contends ward reduction of any kind decreases Black voting power while creating white minority rule.
The Saint Louis Art Museum will close to the public and reopen Feb. 1
The Saint Louis Art Museum announced it will close to the public at 5 pm today and reopen on Feb. 1. The closure is the result of the rapid spread of COVID-19 among the museum staff.MetroTix automatically will refund tickets…
Bayer Fund awards The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis with $15,000 grant
Since 1995, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM)’s flagship teen education program, New Art in the Neighborhood (NAN), has exposed St. Louis and Illinois-area high school students to training, teaching, and development opportunities from veteran artists around the world.
City bucks national trend in homicide rates
With one of the highest homicide rates nationally for years now, St. Louis has held the reputation of the country’s most dangerous city. Despite this, its homicide rate in 2021 decreased by a jaw-dropping 25% as compared to its record-setting…
St. Louis County Council enacts masking requirement
St. Louis County councilors voted 4-3 Tuesday along party lines to enact a mask requirement that went into effect Wednesday morning.
Mayor wants to scrap current police chief search
Symphony announces Yolanda “Yoli” Alovor as inaugural VP of EDI
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Marie- Hélène Bernard recently announced the appointment of Yolanda “Yoli” Alovor, Ph.D., as the institution’s first vice president of external affairs and equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri names new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) announced Amber Overton as its new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. Overton will lead the diversity, equity and inclusion strategy for the GSEM organization, fostering an atmosphere and culture that is welcoming to…
Nearly 350 jobs expected at new Hazelwood snacks plant
Production is set to begin this month in a new manufacturing plant opening in Hazelwood as a private-label subsidiary of Post Holdings moves processing of its fruit and nut snacks from Canada.