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Underserved communities in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas are faced with a critical shortage of teachers.

Over the last month, the latest iteration of the Israel-Hamas conflict has led to thousands of casualties, with protests taking place across the globe.

Mayor Tishaura O. Jones announced on Tuesday the city will partner with the St. Louis Advanced Manufacturing Innovation [AMICSTL] center with $15 million in New Markets Tax Credits.

Leslie Gill left her CEO role at Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center in 2017 to become president – and the first and then only employee – of Rung for Women, a non-profit devoted to empowering women in the…

St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is more than ready to “take responsibility for the mistakes my office makes,” however she calls recent media criticism “a slap in the face to all the people who have worked so hard all these…

Ismail Botchway, a 17-year-old senior at the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, will never forget the October 24, 2022, morning when a former student entered the school and killed a fellow student and teacher before police killed the assailant.

U.S Rep Cori Bush is no longer the only Missouri congressperson supporting a ceasefire in Gaza.

By 5 a.m. Tuesday vehicles began lining up on Page Boulevard near the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis headquarters at the N. Kingshighway intersection.

Galilee Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 125th anniversary during services on Sunday November 26, 2023, and its senior member Alice K. Wilson will be honored for her 92 years with the historic house of worship.

The St. Louis Racial Equity Summit 2023 brought together an array of diverse organizations Nov. 9-11 under the theme “Together We Rise: The Power of Community.”

As St. Louis entered the fourth quarter of 2023, its homicide rate was down 20%. If the trend continues through December, it would be the largest homicide reduction in the city in 90 years.

Kelly Jackson keeps moving on up at KSDK.

A number of departments and centers at Washington University in St. Louis have partnered with the River City Journalism Fund, which nurtures minority journalists, to found the Heartland Journalism Fellowships at the university. Its two fellows – one based in…

Better Family Life's 40th Anniversary Unity Ball will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at the Ritz Carlton St. Louis under the theme "Then Now Next.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis have partnered to provide scientific collaboration, outreach, and career opportunities for students.

St. Louis Urban League Community Affairs Director Patricia Washington takes a picture with National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) St. Louis 2023 Living Legends Laurna Godwin, president and co-founder of Vector Communications, Russ Mitchell, anchor and managing editor at WKYC…

There is now a long-term solution for the regulation of short-term rentals.