Around noon on Monday January 27, 17 janitors and allies were arrested at a downtown protest in support of a $15 an hour wage for the city’s janitorial workers, who at the moment are generally receiving around $10 an hour.

(St. Louis Public Radio) - Poverty and racism should not be discussed separately in St. Louis, according to author Wes Moore.

Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge, a board member of the Normandy Schools Collaborative, to the Missouri Board of Education.

(St. Louis Public Radio) - The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center announced Monday that it will build an $18 million expansion to house more exhibits.

KAI Enterprises, a black-owned design and build firm based in St. Louis, received a Keystone Award in the General Contractor Building Construction on a Project Under $15 million category from the Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) for its design-build…

Representatives for Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Office fired back on Thursday against police union spokesman Jeff Roorda’s “atrocious misrepresentation of the facts” in Gardner’s Dec. 23 traffic stop and against his call for one of Gardner’s investigators to be arrested.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is now accepting low-interest energy improvement loan applications. Public K-12 schools, public colleges and universities, local governments including municipal, county, regional and international airports, public water and wastewater treatment facilities, and public and not-for-profit…

Diedre Wortham of Walnut Park and her son Aden helped Nicole Galloway offer her response to Governor Mike Parson’s State of State Address, which he delivered on January 15.

On Thursday, January 16 at the St. Louis County Justice Center in downtown Clayton, a group of nine women were sworn in as corrections officers, a first for the county in multiple ways. This is the first all-women class of…

There are yellow envelopes in the mail this week to 11,108 St. Louis city and county families – envelopes that may contain an answer to prayers. Donors from the United Church of Christ came up with over $60,000 and the…

On Dr. Martin Luther King Day, January 20, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Community Resource Center in the Martin Luther King Shopping Plaza on Page Boulevard. The MLK Center, which was…

The bone chilling cold didn’t stop area residents from coming out to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the federal holiday observed in his honor. About 150 or so people gathered in the…

Some criminal defendants in St. Louis County who cannot afford an attorney may face more delays in getting one.

For more than a year, Wellston residents locked arms to fight against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s decision in August 2018 to demolish 200 of the city’s public housing units.

(St. Louis Public Radio) - Before being released from prison, Melvin Hill Jr. was doing everything in his power to secure a sustainable job that would allow him to fulfill his lifelong goals.

Gynecologic oncologist Dineo Khabele, MD, noted for her expertise in ovarian cancer research and treatment, has been named head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Khabele, whose appointment becomes effective…

This is an MLK weekend more than 11,000 families in St. Louis City and County won't soon forget as the United Church of Christ blessed them with a cure for their medical debt. It took $100,000 -- UCC church bodies…

On January 15, the Ethical Society of Police released the official statement below addressing the federal lawsuit filed by Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner and racial bias in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Community Forestry Council (MCFC) are accepting nominations for the 2020 Missouri Arbor Award of Excellence. The annual award recognizes communities, institutions, businesses, organizations and individuals that make significant and long-lasting efforts…

All City of St. Louis civil service employees will be guaranteed a $15 per hour minimum wage, effective mid-February, as per Executive Order #65, which was signed by Mayor Lyda Krewson on Friday, January 17.