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St. Louis Area Animal Shelters Plead For Help Amid Flooding

3 years 11 months ago
The record-breaking rainfall last night has not only affected homes in the St. Louis area, but also flooded the shelters protecting our furry friends as well. Gateway Pet Guardians took to social media early this morning, pleading for help getting the dogs and cats out of the standing water and into a foster home while the shelter is flooded. “Our shelter is currently full,” the nonprofit wrote on Facebook.
Jenna Jones

Lewis Rice Announces Winners of First Larry L. Deskins Scholarship

3 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis-based law firm Lewis Rice has named Harry Bell III, a first-year law student at University of Missouri School of Law, and Diamond Harris, a first-year law student at Saint Louis University School of Law, as the first recipients of the Larry L. Deskins Scholarship. The scholarship, which honors Lewis Rice’s late partner Larry L. Deskins, awards $7,500 scholarships to two first-year law students at Washington University, Saint Louis University or University of Missouri law schools who are members of economically disadvantaged or underrepresented groups in the legal profession. Scholarship funds will be awarded to Bell and Harris this fall and can be used for tuition and expenses during their second year of law school. Bell has a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in local government from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois. He is involved in the Black Law Student Association and Health Law Association at the University

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Flooding drowns 10 puppies at St. Peters animal shelter

3 years 11 months ago
ST. PETERS, Mo. - Multiple puppies drowned in flood waters Tuesday morning in St. Peters. Officials there were able to rescue about one dozen dogs from Stray Paws Adoptables. The dogs were brought out one-by-one by Central County Fire & Rescue. Unfortunately, 10 puppies drowned in the flood. "Fly high little ones," Stray Paws Adoptables [...]
Chris Higgins