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A phenomenal woman who St. Louis claims as one of its own is Maya Angelou. She was born in a house on Hickory Street in St. Louis in 1928 as Marguerite Johnson.

Built in 1910, James Elementary is a three-story brick school in Kansas City historic Northeast neighborhood, with a bright blue front door framed by a sand-colored stone arch adorned with a gargoyle. As bustling students and teachers negotiate a maze of gray stairs with worn wooden handrails, Marjorie Mayes, the school’s principal, escorts a visitor […]

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Police need your help in the search for a missing 15-year-old boy with high-functioning autism.

Right now in south St. Louis City, there is a strange haze in the area.

Hudson Elementary is holding their annual 'My Story Event: A Black Excellence Celebration' Wednesday.

For the fifth year, Spire is welcoming students from Ranken Technical College and Jefferson College into the 'Spire Cooperative Education Program.'

Parkway West High School is hosting 200 Special Olympic athletes on Wednesday.

The St. Louis Zoo starts its 'Animals Aglow' lantern festival next month.

The Missouri Senate has advanced a plan that would make changes to the state's initiative petition process.

One man is dead after a shooting in the Central West End.

A massive sinkhole opens near Interstate 55 in south St. Louis.

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Robert Tracy’s appointment as St. Louis’ police chief came with a sweetener: In addition to a $175,000 annual salary from the city, a nonprofit organization made up of local business leaders pays […]

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February is Black History Month, and celebration and learning about Black heritage and culture in St. Louis have been going on all month long. Here are a few events to round out the month and to continue celebrating all year long.

February is Black History Month, and celebration and learning about Black heritage and culture in St. Louis have been going on all month long. Here are a few events to round out the month and to continue celebrating all year long.

Congresswoman Cori Bush is demanding that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy address the concerns of St. Louis residents experiencing sluggish mail. As reported by the RFT in January, that includes anecdotes of some neighborhoods getting delivery only once or twice a week — and tracked mail showing up sometimes nearly a week after its estimated delivery date.

It's been a tough few months for the increasingly notorious Daugherty family of St. Louis — but things could get even worse. Last month, the City of St. Louis filed a lengthy lawsuit against members of the family and their associates, accusing them of running a massive illegal rooming house scheme out of dozens of condemned properties they own in the city. 

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. On December 13, 1930, about 2,000 people representing the elite of St. Louis society gathered at the Bridle Spur Hunt Club in Huntleigh Village to celebrate the dedication of a newly paved highway.

For thirty years, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra IN UNISON Chorus has brought singers from churches across the St. Louis area to perform songs arranged and composed by Black artists. For singers, the music tells the history of Black America.

On Feb. 6, 1971, the Blues traded two of their most popular players to the Detroit Red Wings for a rising star named Garry Unger.