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Girls from throughout St. Louis and St. Louis County joined with YWCA volunteers and Ulta Beauty professionals during the 2024 “Pretty Empowered” event on Nov. 2 at the Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center. Pretty Empowered engages students through sessions that focus on wellness, cosmetic science, supply chain coordination, and career exploration. Photo courtesy of YWCA Metro St. Louis

Jayson Tatum’s impact as an NBA superstar was signed, sealed, and delivered when he helped guide the Boston Celtics to an NBA Finals win over Dallas last June. With his first title in hand, Tatum is interested in making an entrepreneurial move into ownership of an expansion WNBA franchise in his hometown of St. Louis. […]

Jayson Tatum’s impact as an NBA superstar was signed, sealed, and delivered when he helped guide the Boston Celtics to an NBA Finals win over Dallas last June. With his first title in hand, Tatum is interested in making an entrepreneurial move into ownership of an expansion WNBA franchise in his hometown of St. Louis. […]

As the last two months as his acclaimed tenure at the helm of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, the work of president and CEO Flint Fowler to expand its reach throughout the region was on display during the 30th Annual Great Futures Gala on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at the Big Top […]

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones spoke with Gov. elect Mike Kehoe last week following his election on Nov. 5. The conversation was reportedly casual, but she let him know emphatically that she and the city of St. Louis would continue to protect local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. As 2024 draws […]

It has been an eventful year for Harris-Stowe State University. Harris-Stowe State University has recently celebrated the opening of its Center of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE). It received a historic $1 million posthumous endowment from alum Anne E. Price, a former assistant superintendent for elementary schools and Banneker Elementary School principal in the St. Louis […]

Tony Thompson presented the inaugural 'Betty and Jack Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award'to Kathy Osborn, founder and former executive director of the Regional Business Council, during the 2nd Annual Kwame Charitable Foundation Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel on Nov. 8, 2024. Credit: Photo courtesy of Kwame Charitable Foundation

The judicial building where much of his historic legal career took place will now carry the name of Judge Clyde S. Cahill.

Confluence Preparatory Academy students spoke with a recruiter from Southeast Missouri State University during the annual College and Career Fair on November 21, 2024. Students met with college representatives, career professionals, and community leaders, and Harris-Stowe State University President Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith presented $180,00 in merit-based scholarships. Photo courtesy of Confluence Academy

Seth Owusu works on reading comprehension with Aden Chris, one of Owusu’s third-grade students, on Thursday at Dewey International Studies Elementary School in St. Louis’ Hi-Pointe neighborhood. Credit: Brian Munoz | St. Louis Public Radio