2006

Advisory Committee Meeting Today By Antonio D. French The special five-member committee appointed by State Education Commissioner Kent King last month to analyze the current state of St. Louis Public Schools is meeting today --…

This morning St. Louis Public Schools released information stating that in the first four weeks of the school year they hit 99% of projected enrollment and that a majority of schools made their attendance targets:…

E-DAY UPDATE… Election Board officials tell PUB DEF that only about 10% of St. Louis’ registered voters have gone to the polls so far. Look for a final turnout around 23%. Keep up with St.…

According to the most recent poll by Zogby International, Republican Sen. Jim Talent has regained some ground on his Democratic challenger, State Auditor Claire McCaskill. In the latest poll, conducted Oct. 10 through 16 and…

BREAKING NEWS Pub Def has learned that a bomb threat resulted in at least one downtown courthouse being evacuated this morning. We are told police received the threat by telephone and evacuated the City Courts…

Most Many of the employees of St. Louis Public Schools did not get paid today as scheduled. District spokesmen Johnny Little and Tony Sanders have not returned repeated calls, but sources in the district say…

The St. Louis Board of Education will be meeting for their regular monthly meeting tonight at Carr Lane VPA Middle School, 1004 N. Jefferson Ave. The Executive Session will begin at 5:00 p.m. and is…

The effort to recall 3rd Ward Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is on hold as the recallers and election officials wait for a judge to decide the legality of an Election Board practice of allowing aldermen…