2006

The battle for the southside vote is heating up as attacks between the two white State Senate candidates, Jeff Smith and Derio Gambaro, go back and forth in the mailboxes of 5th District voters south…

A tipster reports that Mary “One” Johnson’s realty company is among six firms whose Better Business Bureau membership was revoted last month. Johnson is the vice chairman of City’s Preservation Board and the star of…

An article in Friday’s Post-Dispatch gives props to Pub Def for our political coverage throughout 2006. Thanks to political reporter Jo Mannies for the love. French, who operates Pubdef, said political activists at all levels…

Bill Bryan of the Post-Dispatch is reporting that a 17-year-old male Beaumont High School student was reported to be in stable condition at a hospital after he was shot in the stomach this morning during…

State Rep. Juanita Head Walton (D-81) will be hosting a free Credit Scoring Seminar next weekend at the University of Missouri St. Louis. A poor credit score can cost people thousands of dollars in higher…

As you may have heard, or even seen, Jim Talent is using his considerable financial advantage over his Democratic challenger, Claire McCaskill, to start running television commercials rather early, with well over three months before…

Let’s start Friday off right — with some tunes. Yesterday we took our camera over to the East Side, near Brooklyn, Illinois. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. It was for a project. No, not…

by Peter DownsThe St. Louis Board of Education on January 17 approved a fundamental change in the way students are admitted to magnet schools. The board voted 4-1 to give preference for admission to magnet…

The Watch is investigating reports that the teachers and staff at Roosevelt, Sumner and Vashon High Schools received termination letters this week.District spokesmen Tony Sanders and Johnny Little could not immediately confirm or deny these…