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…

BREAKING NEWS CNN is reporting that President Bush will announce today that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down. UPDATE: U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement on the resignation of…

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s office has contacted the directors of the St. Louis City Election Board and told them that a letter they sent out last week to thousands of new voters registered by…

The following letter from school board Vice President Bill Purdy was sent to the Post-Dispatch as a letter to the editor in response to an earlier editorial. The editors of the Post chose not to…

The following events will be going on in the St. Louis area on topics surrounding public education:October 14The St. Louis Public School District will hold an open house for its 20 magnet schools on Saturday,…

Several African-American elected officials and community leaders have asked supporters of the extremely well-funded Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures why so little of their budget is being spent with and on the black community. “As…

A 17-year-old collapsed and died yesterday at Vashon High School. According to KMOV, authorities say it appears Cortez Riney suffered a seizure.School officials said disctrict security guards tried to revive him until an ambulance arrived.…

by Peter DownsJanuary 1, 2006 –– As the year 2005 wound to an end, the culture of deception at the top of St. Louis Public Schools continued. On December 23, 2005, St. Louis Public Schools…

KSDK Channel 5 reporter Leisa Zigman interviewed St. Louis School Board President Veronica O'Brien. 7 Comments: Anonymous said... Thanks, Veronica, for playing both the race and the sex card in your interview. Of course, people…