2006

Kristen Hinman has a very good article on Superintendent Dr. Diana Bourisaw's new directive to her staff to ensure that all participants in the district's basketball program are eligible to play according to the state's…

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…

One SLPS employee at the last meeting of the St. Louis School Board suggested the often bickering board members sit in assigned seats. "Sometimes it doesn't look like the people on the board are really…

BREAKING NEWSREAD IT HERE FIRST A Circuit Court judge has upheld School Board member Bill Purdy’s right to sit on the board. Purdy was being sued by two fellow board members, Flint Fowler and Ron…

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…

Pub Def editor Antonio D. French, Arch City Chronicle publisher Dave Drebis, and (soon-to-be) State Sen. Jeff Smith were the guests on "Collateral Damage" with host Fred Hessel on Monday. The topics of discussion were…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Dozens of ACORN workers were disappointed Tuesday to find that the paychecks they were promised were still not available. And some gave even more details about the organization’s GOTV activities which have…

School Board president Veronica O’Brien was denied a restraining order today against fired Vashon basketball coach Floyd Irons and his friend and supporter, Demetrius Johnson. O’Brien had alleged that the two — along with several…

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…

Are you a teacher who wants to report something that's going on in your classroom? Good or bad. Are you a student who's seen something happen at your school? Do you work at 801 and…