2006

PARK PROTECTION PETITION? PERHAPS. – The group seeking to protect a part of Forest Park from the latest attempt to take it for commercial use might be turning in their petition this afternoon. The petition,…

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There’s something for every kind of political watcher this weekend — except maybe basketball-hating conservatives. For those pissed off that in the year 2006, Detroit is still producing vehicles that give less than 15 miles…

The St. Louis Board of Education tonight voted to make Dr. Diana Bourisaw the permanent superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools.By a vote of 4-2 (board member Ron Jackson walked out of the meeting) the…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORTSeveral former and current workers demonstrated today in front of the St. Louis office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) demanding to be paid for work they…

St. Louis natives and Hollywood players Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone will be speaking tonight at the Webster University School of Business and Technology. As part of the University’s “Success to Significance” speaker series,…

The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 65-34, has passed a controversial bill that gives broad authority to President George W. Bush to interpret (or re-interpret) the long-standing Geneva Convention standards on the treatment of…

St. Louis Public Schools reports nearly 84% of students expected to attend school today were in the classroom."We are certainly pleased to see an increase in the attendance for day two," said Interim Superintendent Diana…