2006

The following is by Peter Downs, member of the St. Louis Board of Education:What's the problem with teachers?Over the last few months, the dominant media in town have focused on conflicts between the superintendent of…

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…

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Sen. Jim Talent and challenger Claire McCaskill today accepted an offer by KYTV, Ozarks Public Television, KSMU and the Springfield News-Leader to debate during prime time on Monday, October 16.The Springfield debate will be moderated…

VIDEO: Board Gets a Better Budget By Antonio D. French Lost in all the talk about the downsizing that left Floyd Irons unemployed (if only temporarily) is the fact that this week the St. Louis…

This is how they celebrate Labor Day in St. Charles: take aim at the laborers. Following a similar move in Valley Park, St. Charles County Councilman Joe Brazil is preparing to introduce a bill tonight…

The Metropolitan Association for Philanthropy will hold a teleconference today at 1:00 to discuss the state of the St. Louis Public Schools. A quick call to MAP confirmed that no one from SLPS was invited…

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Yesterday the festivities marking the 90th anniversary reunion at Cleveland Highschool were held at the school, at which over an estimated 700 alumni, current and former faculty, and community members celebrated. The presentation, which lasted…