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U. City sewage tanks will go underground At the June 20 public meeting between Metropolitan Sewer District and University City residents, Sonya Pointer asked Metropolitan Sewer District representatives if they had ever proposed raw sewage tanks for affluent residential areas in St. Louis.
Respected physician ColbertThreats, M.D. passes Final services Friday at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church By Denise Hooks-Anderson, M.D. For The St. Louis American
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Residents cite health concerns if sewage is stored in a residential area By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American University City residents got to ask questions and express concerns during a public meeting on June 20 to hear Metropolitan Sewer District’s latest proposal for putting
raw sewage storage tanks in the residential area near Hafner Place and Olive Boulevard. The proposed tanks would have a combined capacity of more than nine million gallons of raw sewage. The MSD plan calls for an odor control system as well. Rather than being above-ground, MSD
Philando Castile’s St. Louis family reacts to verdict
took into consideration the feedback from residents and made the commitment to put the two 30-to 40-foot tanks below ground, with about five feet above ground, to be covered by berm and landscaping. “We have identified that it shouldn’t be a problem,” Lance LeComb, spokesperson for MSD told The American. “There’s going to be a lot of work that needs to be done with
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The gravesite of Philando Castile who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop last year in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Susan Colbert-Threats, a board-certified internist, died Monday, June 19, 2017. Dr. Colbert-Threats practiced general internal medicine for over 25 years and was highly respected by not only her patients, but by colleagues, staff, residents, students and friends. Dr. Susan Colbert-Threats was a native of north St. Louis and a proud graduate of Rosati-Kain High School and Northwestern University. After completing her residency in internal medicine, Dr. Colbert-Threats returned to Susan St. Louis and joined the faculty of ColbertWashington University School of Threats, Medicine. In 2000, she opened a M.D. private practice in the Central West End, which allowed her to serve a diverse patient population. She joined Esse Health in 2010. She was married for more than 25 years to Travis Threats, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Saint Louis University, and they have two adult children, Matthew and Mary. Dr. Threats was the sister of the Honorable Nicole Colbert Botchway, a past president of the Mound City Bar Association. She enjoyed spending time with her
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Helping students mature past ‘girl-drama’ ‘Ladies of Distinction’ take pride in their history, gain support from each other By Sophie Hurwitz For the St. Louis American
Philando Castile’s family in St. Louis was watching on June 16 as a Minnesota jury acquitted the police officer who fatally shot Castile, a 32-year-old black man, during a traffic stop last year in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. “Everyone’s heart fell to the ground,” said Stacy Castile, Philando’s uncle who lives in St. Louis. “We just lost him all over again.” Philando was a beloved cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill
Halfway through the school year, an eighthgrade girl at Mason/Clark Middle School in East St. Louis, Illinois learned that she was pregnant. Immediately, her friends in the group they call “Ladies of Distinction,” a support group for select eighth-grade girls at the school, got to work in organizing a “pregnancy drive” to get her the baby gear she would need. Najjuwah Walden, the Washington University social work student who started the support program, said the school initially worried that the drive would send the wrong message about the benefits of pregnancy. But Walden said the girls stood strong in their mission, saying, “This is my friend, and she needs
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By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
SPORTS
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St. Louis prep sports year in review
New Downtown YMCA opens at The MX
‘Eyez’ wide shut
During the 2016-17 school year, athletes and teams stepped up in a big way to produce state championships.
State-of-the-art facility is back in its original location at the corner of 6th and Locust.
Biopic fails legacy of Tupac Shakur and lead actor Darius Shipp Jr.’s solid portrayal
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