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Angela Alsobrooks prevails in Maryland November race vital for Senate control By Richard D. Elliott Washington Informer Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks made Maryland history on Tuesday night – and she could top that achievement in November. Alsobrooks won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a tight race with U.S. Rep. Dennis Trone. She will face Larry Hogan, Maryland’s former governor, as the Republican nominee. Alsobrooks would be the first Black Senator from Maryland if she prevails. “My name is Angela Alsobrooks, and I am officially your Democratic nominee in Maryland’s Senate race,” Alsobrooks wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
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Fowler to bid farewell to BGCSTL Retiring at year’s end St. Louis American staff
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Maryland Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks said Wednesday that she will be victorious against former Gov. Larry Hogan in a race that could help decide which party controls the Senate.
St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura O. Jones making her State of the City address at the Sun Theatre to a full house Tuesday, May 14, 2024. She said, “St. Louis has a mayor that loves this city and its people with all her heart.”
One of the St. Louis area’s leading institutions that support youths and families will soon lose a community stalwart as its leader. Flint W. Fowler, who guided Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis from one city location in 1996 to 11 sites throughout the region serving 14,000 youths, announced that he will retire at the close of 2024. “It has been my life’s purpose to support the growth and development of children and teens in the St Louis region,” Fowler said. “Opening the doors of opportunity and helping young people comprehend the world has been extremely rewarding. Boys & Girls Clubs Flint W. of Greater St. Louis Fowler afforded me the platform to exercise my professional gifts while promoting the wellbeing of others.” Fowler’s work resonated throughout the nation via the Boys and Girls Club affiliates, according to Jim Clark, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. “Flint has been a force for good for almost 30 years within the Boys & Girls movement. He also served as a state, regional, and national leader within the Boys & Girls Clubs system on the President’s Advisory Committee,
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‘Right’ on FOCUS St. Louis pays tribute to hometown heroes Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Mayor Jones offers ‘invitation for collaborative dreaming’ By Sylvester Brown Jr. The St. Louis American Whoever orchestrated Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ “State of the City” address Tuesday night could be complimented. It wasn’t just an event where a politician delivered a stale, prepared speech about her/his accomplishments. No, it was a multi-dimensional presentation seemingly orchestrated to invite St. Louisans to believe, to dream, to imagine and participate in creating a new revitalized metropolis.
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This not-so-subtle message was evident immediately upon entering the auditorium of the Sun Theater in the Grand Arts District. A silent video played above the stage as people took their seats. On screen, a golden butterfly fluttered over a re-imagined city with blocks and blocks of new businesses, houses, and clean streets with lots of greenspace. Departing from the visions of mayors’ past, the locales weren’t limited to tony parts of the city like the Grove or the Central West End. No, the butterfly flutterted above long-ignored streets
St. Louis has suffered its share of negative depictions over the years. Universities across the nation teach that n Legacy the problems associJackson with Pruitt-Igo’s brought the ated 33, 11-story concrete crowd to buildings led to the their feet federal government’s decision to stop fundexpressing ing high-rise public exuberant housing projects. appreciThe city’s vastly ation for shrinking population the youth’s loss from almost one million in the 1950s ingenuity. to less than 300,000 today has been an unrelenting news topic. Crime, poverty and the 2014 killing of Mike Brown Jr. and resulting clashes and protests have added to already negative
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Sofia’s Crowns has blossomed into affordable florist
Red Knights have big day, headed to Columbia
Family history is important to Sophia’s Crowns, and so is Black history. The florist offers a Black History floral arrangement among other diverse floral offerings.
Incarnate Word Academy qualified athletes in 11 events, including four sectional champions from last Saturday’s Class 3 Sectional at Park Hills Central.
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