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Be sure to look for the special insert of Drawn In, a new comic book series from Nine PBS and Lion Forge Animation. Share it with the kids in your life! Look for a new issue each month through the end of the year. Watch for our new animated series and more debuting on Nine PBS (9.1), and on drawnin.org.
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Green makes history winning BOA presidency She throttles Jack Coatar
Vol. 94 No. 33 COMPLIMENTARY
Page beats Mantovani in County Executive race Vows focus on North County improvement
By Alvin A. Reid St. Louis American Dr. Sam Page toppled his Democrat-turnedRepublican rival Mark Mantovani on Tuesday to win his first full term as St. Louis County Executive on Tuesday night. North County voters were instrumental in Page winning a tighter-than-expected race, and the victor promised to do all he can to improve that part of the region. Page won 52% of ballots cast, and had more than 20,000 votes than Mantovani. “We’ve brought the matter of racial equity into every conversation that government has, and they’ll continue.,” Page said. “St. Louis cannot grow, cannot be safe until we address race, until there are enough good schools,
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St. Louis Public School Board member Alisha Sonnier, left, takes a victory shot with Megan Green, center, just after she won the contest for President of the Board of Alderman and 1st Dist. Congresswoman Cori Bush, right, at the Handlebar Cocktail Bar in the Grove neighborhood late Tuesday night, Nov. 8, 2022.
n “We are ready to build a St. Louis that works for everyone. Big moments like our win tonight are made possible because of big movements.”
By Alvin A. Reid St. Louis American Alderwoman Megan Green trounced Alderman Jack Coater in their race to replace convicted felon Lewis Reed as president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Green won almost 55% of the vote, recording a larger margin of victory over Coater than in their first battle during a special election in September. Her victory was city-wide, winning 24 of 28 wards, according to unofficial final results. “The votes are in, and the people have spoken,” Green wrote on her campaign Facebook page following the victory. “We are ready to build a St. Louis that
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works for everyone. Big moments like our win tonight are made possible because of big movements.” Green’s numerous endorsements includ-
ed support from Mayor Tishaura Jones and Congresswoman Cori Bush. Coatar was backed by several major developers and traditional Democratic supporters including former mayors Francis Slay and Lyda Krewson. “Today, St. Louis chose collaboration over confrontation. St. Louis chose progress over the status quo. I’ve worked alongside Megan Green for many years and appreciate her dedication to addressing the root causes of the problems facing our city, not just the symptoms,” Jones said in a statement. “Together, we can work to reimagine public safety, invest our federal resources to make change St. Louisans can feel, and reform the
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CVPA stands as ‘A Family Undivided’ March, ceremony held Nov. 6
By Alvin A. Reid St. Louis American The sun shined brightly, and a warm breeze hugged all that attended the “A Family Undivided” remembrance ceremony and celebration at Central Visual Performing Arts high School on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. More than 100 students, staff and supporters of the school first marched a route from the high
HEALTH
More Missourians making Obamacare a family plan
school to the school, where a 19-year-old recent graduate shot and killed 15-year-old Alexzandia Bell and physical education teacher Jean Kuczka on Oct. 24 and injured seven others. Some held signs saying, “How many more?” and there were shouts of “We want justice!” While her grieving continues, Bell’s mother Keisha Acres said everything must
be done to make sure another disturbed young person does not commit a similar act. “I want you to listen to your children. Listen with your whole body. Watch their body language. Sometimes kids aren’t just acting up. Maybe they just don’t know how to ask for help,” she pleaded. “To young people I say, if you feel you
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It’s icing on the cake for Destiny and Sean Jones
According to the ACA website HealthCare. gov, 250,341 people enrolled in plans through Missouri’s marketplace during the open enrollment period for 2022 coverage.
Destined Indulgence opened in October 2020 in Bridgeton, and the sweet tooth’s paradise now offers more than 55 daily menu items.
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Martin Luther Mathews is the co-founder and emeritus president of the MathewsDickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club.
Mathews remembered for serving youths Co-founder of Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club passes at 97
St. Louis American staff Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club co-founders Martin Mathews and Hubert “Dickey” Ballentine were sitting under a shade tree in Tandy Park in the 1950s when they decided to start a Boys club for children in North City like the ones in South St. Louis, Mathews’ biography states. Ballentine and Mathews each coached teams but decided to take a shot at uniting and creating a boys and girls club. Within five years of its creation in 1960, Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club had expanded from five to 75 teams. Mathews sold coffee for 10 cents a cup at his day job to fund the club. In 2015,
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SPORTS
Women’s basketball takes center stage at Enterprise The main attractions of the contest will be St. Louisans Niele Ivey and Charmin Smith, respective head coaches of Notre Dame and California.
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