Newly connected solar panels are now generating power at the St. Louis Public Library Buder and Julia Davis branches, effectively capturing solar energy and converting it into electricity. The solar panels generated about 18,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in August and are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by over 240,000 pounds per year. Mechanical and lighting […]
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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra opened its 145th season on Friday, September 27 at the Stifel Theatre with Hector Berlioz’s “Rákóczi March” (1846). With its roots in a Hungarian song a century older than that, this music dates from a time when horses, not automobiles, were the primary mode of personal transportation other than the human body […]
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Following an independent audit which examined operations of the St. Louis Public Schools, the SLPS Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to terminate the contract of Superintendent Dr. Keisha Scarlett “for cause.” Dr. Millicent Borishade, who was recruited by Scarlett from a district in the state of Washington, was selected to continue in her […]
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) President Flint Fowler was inducted into the Missouri Boys & Girls Clubs Hall of Fame during the Missouri Area Council Annual Meeting & Conference Dinner at Ameristar Spa & Casino. BGSTL has grown from one site to 11 during Fowler’s tenure, and now serves over 12,000 […]
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