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June 18, 2023
A St. Louis Metro Transit security guard has been "removed from duty" after he punched a man lying on the…
Kerrick Jackson Mizzou
June 7, 2023
Kerrick Jackson is the new hire at University of Missouri, making him the first Black baseball coach in SEC history.
Missouri teen walks to graduation
June 5, 2023
A St. Louis middle school student is seeing his determination pay off after he walked six miles to attend his…
May 30, 2023
Ralph Yarl marked his first public appearance since his April 13th shooting, attending an event to raise funds for brain…
Old Harbour High School Jamaica
May 17, 2023
A Missouri high school teacher who was videotaped repeatedly using a racial slur in class has resigned from the district,…
May 16, 2023
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday she is leaving…
May 15, 2023
Attorney Kim Gardner cited “clear and convincing evidence” that Christopher Dunn had not been involved in the 1990 shooting death...
Kim Gardner, St. Louis, theGrio.com
May 7, 2023
Gardner, who has been at odds with Republicans for most of her time in office, announced Thursday that she would…
May 5, 2023
Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, the city's first Black prosecutor and a Democrat, announced Thursday that she will…
April 25, 2023
Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of…
April 24, 2023
Yarl's recent shooting by a white elder when the teen mistakenly went to the wrong address has shaken many Blacks…
Ralph Yarl
April 19, 2023
James Lynch recalled the moment he looked out his window and saw Yarl banging on the door of a nearby…
April 18, 2023
An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri was charged Monday with first-degree assault for shooting a Black teen that…
April 17, 2023
A community is demanding justice for Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old reportedly shot after he rang the wrong doorbell in North…
Missouri debtors prison
April 12, 2023
The city of Maplewood, Missouri is on the line for $3.25 after it was determined the town operated an unconstitutional…
April 5, 2023
Storms moved Wednesday morning across northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, causing destruction and killing multiple people.
April 1, 2023
Gardner, the city's first Black circuit attorney, is among several progressive Democratic prosecutors across the country.
April 1, 2023
ACLU legal director Sharon Brett told theGrio the organization was “disappointed” to hear that the Supreme Court refused to hear…
April 1, 2023
Democratic state Rep. David Tyson Smith warned of a threat of unrest if lawmakers do not “rein this divisiveness in.”
March 27, 2023
A white 21-year police force veteran said he was targeted as a whistleblower after revealing the former police chief promoted…