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October 28, 2022
The 19-year-old gunman who forced his way into a St. Louis school and killed two people purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a…
October 26, 2022
A 19-year-old who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an…
October 24, 2022
A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school, fatally shooting a woman and a teenage girl and injuring six…
jail thegrio.com
September 23, 2022
A Missouri county has agreed to pay $405,000 to settle two lawsuits filed in a dispute that began when some…
September 7, 2022
The descendants of formerly enslaved man who helped Union soldiers during the Civil War will celebrate his role in history.
August 31, 2022
Tamiko Armstead, president of Cardinal Ritter College Prep, tweeted a photo of its 18 Black male educators that recently went…
August 29, 2022
Only if their parents agree to it, Cassville School District has decided to bring back students' spanking as a form…
Tishaura O. Jones
August 25, 2022
St. Louis' elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan to investigate allegations of…
August 18, 2022
A Missouri pastor has issued an apology for calling his congregation “'poor, broke, busted” during a sermon that has gone…
Mayor Quinton Lucas theGrio.com
August 18, 2022
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas sued the state of Missouri on Wednesday over a new law that requires the city…
August 12, 2022
The street in west St. Louis County is situated at the site of two plantations where more than 100 slaves…
August 10, 2022
A Black family says racism prompted a suburban Kansas City water park to cancel a private pool party for their…
July 20, 2022
Homer G. Phillips Hospital was once a treasure of Black life in St. Louis, a backbone of the community during…
July 4, 2022
Tenesia Brown founded Key’s Realty Group five years ago to leave a lasting legacy in the east side community she…
June 21, 2022
Hundreds of enslaved Black Americans who filed freedom lawsuits in Missouri in the 1850s are being honored with a new…
June 18, 2022
Missouri’s population is close to 11% Black, but about 18% of all police traffic stops in 2021 involved Black drivers.
June 14, 2022
The Orange County Medical Examiner's autopsy says Sampson weighed 383 pounds; the Orlando Free Fall's weight limit is 287 pounds.
June 7, 2022
Despite a 6-to-3 majority of conservatives on the Supreme Court, fewer than four wanted to hear the McCloskeys' case.
May 31, 2022
The eyewitness, Shédanja, says the woman told Kansas City cops she was pregnant and couldn’t lie down on the ground…
May 31, 2022
Police are investigating the May 18 or 19 vandalism at Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield as a hate…