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Innovative 'Block Builders' program aims to reduce St. Louis crime

ST. LOUIS — A new initiative named Block Builders, aimed at tackling violent crime in St. Louis area neighborhoods, launches this morning. This collaborative effort involves the Urban League, the Regional Business Council, major utilities, and the city of St. Louis. Block Builders targets neighborhoods heavily affected by crime, such as the Wells-Goodfellow area in […]

Ky. lawmakers approve bill letting West End investment board oust some members

Senate Bill 259 exposed tensions between the Louisville NAACP and the leadership of the West End Opportunity Partnership, the agency overseeing public tax subsidies in the city's West End.

Man shot inside a North Kingshighway restaurant

Police were called to the 1400 block of North Kingshighway for a report of a shooting. It happened inside the Urban League building at a Chop Suey restaurant. The man who was shot is conscious and breathing.

Gale Jones Carson, former MLGW vice president, named interim head of Memphis Urban League

Gale Jones Carson stepped down from her role as vice president of community and external affairs at MLGW in October.

Security Mutual Life Presents $50,000 to Local Organizations

From Amazon to the Civic, how the Development Finance Authority helps Greater Akron

Here's what we know about the Development Finance Authority and the $882 million boost it's given to Northeast Ohio

Clarified: Who is Shirley Chisholm?

Get to know trailblazer ‘Fighting’ Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and to run for president.

NJ school segregation lawsuit parties want more time to negotiate before trial. Here's why

The lawsuit brought by Latino Action Network and other groups alleges NJ is responsible for de-facto segregation in the state's public schools

Race Card Project begins; Urban League encourages input from Fort Wayne community

The Fort Wayne Urban League hopes a project it kicked off Thursday stimulates a broader discussion about what race means to different people.

Man arrested for threatening to shoot-up child care center

JENNINGS, Mo. — A man is under arrest after threatening to “shoot-up” the Head Start Urban League building on Jennings Station Road. Jarvon Conner, 21, is charged with making a terrorist threat and harassment. He is being held on a $250,000 cash-only bond. Court documents state that Conner called the child care center on Friday, […]