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SNAP 2 It! Program via St. Louis Farmers Market Association The St. Louis Area Foodbank is sending a traveling food truck to people in north St. Louis and north St. Louis County who do not have access to food pantries, healthy foods or grocery stores. The economic downturn during the coronavirus pandemic has led more people in the St. Louis region to worry about how they will afford food. In the past year, the St. Louis Area Foodbank has seen about a 40% increase in people needing food assistance. Many of those most in need live in north St. Louis and north St. Louis County, where there is limited access to grocery stores or healthy foods. To help meet the need, the St. Louis Area Foodbank on Monday will start sending a traveling fresh food pantry to communities that need it the most. ....
Three charged in Edwardsville armed robbery Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE Three Edwardsville men face multiple felony charges after an alleged armed robbery Saturday. Maurice Leggette Jr., 19; Thomas M. Gumble, 20; and Antonio E. Thigpen Jr., 19, owere each charged on Feb. 22 with two counts of armed robbery, all Class X felonies. Thigpen was also charged with criminal damage to government supported property, a Class 4 felony. Leggette was charged with two counts of aggravated battery, both Class 2 felonies. The armed robbery and criminal damage charges were brought by the Edwardsville Police Department the battery charges by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. ....
For some, Joe Biden entering the White House has felt like a sigh of relief: The president who unabashedly led the country with hate and helped orchestrate the deaths of more than 410,000 Americans in a pandemic is finally gone. Biden signed 17 executive actions on his first day as the country’s chief executive, and has signed about another dozen since. He has made it his priority to reverse and reject much of Trump’s agenda. While his gestures so far spell hope, other Americans are holding their breath, familiar with how progress in America always comes at a price. When Black Americans in particular make strides toward equality, ....
Advertising While today’s snowfall wasn’t quite as much as forecasters predicted might coat the city, this afternoon’s whimsical wintry weather event still provided a picturesque backdrop for New Yorkers working from home to turn to their roommate/significant other and say, Hey. It s snowing. As the snowstorm moved through the five boroughs, fluffy flakes fell across the city’s streets and sidewalks before largely dissipating once it reached the ground. From street level scenes to sky high panoramas, New Yorkers took to social media to share their best shots of Gotham in its brief incarnation as a winter wonderland. ....
Wiley Price / St. Louis American Originally published on January 22, 2021 3:28 pm It’s obvious that Halbert Sullivan, 69, founder and CEO of Fathers & Families Support Center, is proud of his nonprofit’s growth. Just beyond the foyer, Sullivan points to the suite of classrooms where fathers learn to address relationship violence, improve their parenting skills, communicate better with their children’s mothers and much more. The agency moved last year into its $4.5 million, refurbished headquarters at 1601 Olive St, in downtown St. Louis. Behind a spiral staircase, affirming quotes are attached to the oval-shaped “Wall of Wisdom.” There, quotes like, “A family that prays together stays together,” complement Sullivan’s oratory about the agency’s evolution from the Father’s Support Center to its current incarnation. ....