Kenya Vaughn

Katherine Anderson believed when Andy's Seasoning was struggling under millions of dollars in debt. She believed when the family business faced foreclosure. And she believed when others might have looked at the numbers and decided the company had reached its end.

East St. Louis' own Miles Davis was the north star for singer, songwriter and composer Cassandra Wilson. He was a musical compass that offered a blueprint and a connection that tied her to the St. Louis region. Wilson — the genre‑defying vocalist, songwriter and composer whose voice moved like butter wrapped in velvet — has died. She was 70.

It felt as if the heat beat the sun outside as Flags of Valor STL volunteers began planting the first of more than 7,500 American flags across Art Hill to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11. By 9:30 a.m., they were nearly done. In less than three hours on Saturday, September 5, Art Hill was transformed into one of the nation's largest 9/11 memorials — a tradition held every five years since the 10th anniversary of the attacks as part of America's Heartland Remembers' Flags of Valor.

Chattanooga native Isaiah Rashad showed why he's become one of hip hop's most vulnerable voices when his “Lil Sunny's Awful Road Trip” tour stopped at The Pageant on Sunday night.

The movement that happens at the Northside Trap Run is about more than exercise. It's about showing up for each other, holding on to community and pushing forward even when resources don't.

Hip-hop legend DMC and St. Louis' own DJ Charlie Chan rocked the stage Saturday night at Angad Arts Hotel.

Soon after the floodwall went up in St. Louis following the Great Flood of 1993, it became a hangout spot for John Harrington and his friends.

In 2025, St. Louis Black Repertory Company Founder and Producing Director Ron Himes was ready to sit down with The St. Louis American to discuss the Season 48 finale, August Wilson's Radio Golf. Before the interview started, he got word of the federal arts funding cuts that dealt a financial blow to the institution.

When some of St. Louis' most fashionable tastemakers gathered Friday night as part of the Raceway to Runway Enjoy Illinois 300 kickoff festivities, they were doing more than getting an exclusive preview — and opportunity to purchase — items from Oscar de la Renta's Pre‑Spring 2027 collection.

By 9 a.m., the temperature was already giving a preview of what Saturday's forecast would bring. But the hundreds who lined up for the 9th Annual Northside Trap Run didn't seem to mind.