Meacham Park

Michael and Danielle Abril are active members of the Meacham Park Neighborhood Association. They show up at meetings. They volunteer. They help inform…

A year and a half ago, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Springboard to Learning and Webster Arts formed a collaboration to document and celebrate the…

Longtime residents of St. Louis County who regularly drive down Lindbergh in the southern part of Kirkwood may not even realize that there is a historic…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 21, 2012 - Harriet Patton, the leader of Meacham Park community in Kirkwood, says that a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 1, 2011 - Almost three years have passed since Charles "Cookie" Thornton attacked the Kirkwood…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 15, 2010 - The main focus of Kirkwood's new racial mediation agreement is improving the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 11, 2010 - During the months after the Feb. 7, 2008, Kirkwood City Hall killings, several…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2010 - Perception often collides with facts when it comes to race. That is especially true in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 20, 2010 - The Kirkwood City Council voted Thursday night to adopt a mediation agreement…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: We know the time, the place, the people killed and the person who did the killing on Feb. 7, 2008.…