Michael McMillan

For decades, Mathews provided St. Louis children with much more than baseball fields.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Grace Hill Settlement House have merged.The combined agencies will operate under the Urban League’s name and provide housing, food, education and employment services to about 125,000 people.The Urban League and Grace Hill Settlement House share a mission of helping St. Louisans gain self-sufficiency and not count on social services, said Michael McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.

For the fourth year in a row, St. Louis businesses say their biggest barrier to expanding employment is a lack of skilled workers. That’s according to St.…

The Regional Business Council and Civic Progress on Tuesday announced more than $1 million in funding for eight St. Louis community organizations working…

If you want to know why the National Urban League conference is in St. Louis this week, look no further than Michael Brown’s fatal shooting. The local…

When Sheila Beckham’s house was leaking heat last winter, she thought back to when her great-grandfather repaired his home.“I remembered that the Urban…

Ida Goodwin Woolfolk – regarded by many as a treasure, one of the region’s most resplendent gems – died at home Wednesday. Her death was announced by her…

What became a symbol of the unrest in Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown on Aug. 9 will become a "phoenix rising."That's the hope of officials with…

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis will build a new center on the site of a burned-out QuikTrip in Ferguson.A spokeswoman for the non-profit…

The Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson changed everything.“St. Louis will always be viewed in a pre- and post-Michael Brown era in terms…