New Life Evangelistic Center

Religious nonprofit picks up trash to keep north St. Louis homeless encampment open

Will Bauer

New Life Evangelistic Center, which used to operate a homeless shelter in St. Louis' Downtown West, doesn't want the city to shut the encampment because trash creates unsanitary conditions.

Cathy "Mama Cat" Daniels stirs a pot of chili while prepping food to deliver to shelters and to people experiencing homeless. January 27, 2019.

Government, Politics & Issues

As Winter Worsens, City And Volunteer Groups Work Together To Help St. Louis' Homeless

Kae M. Petrin

St. Louis agencies and community organizations that work with the region’s homeless population are calling on city and county residents to volunteer time…

Government, Politics & Issues

With bitter cold in the forecast, city of St. Louis opens winter operations

Rachel Lippmann

The city of St. Louis is making additional beds available Thursday night for people who are homeless.Temperatures were expected to drop into the teens…

Ron Whelan signs the Rev. Larry Rice's petition addressed to the Governor to provide New Life with a building. 04/27/2017 in front of City Hall and Market Street

Government, Politics & Issues

New Life wants state to provide building for homeless shelter

After a long fight with city officials over New Life Evangelistic Center’s homeless shelter, founder, the Rev. Larry Rice is bringing the matter to the…

Carr Square residents Kevin Costello and Joseph Futrell gather petitions against Biddle House outside the public forum introducing the agencies that applied to run it on Wed. May, 25, 2016.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis faces fair housing complaint over new homeless shelter's location

Rachel Lippmann

A new homeless shelter north of downtown St. Louis violates the U.S. Constitution by promoting segregation, according to a complaint lodged Monday with…

Richard Riegerix, 46, uses a breathing machine to treat emphysema in a temporary shelter set up in a city-owned warehouse. Riegerix stayed at New Life Evangelistic Center for three months before it was closed down by the city on April 2, 2017.

Health, Science & Environment

As a homeless shelter closes, residents are sent to city-run warehouse

By dinnertime, the beds had started to fill.Earlier, employees for the city of St. Louis had laid out about 70 green and orange cots in the corner of a…

A group of men put out mayoral campaign signs outside the New Life Evangelistic Center a day before the downtown St. Louis shelter at 1411 Locust St. is slated to close on April 2, 2017.

Government, Politics & Issues

New Life homeless shelter plans to close Sunday, vows legal fight isn't over

Updated April 1 after rally — The founder of New Life Evangelistic Center spent the final hours before his downtown St. Louis shelter closes leading…

New Life Evangelistic Center doesn't like to be held to a set capacity for shelter. Administrators say they don't want to turn anyone away.

Government, Politics & Issues

City board orders New Life shelter to close by April

Rachel Lippmann

Updated Jan. 13 with results of appeal — A city board is ordering a downtown homeless shelter to close by April 1. On Thursday, St. Louis' Board of…

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis receives $1 million to house the homeless

St. Louis is the recipient of a $1 million federal grant to combat homelessness.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is supplying…

Paramedics with the St. Louis Fire Department tend to a person who had taken the synthetic marijuana known as K2 outside the New Life Evangelistic Center on Nov. 10, 2016.

Government, Politics & Issues

Social service providers try to address rash of K2 overdoses

Rachel Lippmann

Social services providers in St. Louis are working to combat a spike in the number of people overdosing on a synthetic marijuana known as K2.Since Monday,…