Richard Gaines

Aimee Clay, a member of the Sumner High School ROTC Drill Team, began playing the national anthem on her violin at the start of the campaign kickoff for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Swayed not so much by passion as by a plan and a pledge to increase enrollment, St. Louis school…

Responding to the message that a $155 million bond issue for the St. Louis Public Schools would require no tax increase, city voters gave the proposal an…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 17, 2009 - Mayor Francis Slay put his ceremonial seal of approval Tuesday on the first step of…