Ashley Lisenby
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, MO, United States
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Water leaks, defective porches among inspection findings at Ferguson apartment complex
The Housing Authority of St. Louis County found water leaks, defective porches, bed bugs and electrical issues among the problems at Park Ridge Apartments → Read More
St. Louis Workhouse inmate died of fentanyl overdose, autopsy shows
The inmate who died at St. Louis' Medium Security Institution (MSI) in August died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, the autopsy report shows. Louis L. → Read More
Local black creators showcase products at Cherokee Street Black Friday event
Would people be put off? St. Louis entrepreneur Sarita Moody wondered this when she and co-creator Anni Jones of Mesa Home developed their new idea. Could → Read More
Tenants in limbo as Ferguson, St. Louis County address mass-eviction notice
Hundreds of residents in Park Ridge Apartments in Ferguson are concerned about where they will live next month because of mass-eviction notices sent to → Read More
St. Louis lawmakers and advocates meet to consider immigrants’ economic impact
Immigrants contribute more than a billion dollars to state and federal taxes and account for billions more in spending power, according to Betsy Heller → Read More
The St. Louis City NAACP names St. Louis Lambert International Airport in travel advisory
St. Louis City NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt said Tuesday the decision to add St. Louis Lambert International Airport to an NAACP warning list came after → Read More
To prevent sex trafficking, St. Louis group builds community awareness campaign
If you were a baroness trapped in the house of a jealous baron and had the opportunity to flee, would you do it if you knew your fate was death should you → Read More
John Gaskin III becomes new president of St. Louis County NAACP
John Gaskin III, the new St. Louis County NAACP president, says there are two local civil rights issues he wants to address: community policing and → Read More
Black women entrepreneurs in St. Louis start small businesses to close the wealth gap
Despite shrinking income and education gaps between white and non-white families, black families in the United States still trail others in wealth → Read More
Report: Nearly 800,000 Missourians live in poverty
More than half of Missouri’s poorest residents are paying more than half of their yearly income in rent. Non-profit leaders at two Missouri organizations → Read More
Ferguson police chief leaving post, city official says
Updated at 1:30 p.m. with comments from Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III. Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss has plans to leave the position, a city → Read More
How divided is St. Louis? Local filmmaker seeks to find out in season two of ‘Smoke City'
St. Louis activist and filmmaker Cami Thomas moved back to St. Louis from college a year after Michael Brown’s death. While news of the 2014 shooting and → Read More
U City TIF advances after months of contention over future of 3rd Ward
The University City Tax Increment Financing commission approved a proposal Thursday that would release millions of dollars in money for development in the → Read More
Calls to close the St. Louis Workhouse amplified after death of inmate
Jail-reform advocates are calling conditions at St. Louis' Medium Security Institution into question again after a man collapsed there and later died at a → Read More
‘We don’t get the same protection’: Black women shoot, learn gun safety at local range
Tamyka Brown was perfecting her shot. Her target sheet, riddled with bullet holes, showed she knows what she’s doing. When asked about her time on the gun → Read More
After drug-ring bust, Clinton-Peabody residents still want better policing, social services
Bobbi Len Taylor Mitchell Bey's children were killed at the Clinton-Peabody housing complex in south St. Louis more than a year ago. On Friday, she asked → Read More
Chingy meets hip-hop meets architecture at St. Louis County summer camp
The Natural Bridge location of the St. Louis County Library is a little less quiet than usual. Instead of the occasional rustling of paging through books → Read More
Gas Mart altercation leads to a call for community healing, sensitivity training
Yellow police caution tape barred people from entering the Gas Mart at the corner of Delmar and Goodfellow boulevards on Tuesday. No one could buy gas. No → Read More
Funding fun: Kids with developmental differences find summer spaces to laugh and learn
Ava Battelle leans into her camp counselor at the back of a big cafeteria called Miller Hall at Wonderland Camp. Parents, including Ava's mom, are → Read More
Amid #ArchSoWhite controversy, black officials to hold second ribbon-cutting
The Arch grounds reopening is happening again after photos of the initial ribbon-cutting on Tuesday showed a lack of racial diversity. As the common saying → Read More