Chad Davis
General Assignment ReporterChad Davis is a 2016 graduate of Truman State University where he studied Public Communication and English. At Truman State, Chad served as the executive producer of the on-campus news station, TMN Television. In 2017, Chad joins the St. Louis Public Radio team as a general assignment reporter. Chad is a native of St. Louis and is a huge hip- hop, r&b, and pop music fan. He also enjoys graphic design, pop culture, film, and comedy.
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The $1.3 million renovation project was funded by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District and donations from business owners and community members.
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A St. Louis judge has awarded more than $23 million to Luther Hall, a Black former undercover St. Louis police officer who was beaten by police during protests of the Jason Stockley verdict in 2017.
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St. Louis business leaders announce financial incentives aimed at bringing businesses downtown. They say $350,000 in grants and other incentives could attract retail shops, restaurants and pop-up enterprises.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones has implemented a hiring freeze for the city's nonemergency workers to prepare for financial challenges. It comes as the Board of Aldermen overrode the mayor's veto of a bill allowing a firefighter board to negotiate pensions.
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The Francis Howell School Board approved new curricula for its Black history and literature classes Thursday. It comes after the board voted to pull the classes last December, objecting to Southern Poverty Law Center social justice standards in the courses.
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Metro Theater Company has selected Jacqueline Thompson as its next artistic director. Thompson said she hopes to bring in more local talent to help produce, appear in and craft plays.
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Efforts to revitalize areas of the Hyde Park neighborhood are underway, thanks in part to federal coronavirus funds a city agency will use to invest in north St. Louis. The St. Louis Development Corporation is allocating more than $200 million across the city.
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The Francis Howell School Board plans to vote this month on the new curricula for its Black history and literature courses the district threatened to pull unless social justice standards from the Southern Poverty Law Center were removed. Some parents say while the changes aren’t bad, they’re worried the board won't approve them.
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"It is time for new leadership, leadership that is truly connected to the community, that listens to the community, and that inspires the trust of the community," the musicians wrote in their open letter. "It is time to return the exiled DJs to the air."
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For 30 years, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s IN UNISON Chorus has taken the music of the Black church to the symphony hall. On Friday, it celebrates its anniversary at the Stifel Theatre with gospel singer BeBe Winans. The chorus has covered a large part of the Black experience through gospel and spiritual music.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore’s predecessor, Kim Gardner, filed a similar motion just days before she left office. Gore withdrew the motion in June to conduct his own review of the case.
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Forest Park leaders want to know what visitors to the park think of a plan to make the Steinberg Pavilion and Rink available year-round. Forest Park plans to make substantial renovations to the rink, which has been an attraction for more than six decades.