/tags/children-under-fire Children Under Fire en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:29:47 GMT /education/2020-02-24/our-closest-friends-dying-how-2-teens-navigate-life-when-surrounded-by-guns Cassidy Stokes thought it would be him, not his younger brother, who’d be the first to encounter a bullet.“It just scared me, traumatized me,” the… Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:29:47 GMT /education/2020-02-24/our-closest-friends-dying-how-2-teens-navigate-life-when-surrounded-by-guns Ryan Delaney /education/2020-01-10/i-got-used-to-it-children-surrounded-by-gun-violence-carry-its-impact-deep-inside The crackle of gunshots has become white noise for children living in parts of north St. Louis.“I got used to it,” a fifth grade girl said, “because it… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:18:46 GMT /education/2020-01-10/i-got-used-to-it-children-surrounded-by-gun-violence-carry-its-impact-deep-inside Ryan Delaney /government-politics-issues/2019-11-27/remembering-their-names-children-killed-by-gun-violence-in-the-st-louis-area-since-summer-began Updated Nov. 27 It's a horrific crime: the killing of a child. In St. Louis in 2019, it's been repeated again and again. Since Memorial Day weekend, nine… Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:40:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-11-27/remembering-their-names-children-killed-by-gun-violence-in-the-st-louis-area-since-summer-began Staff Reports /government-politics-issues/2019-10-07/now-its-normal-many-st-louis-students-live-in-the-shadow-of-gun-violence Early this spring, Shamyia Ford Jennings, 17, walked with her cousin and a friend to a corner store in north St. Louis. Minutes later, she was in St.… Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:07:15 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-10-07/now-its-normal-many-st-louis-students-live-in-the-shadow-of-gun-violence Andrea Y. Henderson /government-politics-issues/2019-10-03/cure-violence-money-on-track-for-mayors-desk-by-friday Updated Oct. 3 with approval by the Board of Estimate and ApportionmentFunding to start a nationally recognized anti-violence program in St. Louis has… Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:21:37 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-10-03/cure-violence-money-on-track-for-mayors-desk-by-friday Rachel Lippmann /health-science-environment/2019-09-30/its-just-wrong-mothers-whose-loved-ones-died-violently-have-shame-trauma-and-hope A portrait of Frank “Nitty” Sessions hangs on the wall at Nitty’s Salon 1 and Retail on Natural Bridge Road, high above the manicure station.Tammy Riley’s… Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:37:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-09-30/its-just-wrong-mothers-whose-loved-ones-died-violently-have-shame-trauma-and-hope Sarah Fentem /government-politics-issues/2019-09-26/a-violent-summer-for-st-louis-children-leaves-everyone-grasping-for-answers Ten children have been shot to death in St. Louis since Memorial Day weekend — more than the total number of young people killed by guns in all of… Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:06:59 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-09-26/a-violent-summer-for-st-louis-children-leaves-everyone-grasping-for-answers Rachel Lippmann /education/2019-09-09/gun-violence-against-children-leaves-broken-hearts-empty-desks-at-school Eddie Hill IV never showed up for the fifth grade. The 10-year-old was shot and killed enjoying his summer vacation from his front porch in the Lewis… Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:30:00 GMT /education/2019-09-09/gun-violence-against-children-leaves-broken-hearts-empty-desks-at-school Ryan Delaney