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There have been a string of heists at Family Dollar stores in the metro area. The St. Louis City Police issued this statement:

As the Aug. 5 primary fast approaches, the Vital VOICE spotlights two hotly contested Democratic races for the Missouri General Assembly. Due to weak Republican opposition, the winners of these primaries will likely win the general election.

St. Louis attorneys Joan Landmann and Mike Colona are the front runners for the open Missouri House seat for the 67th District being vacated by term-limited Democrat Michael Daus.

At All Along Press, founders Elysia Mann and Steven Brien invite the public to come in and learn about screen-printing, letterpress and linoleum block printmaking. Their shop is a one-of-a-kind communal art space, dedicated to inspiring collaboration and a “DIY ethic.”

“The idea of what we want to do has kind of been evolving. We want it to get really open and have people come in and participate – kind of like a collective,” explains Mann.

2008 Vital VOICE Primary Candidate Interviews
By: Lucas Hudson, Editor
& Colin Murphy, Senior Writer

VITAL VOICE INTERVIEW
REP. RODNEY R. HUBBARD (D-58)
JULY 3, 2008

Colin Murphy, Senior Writer: We have a marriage amendment here in Missouri so nothing’s going to happen on that front for some time, but as a civil right, how do you view marriage equality for gay men and lesbians?

VITAL VOICE INTERVIEW
REP. ROBIN WRIGHT-JONES (D-63)
JULY 3, 2008

Colin Murphy, Senior Writer: You’ve received the endorsement of PROMO and have a superb record of supporting GLBT issues but I’m curious from your experience in the state House what have you learned about how GLBT issues are progressing in Jefferson City and as you look to serve in the state Senate, how do you see them getting up for a vote?

2008 Vital VOICE Primary Candidate Interviews
By: Lucas Hudson, Editor
& Colin Murphy, Senior Writer

VITAL VOICE INTERVIEW
JOAN LANDMANN
JULY 2, 2008

Colin Murphy, Senior Writer: We have a large GLBT readership so I just want to touch on some of those issues—we have a marriage amendment here in Missouri, so there’s nothing that will happen on that front for quite some time—but as a civil right, how do you view marriage equality for gay men and lesbians?

2008 Vital VOICE Primary Candidate Interviews
By: Lucas Hudson, Editor
& Colin Murphy, Senior Writer

VITAL VOICE INTERVIEW
MIKE COLONA
JULY 2, 2008

Colin Murphy, Senior Writer: Obviously you’re stellar on GLBT issues so I was wondering if you could talk about the significance of the historic nature of your candidacy. You would be only the second "out" gay man to serve in the Missouri General Assembly if elected and grow the GLBT caucus to three. Could you talk about having out and proud gay public servants in Jefferson City?

Cameras, laptops, Police Chief Mokwa and the perforating crack of a 9mm heralded the first fully operational day of the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system which is now live in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.

BY REBECCA PERLOW

We’re not. We haven’t for years. And we’re No. 1 nationwide in gonorrhea and chlamydia infections. Has our city and state’s apparent reluctance to talk honestly about sexually transmitted diseases exposed St. Louis teens to unnecessary risk?

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2007 report on communicable disease, St. Louis ranked #1 in gonorrhea, #1 in chlamydia, #5 in syphilis and #5 in HIV nationally. Our teen pregnancy rate is 150 percent of the national average.

The Metropolitan Police Department sent out a press release Monday, June 23 warning the public to be wary of intersections this Friday – any one of them, at any time, could be host to a sobriety checkpoint.

Monday’s release follows an earlier statement on May 27th announcing the plan to have a sobriety checkpoint in St. Louis sometime in June.