To view a short multimedia feature on John Traynor, go to www.spokesmanreview.com/tributes and follow the link with the story. When John Traynor Sr. was in his ...

As you gather around the table with family and friends to dig into turkey and delicious stuffing this Thanksgiving, you’ll want to take a moment to reflect on what you’re most grateful for in 2022. We ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies ...

As many readers know, I have been passing out business card-size motivational quote cards for over two decades. I first started doing this with my students, but after I retired, I kept passing them ...

Friendship is something we often take for granted, but likely couldn't live without. June 8 is National Best Friends Day, and whether you have one best friend or dozens, it is the perfect opportunity ...

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. – Albert Einstein The successful ones are often the quiet ones. Maybe it’s because ...

“Our Friend” is an affecting true story about an Alabama family coping with their mother’s terminal illness and the friend who stepped up, moved in and helped everyone get through it. Dakota Johnson ...

Lady Gaga has a million reasons to miss her late friend Sonja Durham, and the singer recently took to Instagram to share one particularly inspirational thought stemming from Durham’s life and death.