A group of homeless St. Louis residents and advocates plan to march on City Hall and the social service agency St. Patrick Center this morning. Not expected to take part in the protest is the Rev. Larry Rice, director of the downtown homeless shelter New Life Evangelistic Center and a frequent critic of Mayor Francis Slay.
Rice (pictured, left) also stayed away from a similar protest last week planned -- in part -- by members of his organization. "We don't want this
www.flickr.com/photos/nicholasianAt long last, downtown loft dwellers suffering from, say, a bad sore throat, have a place nearby to go for treatment -- a walk-in, no-appointment-needed clinic where they can expect to see a doctor faster than you can say Marcus Welby. No more cooling their heels in the emergency room at Barnes-Jewish.
The Downtown Urgent Care clinic opened earlier this month at 916 Olive Street, in the Old Post Office District, just across the street from the