An officer told the Board of Adjustment during a meeting last week that the BP Gas station at 1601 Chouteau Avenue has been a nuisance property for 10 years.
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Some immigrants in the St. Louis region are not pre-registering to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Advocates for immigrants say that’s because many registration sites are only in English and health officials have not provided enough information for people in their native languages.
People who work for organizations that help immigrants in the St. Louis region fear that many others are reluctant to get the vaccine. They worry that people who do not speak English won’t do so because of language access and a lack of information.
Sara Medrano contracted the coronavirus in November. She thinks she got it at the day care center where she works. Though Medrano’s health has improved, she’s unhappy that doctors can’t explain her lingering symptoms.
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For Manga Erasto Mfaume, leaving home was the beginning of a long journey ahead.
Mfaume and his family fled the Democratic Republic of Congo more than two decades ago in search of freedom and a safe place to call home. After spending 20 years in a refugee camp in Tanzania, where even basic necessities like food and medicine were limited, they were finally on their way to the United States.
On April 20, 2018, a date he remembers vividly, Mfaume resettled in Tucson with his wife and their five children. âWe all like this place,â he said. âThis is a peaceful country.â
There are nearly 26 million refugees globally, and refugees like Mfaume and his family make up less than 1% who are resettled each year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports.