Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue was a fixture here in Fountain Park from 1978 until it toppled during that May ...

Police Thursday announced that two men have been arrested in connection with the stealing of plaques from a statue at an area park in Long Beach. Two suspects allegedly stole several plaques in the ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Friday marks exactly 8 months since the May 16 tornado that devastated parts of St. Louis. The tornado damaged the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Fountain Park, ...

Bob Rocca takes a break from repairing an MLK statue to eat his lunch, as his cat Whiskers hops into his lap for a few pats, outside his workshop in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. The MLK statue ...

While Missouri’s lone statue commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will not stand majestically over the celebration in his name in Fountain Park, the event will echo the slain civil rights ...

ST. LOUIS – The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue was a fixture here in Fountain Park from 1978 until it toppled during that May 16 tornado. Yolonda “Yogi” Yancie keeps her eyes on the statue of Dr.

Bob Rocca applies a polyurethane coating to the surface of a bronze MLK statue to protect it from moisture damage in his St. Louis workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Rocca has been working to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The official unveiling of the 11-foot-tall statue and unity gathering will take place Saturday morning at 9:30 in Fountain Park.