Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up A witness who attended the January 13 funeral of singer Lou Rawls ...

Lou Rawls was a more than an annual visitor to St. Louis. He was a friend of St. Louis. “Anything of importance to St. Louis was important to Lou,” said attorney Wayman Smith, a retired Anheuser-Busch ...