Phil the Gorilla has been dead for more than 50 years. Phil lived at the St. Louis Zoo's Ape House for only 17 years. Most St. Louisans alive today never knew the plus-sized primate, who is said to have weighed

Our view • Fixing Missouri's state public defender system can't wait.

Our view • Marking half a century of helping families of fallen heroes.

Underpinning this newspaper's "Bridging Dallas' North-South Gap" campaign is our determined view that the city and its residents must close the dramatic differences in economic opportunity and quality of life on either side of the Trinity River and Interstate 30.