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 ...

On this Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, there's an effort underway in Buffalo to change a now controversial statue in MLK Park. There is considerable debate over whether the statue, an 8-foot bust of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...