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The St. Joseph’s Academy girls golf team will attempt to win their third consecutive state championship. The Angels qualified for the Class 2 state tournament by winning the Sectional 1 tournament played at Crescent Farms Golf Club. St. Joseph’s recorded a a four-player team score of 301. St. Joseph’s senior Lauren Gallagher tied for the medalist in the sectional. She recorded a 1-over 73. Tied with Gallagher was Lindbergh sophomore Sofia Gamayo. Gallagher rose to the occasion in her final sectional meet. This season, she had been the No. 5 golfer most of the time for the talented Angels. Her ...

Lafayette sophomore Brooke Biermann is two for two. Biermann has qualified to play in her second Class 2 state golf tournament. The two-day tournament begins Monday (Oct. 15) at Swope Park Golf Course in Kansas City. Biermann captured medalist honors for the second time this postseason by winning the Sectional 2 meet at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton. Biermann shot a 3-over 75 to win by two strokes. Biermann also won her district tournament when she shot an even par 72. “She was very pleased,” Lafayette coach Katrina Clark said about the sectional victory. “I told her the conditions were ...

For someone who did not want to participate in cross country or track in high school, Lafayette's Harrison Brown is glad he chose to run.

It was lucky No. 7 for the St. Joseph’s Academy Angels. St. Joseph’s won its seventh consecutive district championship by defeating Ladue 9-0 to claim the Class 2 District 3 meet the Angles hosted. “At the risk of sounding overconfident, I knew we’d be heavily favored to win,” St. Joseph’s coach Doug Smith said. The scores revealed the Angels dominated their two district matches. St. Joseph’s also dispatched Nerinx Hall 9-0 in the district semifinal match. “Ladue had a three-year run during which they inched past St. Joe from 2009 to 2011, but except for that, St. Joe has dominated ...

The Parkway Central Colts head into their Week 8 high school football game against Parkway West riding a two-game winning streak. That happened after the Colts endured a tough four-game losing skid. “Winning is better,” Parkway Central coach Mark Goldenberg quipped. The Colts (3-4) face the visiting Longhorns (4-3) at 7 p.m. Friday (Oct. 12). “This is the best we’ve felt this season,” Goldenberg said. Injuries hit the Colts hard earlier this fall. In the first four games, Colts were falling like autumn leaves. Junior offensive and defensive lineman Hugh Hodgson was hurt in the season opener. In the second ...

The event will be held from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 on Wildwood's Main Street.

An hour-long discussion between Town & Country aldermen, regarding a change order for additional landscaping at the city's developing Town Square, concluded without a vote on Oct. 8.

The Interstate 64-Mason Road corridor is considered the front door of Town & Country; however, in its present condition, some have said it is an unbecoming welcoming point for the city.

The city of Ballwin will continue transferring funds to a restricted fund account for government center improvements through the end of this year.

The Chesterfield City Council’s Finance and Administration Committee is continuing its work on the city’s 2019 budget and has scheduled a third, and what could be the final workshop, at the end of this month.